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How To Have An Epic Campaign In Three Acts (Part 3 of 3)

by Patrick Benson | May 4, 2011 | GMing Advice

You established what an epic campaign is for...

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Driftwood: Hard and Soft Scenes

by Walt Ciechanowski | May 3, 2011 | GMing Advice

Driftwood: Hard and Soft Scenes is the first in...

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The Cigar-Box GMing Screen, Six Months Later

by Martin Ralya | May 2, 2011 | Tools for GMs

The Stew’s own Kurt “Telas”...

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Meet The Gnomes At Gen Con 2011

by Phil Vecchione | Apr 29, 2011 | Gaming Conventions

This coming Sunday (May 1st) after you have...

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The Themed Campaign

by John Arcadian | Apr 28, 2011 | Gaming Trends

So stop me if you’ve heard this one before: A...

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How To Have An Epic Campaign In Three Acts (Part 2 of 3)

by Patrick Benson | Apr 27, 2011 | GMing Advice

In the first part of this three part series I...

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More Awesome RPG Background Music: 58 Reader Favorites and New Discoveries

by Martin Ralya | Apr 25, 2011 | GMing Advice

Gnome Stew readers posted so many great...

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Your Gaming Legacy

by Phil Vecchione | Apr 22, 2011 | GMing Advice

GM’s create. It could be a great scene, an...

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D&D Burgoo (Third Edition): I Never Promised You A PrC

by Troy E. Taylor | Apr 21, 2011 | Gaming Trends, Specific RPGs

Back in December, I promised to deliver my rant...

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How To Have An Epic Campaign In Three Acts (Part 1 of 3)

by Patrick Benson | Apr 20, 2011 | GMing Advice

This is the first of a three part series on how...

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GM’s Challenge: Run a “Day of Fudge” Event and I Will Help You

by Patrick Benson | Apr 14, 2011 | Gnome Gnews, Specific RPGs

Back in 2009 I proposed and launched the “Day of...

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Troy’s Crock Pot: Novels as backdrop, not backbone

by Troy E. Taylor | Apr 12, 2011 | Crock Pot, GMing Advice

Pulp Gamer’s “Out of Character” is on the short...

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Special Powers As Enablers

by John Arcadian | Apr 6, 2011 | GMing Advice

In one convention game I ran, my players got...

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D&D Burgoo (4E): When the Wheel Weaves a Conversion

by Troy E. Taylor | Apr 5, 2011 | Crock Pot, GMing Advice, Specific RPGs

I’m an unapologetic fan of the “Wheel of Time”...

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A Cthulhu Dinner Party, Part 2

by Walt Ciechanowski | Apr 4, 2011 | GMing Advice

I finally ran the Cthulhu Dinner Party event...

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