Gnomecast #143 – Get to Know a New Gnome: Lo...
Posted by Poddy Gnomington | Jun 22, 2022 | Gnomecast | 0
Elements of Description
Posted by J.T. Evans | Jun 17, 2022 | Game Mastering, GMing Advice | 3
Let”s make Stranger Things S04’s BBEG ...
Posted by Tomas Gimenez Rioja | Jun 15, 2022 | General | 1
Ironsworn: Starforged Review
Posted by Jared Rascher | Jun 13, 2022 | General | 0
Gnomecast #142 – Extreme Survival Tips with ...
Posted by Poddy Gnomington | Jun 8, 2022 | Gnomecast | 0
Doodling for GMs
by Phil Vecchione | Jun 24, 2022 | Game Mastering, GMing Advice
Recently, I was taking this training class for my day job, and the person in the video said that we have far more neurons dedicated to visual processing than audio processing. Honestly, I tried to look this up, and there is a mountain of neurobiology about audio vs visual uptake, processing, and...
Read MoreGnomecast #143 – Get to Know a New Gnome: Lori Caskey-Sigety
by Poddy Gnomington | Jun 22, 2022 | Gnomecast
Ang is joined by newest gnome Lori for another installment of “Get to Know a New Gnome.” Get to know Lori’s gaming background, other interests, and future plans for the Stew. Download: Gnomecast #143 – Get to Know a New Gnome: Lori Caskey-Sigety Links for this episode:...
Read MoreElements of Description
by J.T. Evans | Jun 17, 2022 | Game Mastering, GMing Advice
Game masters are the eyeballs, earholes, fingers, noses, and tongues for the players. If a GM doesn’t describe something, it doesn’t exist. If they don’t say that something is in the room, it’s not in the room. If a GM forgets, omits, or just plain leaves out an...
Read MoreLet”s make Stranger Things S04’s BBEG into a D&D monster
by Tomas Gimenez Rioja | Jun 15, 2022 | General
So I watched Stranger Things season 4. If you’ve been following me for a while, you may know of an article I did in the past, making both the monsters from S01 and S02 from Stranger Things into D&D monsters. The one from S03 was a whole different kind of entity that’s much more...
Read MoreIronsworn: Starforged Review
by Jared Rascher | Jun 13, 2022 | General
I sat down to think about how long it’s been since I wrote my review of Ironsworn. Turns out it was December of 2019, which explains why it feels like it was almost a decade ago. Time dilation aside, now that it’s 2022, there is a new game utilizing the same general structure and means of...
Read MoreGnomecast #142 – Extreme Survival Tips with Shawn Merwin
by Poddy Gnomington | Jun 8, 2022 | Gnomecast
Jared is joined by special guest Shawn Merwin for a discussion about the setting and new rules of Ghostfire Gaming’s apocalyptic fantasy D&D supplement Arora: Age of Desolation. Download: Gnomecast #142 – Extreme Survival Tips with Shawn Merwin Links for this episode: Arora: Age of...
Read MoreWhat Game to Run?
by Angela Murray | Jun 3, 2022 | General
“What do you want to play?” “I don’t know, what do you want to run?” “I don’t know, what do you want to play?” Recently in one of my groups, someone offered to step up and take a turn running a game. He’d needed a break last year, so several other members of the group took turns running. Now he’s...
Read MoreMarvel Multiverse Roleplaying Game Playtest Rulebook First Impression
by Jared Rascher | May 30, 2022 | Reviews
In the multiverse, there are an infinite number of roleplaying games. There are also an infinite number of roleplaying games based on the Marvel comics IP. I observe all that transpires here, but I do not, cannot, will not, interfere. For I am The Reviewer. For what it’s worth, I’ve been on board...
Read MoreRunning An Improv Game
by J.T. Evans | May 27, 2022 | Game Mastering, GMing Advice
Something that is coming up for me (as I write this) is an “improv game.” I’ve done this a few times before to great success, and I’m really looking forward to doing it again. What I mean by an “improv game” is that I, as the GM, am not providing the storyline....
Read MoreGnomecast #141 – Rival Parties
by Poddy Gnomington | May 25, 2022 | Gnomecast
Join Ang, Jared, and Tomas (again!) for a discussion about ways to handle running a group of characters to rival your game’s PCs or even running two separate PC groups! Can these gnomes deal well enough with their rivals to keep themselves out of the stew? Download: Gnomecast #141 –...
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