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RPG’s, unlike sex, are better off with...
Read Moreby Phil Vecchione | Nov 19, 2013 | GMing Advice
RPG’s, unlike sex, are better off with...
Read Moreby RPSCaitlin | Nov 16, 2013 | RPGs, RPS
In 2012, I was at a small convention and had one...
Read Moreby Troy E. Taylor | Nov 15, 2013 | Crock Pot, GMing Advice
As GMs, we’re called upon to portray every...
Read Moreby Scott Martin | Nov 14, 2013 | Gaming Trends, Specific RPGs
If you know a roleplayer, it can be hard to...
Read Moreby Don Mappin | Nov 12, 2013 | GMing Advice, Hot Buttons
It’s accepted convention that the loss of player...
Read Moreby RPSCaitlin | Nov 11, 2013 | Nerd Misc., RPS
Back in April (2013) I was [REDACTED] dollars...
Read Moreby John Arcadian | Nov 11, 2013 | GMing Advice
Due to rather gaming starved area where I...
Read MoreIt’s Friday night, and you’re...
Read Moreby RPSElle | Nov 6, 2013 | Party Balance, RPS
You’ve got the set of d10s. You’ve got your books, green covers with the roses and really ostentatious gothic fonts on the front. Your Game Master becomes an Storyteller, and when you read through the books last week, the clan Malkavian jumped out at you. Playing a crazy vampire sounds awesome – and, since your ST agreed, you’ve set out to stat and build a bloodsucker with some kind of enormous mental affliction. So you pick schizophrenia because you want your dude to hear voices.
Read Moreby RpsAng | Nov 6, 2013 | Nerd Misc., RPS
Time for a little bit of administrative...
Read Moreby Don Mappin | Nov 5, 2013 | Tools for GMs
It’s November, which means the start of...
Read Moreby RPSAlana | Nov 4, 2013 | Conventions, RPS
Recently 3 of the 5 Princesses went to Con on...
Read Moreby Walt Ciechanowski | Nov 4, 2013 | GMing Advice
For decades a satisfactory “single...
Read Moreby RPSCaitlin | Oct 31, 2013 | Board Games, RPS
On Halloween, nothing could be spookier than...
Read Moreby Martin Ralya | Oct 31, 2013 | GMing Advice
If you’re running an ongoing campaign and...
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