Category: Treasure Tables

Quick Review of The Army Painter Wet Palette

Posted by tangibleday | Oct 31, 2022 | Reviews, Tools

Are you curious about diving deeper into the...

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Gen Con 2022: The Good and The Bad

Posted by Lori Caskey-Sigety | Sep 7, 2022 | Cons and Events, General

Like any vacation, Gen Con is a mixed bag...

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Tabletop RPGs: Miniatures or Not?

Posted by tangibleday | Nov 26, 2021 | Approaches and Techniques, General

Some people love using miniatures in tabletop...

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Dealing with a Toxic Narcissist in the Tabletop Gaming Community

Posted by tangibleday | Oct 25, 2021 | Editorials, General, Players

Tabletop gaming has become a mainstream hobby in...

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Failing Forward: How to Make Failure Interesting In RPGs

Posted by Chuck Lauer | Aug 20, 2021 | Approaches and Techniques, Game Mastering, General, GMing Advice, Tools for GMs

Powered by the Apocalypse (PbtA) games have...

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Where to Draw the Line on Horror Gaming

Posted by Bridgett Jeffries | May 14, 2021 | Common Problems, Cons and Events, Convention Games, Game Mastering, General, Genre Advice, GMing Advice, Tools for GMs

Please consider the following content warnings...

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How to Do Bad Things and Get Away with It: Advice for the Contrary Game Master and Player

Posted by Chuck Lauer | Apr 12, 2021 | Approaches and Techniques, Game Mastering, GMing Advice

Put away the ski mask, you absolute sociopath....

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The Power of ClichÃ©: Why Being Original Isn’t as Important as Being Interesting

Posted by Chuck Lauer | Mar 5, 2021 | Approaches and Techniques, Game Mastering, General, GMing Advice

I’m currently running not one, but two...

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Debilitating Conditions at the Table

Posted by Pete Petrusha | Feb 22, 2021 | Game Mastering, GMing Advice, Improving Your GMing, Player Perspective

Thirty minutes into the session, the moment...

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Actually, It’s Gamenstein’s Monster: Ideas to Stitch Together Into Your Own Monstrosity

Posted by Chuck Lauer | Jan 20, 2021 | Approaches and Techniques, Game Mastering, General, GMing Advice, Specific RPGs, Tools for GMs

Any given game that you pick up off a shelf (or...

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When You Don’t Follow Your Own Advice

Posted by Jared Rascher | Dec 9, 2020 | GMing Community

I wrote this article last summer, after running...

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A Block Tower With Benefits

Posted by Pete Petrusha | Sep 21, 2020 | Approaches and Techniques, Game Making, Game Mastering, General, GMing Ideas, Products for GMs, Tools for GMs

How do you run better games? You deliver...

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Coping with Multiple Personalities

Posted by Craig Dedrick | Aug 31, 2020 | Game Mastering, GMing Advice, Improving Your GMing, LARPs, Tools for GMs

A party at the palace. A meeting of the ruling...

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7+ Fast, Free Papercrafts to Surprise Your Players

Posted by Chuck Lauer | Apr 10, 2020 | Approaches and Techniques, General, Tools for GMs

If you’re just here for the links, here they...

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Share Your World

Posted by Pete Petrusha | Mar 23, 2020 | Game Making, Gaming Trends, GMing Community, Products for GMs, Scenarios, Worldbuilding

You already imagine colorful characters...

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