When people talk about growth, they usually talk about numbers. Downloads. Followers. Views. Charts. Metrics that look clean on a dashboard and feel reassuring in a pitch deck.But numbers don’t talk back.Community does.When I started bui…

Burnout does not announce itself with a single breaking moment. It creeps in quietly. It shows up as missed prep nights, half finished notes, sessions postponed for reasons you cannot quite explain. For a long time, I thought burnout meant failure o…

Starting a Dungeons and Dragons podcast with zero industry experience is equal parts terrifying and electric. There is no secret door into the space, no official checklist that turns passion into a polished production. You begin with enthusiasm, a m…

I did not learn how to Dungeon Master at a table. I learned by watching other tables survive their worst moments in public.Before everything stopped, my experience with Dungeons and Dragons stayed small. I played one shots. I played convention gam…

From the beginning, Crit Happens was never meant to be a show where the story protects the players. It was built to be a space where the story responds to them. That distinction matters more than any rule system or encounter design choice.Story wi…

In November 2024, I entered the hospital for respiratory failure. I stayed there until May 2025. Two months passed where I did not leave a bed. Rehab followed. Learning how to stand, walk, and breathe without assistance became daily work.Before al…