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First Time GM – Game Prep II – Techniques
First Time GM is a series of articles dedicated...
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Nice Myth, Ugly Truth: We Gamers Are Not That Smart
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Gnome Stew Invades Con On The Cob!!! and a Little Advice For Surviving Convention Games
Last year I did a review of a local convention...
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You Asked for Player Input for a Reason
Years ago I played in a game where the GM asked...
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Video Gnoments, Episode 1: Props
As much as I enjoy writing sometimes a video is...
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Hot Button: Magic — Mechanical or McGuffin?
Every gaming system handles magic a little...
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Dresden Files: Werewolves and Harpies, oh my!
At GenCon I was one of the lucky few who managed...
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Eureka has been nominated for a 2010 Golden Geek...
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My Theory for RPG Design & Good GMing
My nine month hiatus from Gnome Stew was spent...
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Review: Filling the Empty Chair – A Guide to Finding Players
Filling the Empty Chair is a PDF resource...
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The Dungeon Crawl Checklist
The dungeon crawl is a classic staple of RPGs...
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Prep-Lite Manifesto- The Template
I have recently begun a journey, on which I like...
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Introducing the next generation with rpgKids
NewbieDm, of the blog of the same name recently...
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Hot Button: Absentee Deaths
While I rarely do this anymore I’ve found...
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