Adventure Design: Maps and PC Handouts
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Alien: The Roleplaying Game – Building Better Worlds Review
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Tales of the Valiant Player’s Guide Review
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Gnomecast 202 – Surviving the Holidays
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Adventure Design: Combo Encounters
“I stand there and swing my sword.”...
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Challenging The Tropes: The Loner
Tropes are frameworks for plot beats and character arcs. Cliches are the overused versions of those beats and arcs. Cliches, generally, should be avoided, but tropes are useful AF. They work like signposts, guiding your decisions when it comes to story elements and, in turn, speeding up your session prep.
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Setting The Table
Recently, one of my gaming groups decided to...
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Gnomecast 201 – Oops! All Bards
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My experience with Ryuutama (Why you should try it!)
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Gnomecast 200 – Why We Do This
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Marvel Multiverse Role-Playing Game X-Men Expansion Review
When I first started collecting comics seriously...
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Adventure Design: Thematic Mooks
Last month, I covered thematic bosses and how...
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Gamers4Harris and Gnome Stew
Gamers 4 Harris consists of gaming professionals...
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Give Yourself Some Time To Think
A few months ago, I restructured my evenings to...
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Gnomecast 199 – RPGs for the Spooky Season
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