Gnomecast 182 – Video Games to RPGs
Ang, Jared and Josh get together and talk about...
Read Moreby Poddy Gnomington | Feb 14, 2024 | General
Ang, Jared and Josh get together and talk about...
Read Moreby Jared Rascher | Feb 12, 2024 | Reviews
This time around I wanted to do something a...
Read Moreby Josh Storey | Feb 9, 2024 | Game Mastering, GMing Advice, Tools for GMs
Do you want to center your player characters’ backstories without making it seem like the whole world revolves around them? Do you want to create emotional bonds as strong as adamantine between not just the PCs and the NPCs but the players, too? Do you want to pull off an enemies-to-allies (or lovers if that’s your story of the game) arc without ham-fisting the heel-face turn? Well then, my friend, allow me to introduce you to a little trick in my toolbox…
Read Moreby J.T. Evans | Feb 5, 2024 | Game Mastering, GMing Advice
Last month, I talked about giving your character...
Read Moreby Poddy Gnomington | Jan 31, 2024 | Game Making, Gaming Conventions, Gnomecast
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Read Moreby Jared Rascher | Jan 29, 2024 | Reviews
In the time since this article was...
Read Moreby Phil Vecchione | Jan 26, 2024 | Game Mastering, GMing Advice
Years ago when I was coding, I used to have this...
Read Moreby J.T. Evans | Jan 24, 2024 | Player Advice
During session zero, the GM is usually hopping...
Read Moreby Tomas Gimenez Rioja | Jan 19, 2024 | Reviews
In a similar manner to my articles in which I...
Read Moreby Poddy Gnomington | Jan 17, 2024 | General, Gnomecast
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Read Moreby Jared Rascher | Jan 15, 2024 | Reviews
It’s clobberin’ time! Okay, now that I think of...
Read Moreby Jared Rascher | Jan 12, 2024 | General
We go through life not always realizing how much...
Read Moreby Josh Storey | Jan 10, 2024 | Game Mastering, Tools for GMs
Leveling up isn’t just for PCs. Game masters can level up their GMing skills and abilities. To do that, we’re going to take a journey that begins with identifying our problem areas and ends with a plan to min/max the heck out of our GM-fu.
Read Moreby Walt Ciechanowski | Jan 8, 2024 | Game Mastering, General
You know in some way you’re a lot like me You’re...
Read Moreby Phil Vecchione | Dec 29, 2023 | Game Mastering, General, GMing Advice
As the year winds to a close, I took some time...
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