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I Don’t Like Published Adventures
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Deep as a Puddle: NPC tricks
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Epic Baking: Profession and Other “Useless” Skills
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Generating a Year of Random Fantasy Weather Using Dragon Magazine #137
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The Cover and an Excerpt from the Foreword of Never Unprepared, the Stew’s Next Book
On June 4th, we’ll be opening preorders...
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Your Thoughts?
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Atmosphere: The GM’s Helper
Ever play Vampire during the day in a well lit...
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curse the darkness Review
At Marcon this year, aside from making $100...
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Monstrous Character Flaws
Some time ago, I was playing in a Savage Worlds...
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How Your MBA Can Make You A Better GM
Admittedly I didn’t pay much attention in...
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Building a “Petri Dish” Sandbox
Today’s guest article was written by Tom...
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Priming With Great Power
With Great Power is an RPG by Michael S. Miller...
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A “Realistic Enough for Fantasy” Calendar
I recently created a calendar for my fantasy...
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