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New Heroes of Adventure Fantasy Tabletop RPG

I came across an OSR post on Reddit about a new tabletop RPG called Heroes of Adventure. After reaching out, the Nameless Designer agreed to answer some questions about the project. Enjoy the interview.

Can you tell us a little bit about yourself?

Hey everyone, sorry to say I’m a little social media shy (hence the ‘Nameless Designer’ moniker). I’m based near London in the UK. I have a full-time job, family and life commitments and enjoy a little bit of RPG gaming and design as a bit of a p...

Free D&D Random Encounter Generator Online

My AI powered D&D random encounter generator is now online – and it’s free to use! Check out Random Encounters AI or read below about how I created the website. I’ve spent a lot of time perfecting the process – and it’s an ongoing effort – but I’m happy with the results so far and have received quite a bit of love for the website, especially making it free to use. I hope you enjoy reading about how I created by D&D random encounter generators with GPT-3 from OpenAI. I’ve been working with D&D Ra...

How To Keep Your Brain Ticking Over

Your brain changes as you get older. You can try and fight against it, but you’re not going to be able to if you aren’t looking after it! Like anything in the body, when you work on it you’re going to strengthen it. You would work on your arms and legs in the gym to make them stronger, and you would workout so that you can exercise your heart muscle, too. Your brain is much like anything else and you should be working on it so that it remains as strong as possible. 

Every single brain changes...

30 D&D Political Intrigue Hooks

I’ve got a list of D&D political intrigue hooks you can use in your tabletop fantasy RPG campaign. These were generated with the help of GPT-3 AI from OpenAI. You can generate a bunch of RPG materials and access our growing library of content over at LitRPG Adventures.

1) Marriage proposal – A nobleman offers a reward to the party to kidnap a specific nobleman’s bride-to-be and bring her to him. After doing so, the party must successfully escape pursuit. During this, they will also have to de...

Level Up: How to Turn Your Gaming Hobby Into A Career

From your neighbor’s overly competitive kids to your favorite Twitch streamers, gaming is much more than a hobby for some. Many people consider it a passion, and a section of these have managed to turn their passion into a career, making big money through sponsorships and donations while also becoming the face of a growing industry. If you’ve always wanted to work in gaming, whether as a personality or a developer, here are four ways you can level up and turn your gaming hobby into a career. 

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How To Combat Gaming Fatigue

The video game industry is more popular than ever before, but for many people, what started as a form of entertainment has become a chore. This is known as gaming fatigue or gaming burnout, and it can happen to anyone.

What Is Gaming Fatigue?

Gaming fatigue is one of the many forms of burnout, which is a state of emotional, phsycail, and mental exhaustions that is brought on by prolonged periods of stress. Most people feel burnout from their chosen profession, but it can happen from hobbie...

The Crafter’s Defense by Jonathan Brooks

Another LitRPG author has created a video game! Jonathan Brooks has put together a game called The Crafter’s Defense on Steam. I had a chance to ask him some questions about the game. Enjoy the interview!

1) What prompted you to make a game?

I had actually never thought about making a game before this – mainly because I had no skills in that department!  I love to play games, but as far as game development goes, well, I wouldn’t even know where to start.

Thankfully, I didn’t have to wor...

D&D Encounter Generator With GPT-3

I’m getting closer to finishing my D&D encounter generator powered by GPT-3 API from OpenAI. The first generation of the tool is looking very promising. As I add new features and continue fine-tuning the language model, I think it will become even better as time goes on. If you have any questions about this Dungeons and Dragons encounter generator – that will work for most tabletop RPG systems – reach out on Twitter to let me know. I’m also looking for suggestions on how to make the tool better....

Adventureland: Interview with Scott Adams

As you might know, the original Adventure game was written for a DEC computer by two college students Crowther and Don Woods. It was known as
Colossal Caves Adventure. In 1978 Scott Adams played the game and was fascinated. He then wrote his first adventure game Adventureland for the Radio Shack TRS-80 model Scott computer (16,000 bytes of memory, a Z80 processor, and a cassette drive) in the same year. I had a chance to ask Mr. Adams some questions which he kindly answered below.

1) How did ...

What Makes Role Playing Games Such Fun?

There are a lot of things that you need to consider when you are looking to make the best choices and come up with some excellent ways of enjoying RPGs. Role playing games are hugely popular, both online and offline, and there is a reason for this. There are a lot of factors that play a part in helping you to improve and enhance your experience when gaming, and RPGs are most definitely one of the key ways of being able to achieve this. 

Making the right decisions to enjoy a game more is so im...