Gnomecast #157 – Splitting the Party
http://misdirectedmark.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/GC_157_Splitting_the_Party-_Final.mp3 You go down that hallway and I’ll go down this one. You want to split the party? Is that a good idea? Well, Ang, Thomas, and Chris are here to tell you why it is, some tips for how to do it well, and...
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B2 DM Advice – Revisited
B2: The Keep on the Borderlands If you’ve been in the RPG hobby for long enough (almost four decades for me), then you’ve at least heard of The Keep on the Borderlands. The module was published by TSR in 1980 (and updated in 1981) to support the Basic D&D system box set created by...
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Making Changes To The Game
It’s rare that I play any TTRPG exactly by the book. Rare? More like impossible. Between rulings, house rules, and other types of changes, I am always adding or changing things in the games I run. Some things are added in or changed before the game gets started, some in the middle of a session,...
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Back in the RPG Saddle Again
It’s a new year and a fresh start! It’s also time to revisit games once enjoyed but had fallen to the wayside because of adulting and life in general. After meeting up with gaming peeps over the holidays, we decided to schedule a Zoom session. It was truly a Christmas miracle that five adults...
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My First Hex Crawl
My experience with hex crawls is limited, despite gaming for many years. Of course, I know the general concept, and most ‘traditional’ fantasy games have a degree of traversing the wilderness, but in most the focus was on getting from point a to b rather than actual exploration. Despite this lack...
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Gnomecast #156 – Games in 2023
http://misdirectedmark.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/GC_156_Games-in-2023-Final.mp3 Welcome to...
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Review of Cyberdicegames dice
Matt reviews some dice from Cyberdicegames.
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Blade Runner the Roleplaying Game Review
When I was young, Harrison Ford was in almost everything I cared about. He was in Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back, and Raiders of the Lost Ark. Then I saw advertisements for this new movie, Blade Runner. It was Harrison Ford, with a flying car, and I heard something about androids. I knew I...
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Why Google Sites Should Be Your Next Campaign Wiki / Lore Management System
Whenever I run a long campaign or one with in-depth information, I like to create a lore archive or wiki for all the campaign information — Rules, custom items, NPCs, locations, etc. — all the things that it is easy to forget from one bi-weekly or monthly game to the next. These aren’t the...
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My Gaming Year In Review – 2022
‘Tis the season. With this being the last weekday of the year, it only figures that this post would be some kind of 2022 retrospective. In this case, this retrospective is going to be about my gaming this past year. In addition to some summaries, I am going to add some gaming insights I...
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BE A BETTER PLAYER: Share the Spotlight
Continuing a series discussing how to be a better player, this article is the belated third one on the subject. Most gaming advice out there is pointed at game masters, and while players can gain a fair amount of insight from those articles, it’s always a byproduct. The intention with this series...
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The Oracle Story Generator Review
If you show me a card-based accessory to a roleplaying game, it becomes very difficult for me to turn down that accessory. Ironically, if it’s an optional component or an add-on to the main game, which can function without the cards, I’m probably more likely to pick up the deck. I’m also an...
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Rules to play a Football/Soccer minigame in your RPG of choice
Note: I’m going to call the sport football instead of soccer, because that’s how it should be named everywhere. When confronted with writing an article for December, I had two possibilities in my head: I could write a classical Christmas-themed article, or I could write something...
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GNOMECAST #155 – Novice GM Questions Part 2
This week’s Gnomecast is getting back to basics, again…, with Ang and JT as they let Lori ask them a bunch more questions for the beginning GM. It’s Part two time....
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A Year Of RPG: Reflections on Life and Gaming
If 2022 could be summed up on a d20 dice roll, it would have been a 3. Between ER visits, surgery #1, post-operative complications, more ER visits, car troubles, pet illnesses (our eldest cat was diagnosed with diabetes and now requires shots twice a day), medical appointments, a referral to an...
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