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Building a Soundtrack for Your Game

by Martin-TT | Sep 8, 2007 | Props and Ambience

For the Burning Empires pitch session I’m...

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GMs, Put Your Players First

by Martin-TT | Sep 7, 2007 | Improving Your GMing, Players

If there’s a Treasure Tables philosophy...

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Using TT to Prep for a Game: A Case Study

by Martin-TT | Sep 6, 2007 | Prep, TT Info and News

The campaign I was running when I created...

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Notes on Alternating Games

by Martin-TT | Sep 5, 2007 | Approaches and Techniques

I wrote about alternating games back in 2005,...

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How do You Craft a Good Pitch Session?

by Martin-TT | Sep 4, 2007 | GMing Ideas, Scenarios

This Saturday, after fiending to run it for the...

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Called Shot to the Nuts

by Martin-TT | Sep 3, 2007 | Common Problems, Players

“I make a called shot to his nuts”...

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Pink Shirts at GenCon 2007

by Martin-TT | Sep 2, 2007 | Bad GMing, Cons and Events, Improving Your GMing

One final (?) GMing observation from this...

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Nope, We’re Not Doing That

by Martin-TT | Sep 1, 2007 | Players

When you present your players with a clear...

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Campaigns: Starting Up Again After a Hiatus

by Martin-TT | Aug 31, 2007 | Campaigns

Tomorrow night, my group is picking up our...

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RPG Blog II, Obsidian Portal, The Groovecast, TT Photos

by Martin-TT | Aug 30, 2007 | Campaigns, Cons and Events, Online Resources, TT Info and News

For today’s roundup, four markedly...

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Name Your Campaigns and Adventures

by Martin-TT | Aug 29, 2007 | Campaigns, Scenarios

A few observations on naming campaigns and...

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The Six Million Dollar GMing Wiki: An Overhaul

by Martin-TT | Aug 28, 2007 | Tools, TT Info and News

These days, I don’t often follow a...

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Are You the Most Dialed-in Gamer in Your Group?

by Martin-TT | Aug 27, 2007 | Role of the GM

As the GM, are you the gamer in your group who...

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My Group’s Social Contract

by Martin-TT | Aug 26, 2007 | Approaches and Techniques, Improving Your GMing

Social contracts are a popular topic here, and...

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Opening Credits via PowerPoint

by Martin-TT | Aug 25, 2007 | Approaches and Techniques, Campaigns, Guest Posts

At this year’s Mastering Your GM-Fu...

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