Before the dice even roll, take time to figure out who your character really is. Go beyond just subclass, alignment, and race, though these can be helpful guiding principles.

One of the most common daydreams is wondering how you would react in the face of some massive, society-shattering disaster. This is no surprise to fans of The Walking Dead, who have followed the heartbreaks and triumphs of various survivors across comics, television seasons, and video games. Whether you’re a fan of looking to dip your toes into tabletop roleplaying games for the first time or a veteran roleplayer looking to survive the bleak realities of the zombie apocalypse, making a player character (PC) for The Walking Dead Universe Roleplaying Game is a smooth, step-by-step process. In short order you can make a dynamic, morally-complex survivor who can tell interesting stories at your game table (and probably break your heart in the process).

Finding a Delta Green game can be difficult. While Delta Green is not an unknown game to most tabletop roleplayers, it is unlikely you will find it at your local game store. Most open game listings are for D&D, Pathfinder, The World of Darkness, and Cyberpunk Red, leaving other game systems in the dust. Whether you are new to the system or a die-hard fan, the question remains - where can you find a Delta Green game?

Jumping into making a character in LANCER can be hard, where do you start with so much customizability? While it can be difficult to pick somewhere to start with a character, finding an engaging and easy to play game is far simpler – just check out Startplaying Games. Once you have your game lined up however, it’s time to get down to business, and this guide aims to help with those first faltering steps. Feel free to check out Comp/Con as well, the free Lancer companion app for character creation, and follow along making your character.

So you signed up to play a game of Tales from the Loop from Free League with your StartPlaying GM and you need to make a character? Well, get out your walkman, put on your leg warmers, and let’s make you a character. In Tales from the Loop you play as kids in a 1980’s that never was, dealing with bullies, trying to figure out how to ask your crush to the dance, and investigating the robots that escaped from the Loop. This is a game about solving mysteries and trying to grow up. This is a game about being a kid.

There are ten parts to making a character in Draw Steel: Think, Ancestry, Culture, Career, Class, Kit, Free Strikes, Complication, Determine Additional Details, and Make Connections.

The concept of “professional Dungeon Master” has been around for years now, but I still get one question whenever my career comes up: who would pay to play Dungeons & Dragons? 

Getting into the game of D&D requires little to no actual stuff, you just need the rules, a sheet of paper, and a willingness to roleplay. However, there are a ton of fun items that go along with the game that can heighten play itself or simply entertain D&D players.