We are fastly approaching the mid point of this hashtag stuff. There have been more than one or two that I’ve struggled with, and it’s shown.

But hey we are here now. So let’s look at today’s theme.

“Think (think)
Think (think)
Think (think)
Think (think)
You think (think)
Think (think)
Think about it (think)” Aretha Franklin/Ted White

Obviously with today’s theme, apart from the rather excellent song sung by Aretha Franklin in the bloody amazing cult classic The Blues Brothers now an ear worm for the rest of the day. I associate the theme with problem solving and puzzles.

I haven’t run a puzzle in my homebrew campaign yet. I like the idea of them, but have run shy of actually doing one.

With the Matt Colville intro adventure The Delian Tomb from his now very well known web series on being a DM, there is a simple riddle/puzzle. Which would qualify as the only puzzle I have used as a DM.

In the D&D Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything we are given some puzzles that can be dropped into any campaign on the fly. However that chapter of the book starts with a bit of great advice.

Which mirrors a DM tip I got off Twitter last year I think. It was definitely before Tasha’s came out.

Which takes a bit of the pressure off the DM, especially during prep.

The puzzle with no solution could be an obstacle of some sort to overcome like having to cross a river or chasm. It could be a locked door. Your imagination is the limit.

I also have a small, and I mean small bank of puzzles I can utilise for a game such as the Gygax Ingenious Door Puzzle.

There are also more than a few third party puzzle books on DriveThruRPG or the DMGuild, especially from older editions that still can be used.

More tomorrow, see you then.