Post Views: 634 How not to stall your game with stuff other than hitting monsters I was asked recently on my Discord server how I handle puzzles in my games. Do I use them, how do I make sure they aren’t too hard, and what do I do if they party gets stumped? A fellow Game Master (GM) dropped the following snark: “You want to put a puzzle for your players to solve? Easy, just look up ‘puzzles for toddlers’ on the Internet, and then spend the evening tearing your hair out as they fail to solve it.” — Annon GM This perception, while funny, is at the heart of why so many GMs do not use puzzles or tricks in their table-top role-playing game (TTRPG) sessions. The…
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