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Stranger Than Fantasy: Real Life Inspirations for Running RPGs
“You walk into the Necromancer’s lair. The...
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Avoiding the Familiar
When running adventures, especially in...
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The “High or Low” Method for Improvising Details In-Session
Today’s guest article is by Jeff Lees, who...
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Sharpening The Saw
Sometimes it’s a nice happenstance when several...
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For the First Couple of Sessions, PCs are Protean
I’m not sure who started it (though my...
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Broken Age: Act I — (Caitlin’s Take)
Two years ago, almost to the day, the Double...
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Iron Sharpens Iron
Last week John posted an article about being a...
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Kingdom: The Council will Decide
I got a chance to play a very different game...
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I was reading some old posts on Apathy Games the...
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No-Win Scenarios: Making Sure PCs and Players are on the Same Page
I got an email the other day (by way of our...
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Alleviating Cowboy Syndrome
A recent thread over at RPGNet reminded me of...
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Confessions of a Feminist Tomboy
Let’s state this up front: I consider myself a...
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Adventurer Misadventures: Innuendon’ts
This is a story from the World of Darkness...
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I can be a better Game Master by…
“There is nothing noble in being superior to...
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