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A Reminder About Social Contracts

by John Arcadian | Dec 22, 2008 | Gaming Trends, GMing Advice, Tools for GMs

Social contracts. The concept isn’t new to...

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Alpha Omega: How to GM this New RPG

by Martin Ralya | Dec 19, 2008 | GMing Advice, Specific RPGs

Here’s a situation that should be familiar...

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Hot Button: Reading the Boxed Text

by Walt Ciechanowski | Dec 18, 2008 | Hot Buttons

Back in the Reagan era, it was considered a...

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Gaming on a budget

by Scott Martin | Dec 17, 2008 | GMing Advice, Tools for GMs

V.Hobbs asks about gaming on a budget in the...

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Winter Holiday Plot Hooks

by John Arcadian | Dec 16, 2008 | GMing Advice

Well its that time of year. If you are a...

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Troy’s Crock Pot: A world in motion, Part II

by Troy E. Taylor | Dec 15, 2008 | Crock Pot, GMing Advice

What’s the Crock Pot? Just a simmering bowl of...

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Gamer Burnout – Both GM and Player

by John Arcadian | Dec 12, 2008 | GMing Advice, Specific RPGs, Tools for GMs

With the holidays approaching and schedules...

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The Setting is not the Role Playing

by Patrick Benson | Dec 11, 2008 | GMing Advice, Specific RPGs

During our last session at my friendly local...

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Troy’s Crock Pot: A world in motion, Part 1

by Troy E. Taylor | Dec 10, 2008 | Crock Pot, GMing Advice

What’s the Crock Pot? Just a simmering bowl of...

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Hot Button: Homework Assignments

by Walt Ciechanowski | Dec 9, 2008 | Hot Buttons

Traditionally, being a player is an hourly job...

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Player Buy-In Trumps GM Interest

by Martin Ralya | Dec 5, 2008 | GMing Advice

I didn’t come up with this, but it’s...

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Rusty links

by Scott Martin | Dec 4, 2008 | Gnome Rodeo

You know how a bicycle that sits out in the rain...

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D&D Burgoo: Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow

by Troy E. Taylor | Dec 3, 2008 | GMing Advice

Oh the weather outside is frightful. Waiting...

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Lessons From The Long Campaign– Delivering The Goods

by Phil Vecchione | Dec 2, 2008 | GMing Advice

This past week, I wrote the final session of my...

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GameWars

by Kurt "Telas" Schneider | Dec 1, 2008 | Gaming Trends

WOPR: “Would you like to play a...

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