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Equinox Youth Outreach and Gaming
Hey all, Margaret here with a quickie post. I...
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3 Things Dungeon World Is Doing That Should Be In Your Game
Recently, one of the groups I play in started...
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The Invisible World
“The past is a foreign country; they do...
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Please vote for Gnome Stew in the 2013 RPG Site of the Year Awards (Today only)
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An Ode to Ravenblood Games
This is an ode. An ode to my FLGS (Friendly...
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The Lucky Shot
As GMs, we plan and plot, putting...
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Johnny’s Five – Five Tactics For Mind Controlled PCs
My last article was about the trope of mind...
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Something Besides Death: Alternatives To Killing Characters
I hate to kill characters. I am not opposed to...
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Wait? I’m a Stuttering, One-Legged Cheetah?
It recently occurred to me during the course of...
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Create Interesting NPCs on the Fly with Short Order Heroes
Jesse Butler of Calico Games offered me an...
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Violent Video Games =/= Violent People
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Driftwood: Experience Points as Motivator
Ever notice how, in RPGs that grant PCs...
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