Mashing Genres: Supernatural Supers
Mashing genres can be a fun way to put a fresh...
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Month: January 2011
Why Do You GM?
Lets face it, if you are a total improv GM or an...
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Never Make This Mistake
The worst GM that I ever played with was an...
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Review: The Bones & Things We Think About Games
This review has been a long time in the coming....
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Learning From… Tron: Legacy
Inspiration for our games surrounds us in many...
Read MoreThe Secret Language of the Forest Moles
Languages in RPGs have a lot of potential, but they often get...
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Keeping The Focus
Jokes. Movie quotes. What happened in Fringe...
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Troy’s Crock Pot: Template terrain
What’s the Crock Pot? Just a simmering bowl of...
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D&D Is Like a Crazy Ex I Keep Going Back To
Last year, my group had two simultaneous...
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Enabling Player Fun – Start Your Next Campaign With An Epic List
When I get the chance to be a player I am...
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Video Gnoments, Episode III: Puzzles
In this episode I talk about how to use three...
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A Low-Impact Way to Support Gnome Stew
When we upgraded Gnome Stew from shared web...
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Pulling the Trigger on NPC Timelines
A few weeks back I wrote about how to quickly...
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Troy’s Crock Pot: Playing a dragon
What’s the Crock Pot? Just a simmering bowl of...
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Hot Button: Rerolling Failures
Have you ever had this happen at a game? “I roll...
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