Making your world and prep easier through players’ backstories
Prepping for your game can be a bit tiring and...
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Johnny’s Five — Getting The Most Out Of Fear And Wonder
Many stories have elements that defy...
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We’re Letting You Go
Today’s guest article — on what can...
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The “High or Low” Method for Improvising Details In-Session
Today’s guest article is by Jeff Lees, who...
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Saying Isn’t Feeling: Evoking Emotional Engagement in Players
Today’s guest article is by Jeff Lees, who...
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My Perfect Party Composition – 3 Overpowered/Dual-Role Characters
Looking at the current player mix in 2 games...
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Hot Button – Player Responsibilities?
I’ve recently completed a move to...
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Hot Button: Limit The Party?
Every so often I get the urge to run a game...
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Enabling Player Fun – Preventing Peevish Pervacity
I sat there at the gaming table, waiting to...
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Hot Button: Absentee Deaths
While I rarely do this anymore I’ve found...
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Hot Button: The Player or the Sheet?
Imagine this fairly common scenario: The...
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New Year’s Resolutions
Am I the only one creeped out by the fact that...
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Hot Button: Who Trumps Who?
Not long ago, I was surfing the boards (I...
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The Re-Gathering of Heroes
Gathering the party, even a party of veteran...
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Hot Button: The Specialist
Tori sat at the head of the table behind her...
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