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You are not as creative as you think you are,...
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Today is the final day to preorder Unframed: The Art of Improvisation for Game Masters
“I think of myself as an experienced and...
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Minor Characterization: It’s your birthday…
As a GM, you have a lot of characters with...
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Building Dungeons with Pathological Monsters
You would have to ask an expert (which I am not)...
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THE ONLINE TABLETOP: Using Traditional Maps
Online, virtual tabletops (VTT’s) now...
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Game Review: Sentinels of the Multiverse
Much like a couple of my fellow Princesses, I am...
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Hot Button – Run or Play?
The discussion on how much we GMs should play...
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Exiles of the Wicked Maze
Recently we published an article by John...
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Five Tips for Writing a Players’ Guide to Your Campaign World
Gnome Stew reader Max sent us this article...
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Troy’s Crock Pot: Where Everyone Knows Your Name
A tavern is more than a name or its bill of...
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But We Don’t Want to Learn a New System!
With her year-long Pathfinder campaign finally...
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Success is Assumed
When you run an adventure, do you assume the PCs...
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Johnny’s Five – Five Things I Learned To Incorporate Into Games Because I Moved
As is often the case, inspiration for my...
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Old or New, A Convention Question
Today I get in a car and start driving towards...
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