RPG Faceoff – Determining The Right System
I recently did a review of Open Design’s Courts...
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Eating an Apple with Your Nose: Aligning Out-of-Game Expectations with In-Game Reality
If you’ve ever played or run just about...
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Dynamic Sandboxes
Sandbox games often get criticized for being...
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We’re on Atomic Array and Google+
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Drinking the Kool-Aid: Campaign Research
I love starting new campaigns. As a GM it is so...
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The holiday season is upon us, and that means...
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D&D Burgoo: Set that scene
Bullet points. Short bursts of information....
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The character portrait — be it for a PC or NPC —...
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Cyber Monday Sale on Masks and Eureka PDFs
This year, we’re trying something new: A...
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Enabling Player Fun – Preventing Peevish Pervacity
I sat there at the gaming table, waiting to...
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Black Friday, Part IV
Thanksgiving day is over. The fried turkey...
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It’s a Trap!
Last week, some friends were discussing...
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1KBWC World Gen Example
Back when I wrote about using 100 Blank White...
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Building a Mystery: Challenge the Characters
It’s no secret that I love investigative...
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Suggestion Pot: Game Suggestions
Last month, one of our readers, bonao94 made...
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