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Playing TTRPGs When You Have Social Anxiety

Playing TTRPGs When You Have Social Anxiety

If social anxiety makes game night tough, these gentle, practical tips can help you enjoy the game without masking who you are.

Heather

Heather

Oct 17, 2025  ·  1 min read

How to Create a Night’s Black Agents Character

How to Create a Night’s Black Agents Character

You were trained to deceive, manipulate, and kill. You had a badge, a handler, and a cover. Now you're out. Burned. And something inhuman is watching.

Heather

Heather

Sep 24, 2025  ·  1 min read

Storytelling for Game Masters: How to Hook, Hold, and Haunt Your Players

Storytelling for Game Masters: How to Hook, Hold, and Haunt Your Players

You’ve seen it. The table goes quiet. Phones forgotten, dice frozen mid-roll, everyone hanging on for what happens next.

Heather

Heather

Sep 23, 2025  ·  1 min read

Night’s Black Agents: Espionage with Fangs

Night’s Black Agents: Espionage with Fangs

In Night’s Black Agents, you play elite operatives betrayed, burned, and off the grid until they uncover something far worse than a conspiracy.

Heather

Heather

Sep 22, 2025  ·  1 min read

Something’s Stirring Behind the Screen: A Game Master Assistant That Builds Entire TTRPG Campaigns in Minutes

Something’s Stirring Behind the Screen: A Game Master Assistant That Builds TTRPG Campaigns in Minutes

Quest Portal's Assistant is leveling up into The Game Master Assistant. And it might just change how you prep, play, and improvise forever.

Heather

Heather

Sep 16, 2025  ·  1 min read

Why Try Solo RPGs and Why Chaosium’s Alone Against… Series Is a Great Starting Point

Why Try Solo RPGs and Why Chaosium’s Alone Against… Series Is a Great Starting Point

Solo RPGs give you everything a group game can: the suspense, the creativity, the emotional depth, but at your pace and on your schedule.

Heather

Heather

Sep 15, 2025  ·  1 min read

Fostering Open Communication at Your Gaming Table (and How Quest Portal Can Help)

Fostering Open Communication at Your Gaming Table (and How Quest Portal Can Help)

The most memorable games aren’t just about epic dice rolls but about trust, respect, and honest conversation. Open communication is key.

Heather

Heather

Sep 12, 2025  ·  1 min read

Getting Started with World of Kensei 5e: A Campaign Setting Where Legacy Reigns

Getting Started with World of Kensei 5e: A Campaign Setting Where Legacy Reigns

Unveil Tatsu’s myths, master the knack system, and compare this rich East‑Asian‑inspired world for 5e. Launch into World of Kensei with confidence.

Heather

Heather

Sep 10, 2025  ·  1 min read

Into the Wild 5e RPG: RiotMinds' Wilderness Sourcebook Transforms Travel into Tension

Into the Wild 5e RPG: RiotMinds' Wilderness Sourcebook Transforms Travel into Tension

Built for 5E and steeped in OSR sensibilities, RiotMinds’ Into the Wild is a toolkit for turning wilderness exploration into the heart of your campaign.

Heather

Heather

Sep 9, 2025  ·  1 min read

Tools for the Lone Oathkeeper: Playing Ironsworn Solo

Tools for the Lone Oathkeeper: Playing Ironsworn Solo

You sit alone by the fire. The Ironlands stretch beyond the reach of the flame. Somewhere out there, a promise waits to be fulfilled.

Heather

Heather

Sep 2, 2025  ·  1 min read

RiotMinds' 5e-compatible books enrich your campaign with wilderness survival mechanics, myth-infused worldbuilding, and narrative tools.

Wild Depths and Mythic Horizons: How RiotMinds Enhances Your D&D 5E Campaign

RiotMinds' 5e-compatible books enrich your campaign with wilderness survival mechanics, myth-infused worldbuilding, and narrative tools.

Heather

Heather

Sep 1, 2025  ·  1 min read

Creating a Character in Ironsworn

Creating a Character in Ironsworn

In Ironsworn, your character is a living tale shaped by purpose, hardship, their oaths. You create them with simple choices that carry deep weight.

Heather

Heather

Aug 28, 2025  ·  1 min read

Where to Buy Daggerheart: Tracking a Rare TTRPG Treasure

Where to Buy Daggerheart (Physical, PDF, & Online Play)

This guide helps you find a copy of Daggerheart with tips for physical retail, resale, digital bundles, and online play on Quest Portal.

Heather

Heather

Aug 27, 2025  ·  1 min read

What Is Ironsworn?

What Is Ironsworn?

Ironsworn is a TTRPG of perilous quests. Players take the role of sworn heroes in a harsh, low-fantasy setting known as the Ironlands.

