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Gnome Stew Author Adam Nave Has Retired
Adam Nave, one of our original authors here on...
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Don’t Say No, Say “Go ahead.”
My group that I GM for is currently only three...
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I was cleaning our office [aka, the room where...
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Name Your Inspiration – Follow Up Post
A while back I did a post about Inspiring the...
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Fair or Foul: Restricting Roleplay?
Here’s a question dug from my GMing...
Read MoreThe 12 RPGs Every Gamer Should Play Before They Die
Sometimes when I meet a fellow gamer for the...
Read MoreThere’s Snakes in this Motherf$*%ing Stew! – Warning! adventure awaits ahead on the pottymouth skies
So, this weekend, I had the joy of running an...
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House Rules: Modification
Welcome to the third installment of the House...
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Nonlinear (Sandbox) games
Janna at Dungeonmastering recently wrote up an...
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NPC Names – Celebrity Cameos
NPC Naming. Wow do I hate coming up with NPC...
Read MoreLaptops at the Gaming Table, part 2 of 2
“The Digital GM leverages technology to...
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Much Ado About Nothing
“A lie can travel halfway around the world while...
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Troy’s Crock Pot: At Full Gallop at the KQ Carnival
What’s the Crock Pot? Just a simmering bowl of...
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Whose hand swivels the spotlight?
Recently Vanir brought back a good post about...
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