Christian's RPG Shelf

I play D&D with my friends about once a month. We have been maintaining this schedule for a decade and counting and though some faces have changed it is a true blessing that we can get together and have some fun. We play campaigns that span several years but sometimes drop in a "one shot" game when someone's schedule prevents them from making it to game night.  We found ourselves in just such a situation. One of our friends has some family commitments and is unable to make it to game night for a bit. Slotting in a few one shot adventures felt like the right decision to pass the time rather than continue a campaign with a character missing. I ran the first one of these one shots this past week and crafted an adventure running Daggerheart and set in a Wild West themed world. I had great fun throwing this one together and I used the opportunity to try some new ideas. This is the first "GM Journal" piece I am writing on this blog and I am going to cover how I co...