Crossover RPG

One of the most important changes in my approach to RPGs since discovering the self-published RPG niche involves story structure. By story s...

Ambrose Bierce I have recently been reading Write It Right  by Ambrose Bierce, an American short story writer, punctilious grammarian, an...

Rebirth This is the final basic plot type. In this plot type, the hero faces a powerful threat that eventually kills him (literally or figur...

Tragedy The hero, who begins as part of the community, becomes increasingly separated from others, and in the process causes some others (an...

Comedy For those of you who remember your Shakespeare or your Greek history, you already know that comedies are not always funny.* A comedy ...

Tale of a Voyage “There and Back” Like the Epic Quest, the Tale of a Voyage involves the hero traveling great distances, but here it is the ...

Epic Quest The Epic Quest is the most well known plot type among gamers. The hero discovers a great evil, receives the call to stop it, and ...