Welcome to Peeking Over the Screen

Merely switching one word for another, a find/replace step that takes a couple of clicks, isn’t necessarily doing enough.

We are creative people, players and Dungeon Masters alike. The degree of creativity to which we may escape, well… that’s what this blog is a

In a time when we’ve been fractured, cloistered and unconnected, some of us choose to come together in community to create and converse...

I’ve been giving a lot of thought to the Mystery Box approach to storytelling, where revealing bits of information in a non-linear...

It was late November of 2019, at a pre-pandemic party with some old friends in Hartford when I saw Laura’s homemade dice tower. It...

This week, I’ve been thinking of the times when authors or screenwriters will describe creating stories with characters that ‘write...

The stillness of a sullen sky revealed choices upon choices. The options are endless, the tale ours to tell. The line between players and...

Levelling up in Dungeons and Dragons has been a welcome milestone in every player’s journey - more hit points, better attributes,...

I was alone quite a bit as a pre-teen and teenageer, my father worked early and my mother worked the second shift, so there were a couple...

When met with the decision to either play for only an hour or not play at all, the group unanimously chose the former to accommodate one...

It’s our regular Saturday pandemic session, kept to two hours to avoid Zoom burnout and a futile attempt to propel the game along. Our...

This is a throwback to 2016, when my interest in D&D resurfaced in a major way. This was originally posted on FaceBook and is a decent...