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Review: Realms Of Cthulhu
A long while back, fellow gnome DNAPHIL offered...
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The Proper Care and Feeding of Your Creativity
As a GM the most important tool you have is your...
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The Decamer Campaign: Start with D&D’s 10 Stupidest Monsters…
This idea hit me like a bolt from the blue, and...
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Soldiers’ Stories
Today is Veterans Day in the United States, also...
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A Good Story Or A Good Game
A lot of my gaming friends and I are into gaming...
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Christmas Morning on the Battlefield
You know that excited feeling on Christmas...
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Cracked.com’s top 12 top 10(ish) lists to inspire your games
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There’s a fox in the henhouse over at Open...
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Reinforcement: A Simple Tool for Conveying Theme, Tone, and Flavor
One of the best ways to convey the theme of your...
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Your Expectations Lose To Player Participation
As a player I recently experienced two opposite...
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Johnny’s Five – Five Game Ideas For Your Halloween Enjoyment
With Halloween being tomorrow, I figured I would...
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D&D Burgoo: A Dragon on the Doorstep
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