Katrina Ostrander
Geek & Sundry
Roseville, MN, United States
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Play RPGs from Your Phone at Your Own Pace with RoleGate
RoleGate is a relatively new play-by-chat platform designed to give players a space to play anytime, anywhere. → Read More
This RPG Podcaster Wants To Help Improve Your RPG Character’s Backstory
The Ultimate RPG Character Backstory Guide shines the spotlight on character backstories with one hundred activities to help jump-start players’ creativity. → Read More
How to Become a Better Game Master According to Science
So you’ve got a collection of guides for game masters, a playlist’s worth of GM tips from Geek & Sundry, and a group of players who are happy to be your → Read More
How to Become a Better Game Master According to Science
So you’ve got a collection of guides for game masters, a playlist’s worth of GM tips from Geek & Sundry, and a group of players who are happy to be your → Read More
Discover the Narrative Worlds of Play-by-Post Roleplaying
Sometimes, our schedules are so hectic or weird—or we live so far away from other gamers with similar playstyles—that getting a good tabletop group together → Read More
5 Tips for Gamemastering an RPG System for the First Time
Inspired to try your hand at running a new roleplaying game for the New Year? Approaching an unfamiliar ruleset can be daunting, but with the right tools you → Read More
Choose Your Way to Better RPG Session Prep
The Dragon Age, Mass Effect, and The Witcher video game series have all made names for themselves by forcing players to make important choices throughout the → Read More
Finally, a Sanrio Character for Us: A Rage-Filled Red Panda
Did you grow up loving your Hello Kitty and Orange Story school supplies, but now consider yourself a little “too old” to be seen with your cutesy planner at → Read More
ConTessa: Games by Underrepresented Voices for Everyone
The organization dedicated to building diversity in tabletop games by increasing the visibility and number of women-led events at gaming conventions is → Read More
Give the Gift of Mental Health to Yourself or a Fellow Gamer
As much as we gamers love to talk about our favorite games, characters, and designers; it can still be immensely difficult for people suffering from depression, → Read More
Split the Party without Dividing Interest
Tucked away on the copyright page of the fifth edition Player’s Handbook for Dungeons & Dragons, the publisher writes, “Disclaimer: Wizards of the Coast is → Read More
Craft Custom Holidays for your RPG Campaign
’Tis the season for holiday specials, so why not bring some of the magic to your roleplaying game campaigns as well? Using an existing holiday from your game’s → Read More
Find Your Center and Your People with Geeky Yoga
It’s never been a better time to be a geek, and now you can even get your nerd on while working out! Geek-tastic versions of yoga classes featuring such fandoms → Read More
How to Integrate Character Backstories into RPG Campaigns
Your players have sent you their character info for your next campaign and, as their game master, you want to incorporate their backstory elements, but you’re → Read More
Why Novelists Make Great (and Terrible) Game Masters
Last weekend, NerdCon: Stories came to Minneapolis to celebrate storytelling in all its forms. As a featured guest, I got to give a talk about narrative → Read More
Craft Sizzling Social Intrigue Encounters with these Five Tips
If you’re like most game masters, you probably got your start running dungeon crawls. But after a dozen or so sessions, when the player characters are ready to → Read More
Find Your Ideal RPG Campaign Organization Method
Are you gearing up to run a new RPG campaign this fall? Do you need to get a better handle on your long-running game? Let us help you choose the campaign → Read More