#RPGaDAY2025 DAY 21: UNEXPECTED
This is the twenty-first day of #RPGaDAY2025 and today the prompt that leaps on us from surprise on the shelf is the word unexpected. The more experienced a group becomes, the less common it can be to encounter the unexpected. Often a group moves over time from a harmonious unity between character and player surprise toward a conscious handling of what the player knows versus what the character does. It can affect satisfaction. When we are planning pitch that we hope will lead to long-term, open-ended play, this is a detail we should consider.
#RPGaDAY2025 DAY 20: ENTER
This is the twentieth day of #RPGaDAY2025 and today the prompt on the shelf is the word enter. It wants to know what is in our hearts – and how it got there.
#RPGaDAY2025 DAY 19: DESTINY
This is the nineteenth day of #RPGaDAY2025 and our prompt today is destiny. I like the idea of destiny, especially as an in-character notion that comes up in conversation in play~
#RPGaDAY2025 DAY 18: SIGN
This is the eighteenth day of #RPGaDAY2025 and our prompt today is sign. When I started to think about this prompt, my mind turned to the epic struggle between the Man in Black and the Giant in the Princess Bride where the Giant, when prompted, gives a kindly progress report about the state of their conflict.
#RPGaDAY2025 DAY 17: RENEW
This is the seventeenth day of #RPGaDAY2025 and our prompt today is renew. Let’s look at this prompt from the point of view of the characters. There are a lot of things to say about this prompt from the perspective of the players or the player who takes on the role of GM – especially in terms of sustainability, however, we can get a better grip on the meat of our nascent campaign idea if we choose to place our focus inside the imagined situation of our characters’ world.
Casting Shadows 