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The Re-Gathering of Heroes
Gathering the party, even a party of veteran...
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Hot Button: The Bait and Switch
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Hacking the Game
I’ve got a player who loves D&D,...
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Lessons From The Long Campaign: Setting Up An Epic Campaign
I am closing in on the 3rd anniversary of my...
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Fail? Can the world survive failure?
Von Bek has an excellent question about making...
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D&D Burgoo (4.0): Action point, smaction point
Swordgleam is looking at the 4E rules, and...
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Funerals in games
I attended a funeral this last week, which...
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Hot Button: A Question of Alignment
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D&D Burgoo (4.0): Room Search Free-for-all
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