The /tg/ archive
I always thought people were more familiar with this stuff, but recently I've found myself linking a few quite amazing threads for people to check out, so maybe not. Maybe that's to be expected; even ignoring the most infamous of them all, the various #chan boards are a crapshot if you're going to get anything SFW, let alone actual quality and worthwhile reading. And the tabletop gaming forum, /tg/ for short, is no different. Some might claim otherwise, but most are fully aware it is a wretched hive of scum and villainy.
But despite the variance in quality, maybe even because of that, you wind up with the occasional gem, a diamond in the rough of hints, tips, and gaming sessions that inspire or wow. Things like this incredibly useful thread which I invite everyone here to read, where a GM shares a really neat method of taking his player character's assorted backgrounds and motivations and merging them together into a coherent and compelling adventure arc.
Of course, there's also things like storytiem[sic] with Wasteland Warrior, who hijacks a terrible awful troll thread to give us the story of his surprisingly creative and well-played Neutral Evil Fighter of the God of Slaughter, sharing a party with a wonderfully intelligent and inspiring Lawful Good Paladin (found in the Kendar Players Suck thread).
Or masterfully creative stuff, like a rap battle between a Lich and various PC heroes. Or what was thought to be an April Fools joke, a completely insane new system that was essentially a montage of everything else ever, somehow turning out to both be completely real and surprisingly fleshed out and quite playable.
Or maybe are just so damn hilarious you find yourself crying from laughter. Like the.... "creative" use of a DC 80 Escape Artist check.
Naturally, the disclaimer, and it's an important one. For all the great stuff I've found, it is still 4chan, and there are definitely some NSFW stuff here and there. Not nearly as common as you'd think, and actually quite rare outside of places where it's actually somehow on-topic (i.e. that DC80 thread mentioned above), but I'd still take appropriate precautions, and I've made a point of avoiding linking anything directly until I've had a chance to screen it and make sure its fine.
With all that said, I present to you, sup/tg/, the /tg/ archive site. Do yourself a favor, click archive and immediately sort by highest score. Then go down that there list and see if anything tickles your fancy. Oh, and try not to lose several hours in a Wiki Walk...
But despite the variance in quality, maybe even because of that, you wind up with the occasional gem, a diamond in the rough of hints, tips, and gaming sessions that inspire or wow. Things like this incredibly useful thread which I invite everyone here to read, where a GM shares a really neat method of taking his player character's assorted backgrounds and motivations and merging them together into a coherent and compelling adventure arc.
Of course, there's also things like storytiem[sic] with Wasteland Warrior, who hijacks a terrible awful troll thread to give us the story of his surprisingly creative and well-played Neutral Evil Fighter of the God of Slaughter, sharing a party with a wonderfully intelligent and inspiring Lawful Good Paladin (found in the Kendar Players Suck thread).
Or masterfully creative stuff, like a rap battle between a Lich and various PC heroes. Or what was thought to be an April Fools joke, a completely insane new system that was essentially a montage of everything else ever, somehow turning out to both be completely real and surprisingly fleshed out and quite playable.
Or maybe are just so damn hilarious you find yourself crying from laughter. Like the.... "creative" use of a DC 80 Escape Artist check.
Naturally, the disclaimer, and it's an important one. For all the great stuff I've found, it is still 4chan, and there are definitely some NSFW stuff here and there. Not nearly as common as you'd think, and actually quite rare outside of places where it's actually somehow on-topic (i.e. that DC80 thread mentioned above), but I'd still take appropriate precautions, and I've made a point of avoiding linking anything directly until I've had a chance to screen it and make sure its fine.
With all that said, I present to you, sup/tg/, the /tg/ archive site. Do yourself a favor, click archive and immediately sort by highest score. Then go down that there list and see if anything tickles your fancy. Oh, and try not to lose several hours in a Wiki Walk...