HHC NEWSLETTER: 09.22.2024

This is a weekly newsletter dedicated to sharing the abundance of excellent content available in the TTRPG space. You'll find YouTube videos, blog posts, quotes from books, and many other forms of media related to improving your skills as game masters and world builders. Enjoy!

The Neglected Secret to Making Dungeons Fun to Explore - DM David

If you're a beginner DM, this article is for you. Interactivity in your dungeons, as well as pretty much every location your players encounter, is critical to having an exciting session.


BETTER Worldbuilding : Embrace The Strange - TRILL

Worldbuilding requires a balance between realism and the bizarre. Too much realism, you lack the whimsical. Too much strangeness and it loses the contrasting reality needed to make it special. Trill breaks down how best to achieve this dichotomy in his video.


Blog Carnival: On creating elements for a setting - Seed of Worlds

This blog post has a great collection of resources you should absolutely check out to level up your worldbuilding. It mentions great books you should snag full of generators and tables. There are links to blogs you should check out. It's all listed here along side a useful framework for putting them to use.


I hope these resources inspire you! If you haven't already, the best way to stay up to date with everything hothead-related is to join the discord. See you next week!