- Bitzy the Bard

Dueling Review: KaBoom - Dueling Reviews: Thorn the Dragonborn and Bitzy the Bard discuss the tower building dexterity game KaBoom

A Roll of the Dice - How to Make a Castle Dice Tower out of Foam Board

It’s Bigger on the Inside than the Outside - How to Make a Police Box Dice Tower out of Foam Board

Bag of Dice Holding - How to sew a fabric dice bag for use in tabletop games

Dueling Review: Time Stories - Bitzy the Bard and Rose the Ranger discuss the cooperative, puzzle board game Time Stories

Dueling Review: Hex Hex XL - Dueling Reviews: Thorn the Dragonborn and Bitzy the Bard discuss the fast-paced, curse casting card game Hex-Hex XL.

A Boxing Match - A discussion of the merits of different types of board games boxes

Dream a Mini Dream of Me - Discussion of how board games can use miniatures

Bitzy’s Picks: Heroscape - Discussion of One of Bitzy's Favorite Games: Heroscape

It’s Essential! - Let me tell you about 50 modern games that I would recommend for any collection.

The Family that Plays Together - A new generation of board games goes beyond the traditional roll-and-move games of our youth.

Some Intimate Time Together - I am lucky that my partner enjoys playing board games. If you also have a willing sweetheart, you might find that you can have a game night any night.

It’s Game Night! - Many board game enthusiasts have friends that have formed a game group that meets regularly to play board games.

Time to Party! - I love hosting weekend game parties. The whole group is invited to bring their families along for an extended day of gaming.

Why I Don’t Mind the Rain on Vacation - You packed up the kids, loaded all your suitcases in the car, and traveled across the country. But why does it always have to rain on vacation?

Building a Bird Nest - Crochet a bowl that looks like a bird nest using jute twine for your Wingspan game

Celebrating Van Life - Crafting a holiday tree ornament of a camper van with a tree on the roof

But I could never do that - How to be a DM 1: Bitzy shows you that what it takes to be a good DM is already within you.

Begin at the Beginning - How to be a DM 2: What is the Role of a DM?

Choose your Universe - How to be a DM 3: Define your universe by choosing a theme and rules

Story is King! - How to be a DM 4: The most important RPG element is a good story

The DM’s Bookshelf - How to be a DM 5: Some sources DMs can use to find a story for a campaign

Roll up a character…or not - How to be a DM 6: Process of creating player characters to become your heroes

Setting the Stage - How to be a DM 7: Presenting the stage to the players

Hmmm, I wonder what that is? - How to be a DM 8: Describing the scene to your players during exploration

Technology to the rescue? - How to DM 9: Bitzy's thoughts on how to use computers in an RPG

Show, Don’t Tell - How to DM 10: Ways to visually show the universe to your players

What’s behind that tree? - How to be a DM 11: Using a vinyl mat to show exterior scenes to your players

What’s that noise behind the door? - How to be a DM 12: Showing interior scenes to your players with tiles

Who’s that hiding under there? - How to be a DM 13: Representing your heroes and their opponents with miniatures

Roll for Initiative! - How to be a DM 14: Keeping track of initiative order in a RPG

Ready, set, go! - How to be a DM 15: Tracking Combat in RPGs

Wait, which orc did you just attack? - How to be a DM 16: Managing multiple monsters in combat

Bring out the Rust Monster! - How to be a DM 17: Customize the story before each RPG session

You attack the sleeping troll? Hold on a second… - How to be a DM 18: The treatment for New DM Anxiety is preparation

My Vinyl Collection - How to make a clear vinyl, gridded mat for showing outside terrain in RPGs

Making Room in Your Life - Castle Tiles 1: Discussion on different ways to make castle room tiles in tabletop RPGs

Designing a Tile Floor - Castle Tiles 2: How to model a castle room using tiles in RPGs

Laying a Foundation - Castle Tiles 3: How to cut foam board castle tiles for rooms in RPGs

Building a Great Big Beautiful Wall - Castle Tiles 4: How to add walls to foam board castle tiles in RPGs

I See a White Wall and I Want to Paint it Gray - Castle Tiles 5: Painting foam board castle tiles in RPGs

“She Kills Monsters” and So Can You! - Bitzy reflects on player characters in RPGs after seeing the play "She Kills Monsters"

Show Some Initiative! - To keep track of PC initiative order and conditions during RPG combat, I like to use a magnetic board.

The Tails of the Fighting Foxes: Introduction - Meet the Fighting Foxes

The Tails of the Fighting Foxes: Chapter 1 - Mystery in the Briarwood Forest

The Tails of the Fighting Foxes: Chapter 2 - Greenest in Flames

See the Forest for the Trees - To bring wilderness encounters to life, I like to use miniature trees and plants. Here I show you how to make trees out of pine cones.

Branching Out - One cheap way to make miniature trees for RPGs is to craft them out of Christmas garland.

Out on a Limb - One simple and quick way to make miniature deciduous plants for your RPG game is to use aquarium plants.

Barking Up the Wrong Tree - There are times when your band of adventurers is travelling through old established forests. In these cases, I use large tree trunks in the terrain.

I’m stumped! - To add interest to your game, you can add small items like tree stumps to your forest crafted out of bottle caps.

The Adventures of the Guardians of Greenest: Introduction - Meet the Guardians of Greenest.

Best of luck to you! - Is it really a game if you have infinite luck?

Staying Connected - How to use Zoom and webcams to play D&D with remote players

But My Strength Modifier is -1! - How we often impose limits on ourselves that we created in our minds

Let the good times roll! - Bitzy discusses using Roll20 and Zoom to continue RPG adventures while being apart.

Making the most of what you got - Convert an underutilized pool table into a neat VTT game table

A White Collar Worker - How to make a dress with a fur collar for Cosplay

Better Than a Poke in the Eye - How to make plastic Pokeballs for Cosplay

Everybody Walk the Dinosaur - How to make a dinosaur sweatshirt costume for cosplay