Heather

Heather

Aug 26, 2025  ·  1 min read

Subtle persuasion is one of many tools available in your Game Master toolbox. Understanding how it works can help make an ordinary session unforgettable.

Persuasion Theory for Game Masters: Winning Hearts and Minds

Subtle persuasion is one of many tools available in your Game Master toolbox. Understanding how it works can help make an ordinary session unforgettable.

Heather

Heather

Aug 22, 2025  ·  1 min read

The Horrors We Almost Remember: Why Call of Cthulhu's Historical Settings Keep Us Coming Back

The Horrors We Almost Remember: Masks of Nyarlathotep and Berlin: The Wicked City

Time leaves gaps. Places vanish from maps. Call of Cthulhu doesn’t need to invent worlds; it just brushes the dust off the ones we forgot to look at.

Heather

Heather

Aug 21, 2025  ·  1 min read

Classic vs. Pulp: Setting the Tone in Masks of Nyarlathotep

Classic vs. Pulp: Setting the Tone in Masks of Nyarlathotep

Before you begin Masks of Nyarlathotep, there’s one question every group should answer: What kind of story are we telling?

Heather

Heather

Aug 19, 2025  ·  1 min read

Giving and receiving feedback in tabletop RPGs doesn’t have to feel like a battlefield. With the right timing, mindset, and tools, it can improve your game.

Feedback in TTRPGs: How to Give (and Take) Notes

Giving and receiving feedback in tabletop RPGs doesn’t have to feel like a battlefield. With the right timing, mindset, and tools, it can improve your game.

Heather

Heather

Aug 15, 2025  ·  1 min read

Why Masks of Nyarlathotep Is the Ultimate Call of Cthulhu Campaign

Why Masks of Nyarlathotep Is the Ultimate Call of Cthulhu Campaign

Masks of Nyarlathotep is a descent into global horror, driven by dread, consequence, and a conspiracy that feels far too plausible.

Heather

Heather

Aug 14, 2025  ·  1 min read

How to Survive Masks of Nyarlathotep (Probably)

How to Survive Masks of Nyarlathotep (Probably)

If you’re sitting down for Masks, you’re in for the most ambitious campaign Chaosium has ever unleashed: a multi-continent descent into horror.

Heather

Heather

Aug 12, 2025  ·  1 min read

Honor on the Field: Tournaments in Pendragon

Honor on the Field: Tournaments in Pendragon

Tournaments in Pendragon are when reputations shift, courtly eyes take notice, and rivalries deepen. The battlefield is formal, but the stakes are real.

Heather

Heather

Aug 7, 2025  ·  1 min read

Songs of Madness and Myth: Chaosium’s ENNIE Triumphs, 2025

Songs of Madness and Myth: Chaosium’s ENNIE Triumphs, 2025

We're so proud of our partners and friends at Chaosium for their ENnie wins. Congratulations on building such an incredible legacy.

Heather

Heather

Aug 6, 2025  ·  1 min read

Winter’s Toll: Mastering the Winter Phase in Pendragon

Winter’s Toll: Mastering the Winter Phase in Pendragon

The Winter Phase in Pendragon is where knights connect to something larger than themselves. This part carries weight more than any battle or banquet.

Heather

Heather

Aug 5, 2025  ·  1 min read

A Tale to Begin the Song: Pendragon's The Grey Knight

A Tale to Begin the Song: Pendragon's The Grey Knight

There comes a moment in Pendragon when the knights at your table begin to understand what kind of story they’ve entered. This is the Grey Knight.

Heather

Heather

Jul 31, 2025  ·  1 min read

Creating a Character in Pendragon

Creating a Character in Pendragon

Pendragon hands you a sword and points toward the dream. Whether you dream of noble deeds or courtly drama, it all begins with character creation.

Heather

Heather

Jul 29, 2025  ·  1 min read

Enter the Age of Chivalry: Getting Started with Pendragon

Enter the Age of Chivalry: Getting Started with Pendragon

We’ve told this story countless times. There is a quiet thrill to standing before a ruined stone wall and imagining the knights who once rode past it.

Heather

Heather

Jul 22, 2025  ·  1 min read

What Is Daggerheart? Why Everyone’s Talking About This Narrative-First TTRPG

What Is Daggerheart? Why Everyone’s Talking About This Narrative-First TTRPG

Whether you’re launching an epic campaign or telling a one-shot tale, Daggerheart brings cinematic drama to the table in a way few systems can.

Heather

Heather

Jul 1, 2025  ·  1 min read

Creating a character in Daggerheart isn’t about stats. You’re crafting a character’s journey: their struggles, values, and relationships.

How to Create a Daggerheart Character: A Guide for Building Bold, Cinematic Heroes

Creating a character in Daggerheart isn’t about stats. You’re crafting a character’s journey: their struggles, values, and relationships.

Heather

Heather

Jun 26, 2025  ·  1 min read