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Gnomecast #105 – Playing in a Recorded Game
Join Ang, Jared, and Senda for a discussion about the ins and outs of playing a game for broadcast or recorded media! Can these gnomes produce a good enough performance to avoid being thrown in the stew? Download: Gnomecast #105 – Playing in a Recorded Game Check out RPG Design Panelcast...
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Information Gaps – When The Information Runs Dry
In a recent game, my players reached an impasse. They had talked to two parties, which were in conflict with one another, and had gotten similar but not exactly the same information from both of them. The issue was that they felt that neither side gave them enough information to make a decision...
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Tips for Players: Game Prep
Today, I’m mainly going to be talking to the players at the RPG tables around the world. Here is some advice to you on how to prep for the next RPG session in your campaign. (Note: There are tidbits for the GMs out there as well, so don’t skip the article just because you’re a...
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Gnomecast #104 – RPGaDay Questions, Part 3
Join Di, John, and Phil for part 3 in a series answering questions based on David Chapman’s #RPGaDay social media prompts for 2020! Can these gnomes answer enough questions to avoid being thrown in the stew? Download: Gnomecast #104 – RPGaDay Questions, Part 3 Follow Di at @DiceQueenDi...
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Troy’s Crock Pot: Great Hall Conundrum
Troy’s Crock Pot: Great Hall Conundrum Big rooms. Impossibly big rooms. Rooms and caverns designed for giants to stand upright, for dragons to unfurl their leathery wings wide before letting loose a big blast of their fiery breath. Gladiatorial arena-size big. Running encounters in such places is...
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Conventional Wisdom: My Weekend of Call of Cthulhu
This article originally appeared on my blog which you can find here. In the past, I’ve heard some comments that in addition to reviews, some readers would appreciate some thoughts on actual play. I’ve got a few of these articles on my blog, and I wanted to share this one here,...
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Things Terrain Has Taught Me About Gaming (And Maybe Life?)
2020, for all that it’s been a nightmare blur of alternating panic and boredom, has been a golden age for some when it comes to hobbies. My friends and I are currently surrounded by piles of insulation foam, knitting projects, carpentry, drawings, paint, and an objectively-troubling number of...
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Rebel Crown Review
There have been a lot of Forged in the Dark games, taking on a wide range of topics within the same procedural structure introduced in Blades in the Dark. Some of the earliest, beyond Blades in the Dark itself, were Scum and Villainy and Band of Blades. Beyond moving the genre away from the...
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Not To Kill: Non Lethal Options In Combat
The situation was all-too-familiar — the characters had subdued a prisoner and were interrogating them. In this case, the game was Forbidden Lands and the prisoner was an Orc. They were able to extract the information they wanted with a few Manipulation rolls and no violence. The Orc’s intentions...
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Gnomecast #103 – RPGaDay Questions, Part 2
Join Jared, J.T., and Pete for part 2 in a series answering questions based on David Chapman’s #RPGaDay social media prompts for 2020! Can these gnomes answer enough questions to avoid being thrown in the stew? Download: Gnomecast #103 – RPGaDay Questions, Part 2 Pete’s game Rest...
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