GM Performance Review
Not too long ago, I had my performance review at...
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Aces and Eights: Character Creation
This weekend I sat down in the player’s...
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The GM Sounding Board
No GM should be an island of ideas. As a GM we...
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Dungeonaday.com – Awesome In Any System
This past weekend I just finished running a...
Read MoreSavage Accessories
Excuse the cliché of telling you about my...
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Johnny’s Five – Five Tips For Tweaking Your Gaming Space (Plus one frigging awesome link)
While prepping for my regular Sunday game...
Read MoreHappy GM’s Day from the Gnomes!
It’s March fourth, and you know what that...
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Fiasco: In Action And Why You Should Play This Game
When we last left off, I had taken you through...
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Fiasco: Rules, Dice, Friends, And Trouble
Today I am going to review a game that does not...
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Gnome Stew’s Secret Project: The Cat’s Out of the Bag
Regular readers know that the gnomes have been...
Read MoreHey, if it ain’t the Elven Rangers! How Y’All Doing?
I just got back from our trip to Walt Disney...
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Johnny’s Five — Five Things That Puzzles In RPGs Should Do
I’ve been running my gaming group through a...
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Improvisation: Give Your Players Enough Rope to Have a Blast, but Not Enough to Hang Themselves
When I’m playing but not GMing (as is the...
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Deep as a Puddle: Myers Briggs
No, you’re not all gnomes named Myers...
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Do We Really Need Our Special Powers
While watching Star Wars the other day, okay...
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