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Prepping With Limited Time
This past weekend, my gaming group did not reach...
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Gnomecast 211 – Continuity Concerns
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My experience with Dialect (Why you should try it!)
All images were taken from the Dialect game,...
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Why I Play RPGs
Friends  I’ve known some of my group for...
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Challenging the Tropes: The Paladin
In the D&D cultural zeitgeist, the paladin is often characterized as a stick-in-the-mud or worse, a narq, but there’s so much more to this trope beyond the memes. So let’s take a closer look and figure out how to use the fantasy of a stalwart champion to create absorbing character arcs.
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Gnomecast 210 – System Screen Burn
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The State of Stewart
In a turn of unfortunate news, Stewart Grytman...
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Meet a Gnew Gnome: Stewart Grytmann
Ang Here at The Stew, we have a turnover...
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Getting The Band Back Together
In November, I paused my Mutants in the Now game...
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Gnomecast 209 – AI and RPGs
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Adventure Design: Node-Based Design
This is the final article in my adventure design...
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Gnomecast 208 – Tracy Sizemore and The Han Cluster
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Prep Your Published Adventure
I generally don’t use published material for my...
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Gnomecast 207 – With Great Power
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