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Lead With the Cool Stuff

by Martin-TT | Aug 22, 2005 | Improving Your GMing |

From a useful gaming advice thread on RPG.net:...

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Learning From GenCon

by Martin-TT | Aug 16, 2005 | Cons and Events |

This is a bit of an odd post: I’m going to...

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Applying Stross’s Law

by Martin-TT | Aug 11, 2005 | Worldbuilding |

Over in his LiveJournal, Mike Mearls recently...

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Getting Player Feedback

by Martin-TT | Aug 9, 2005 | Common Problems, Players |

I don’t know about you, but most of the...

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Booze at the Table

by Martin-TT | Aug 7, 2005 | Approaches and Techniques |

Some gamers like to drink while they play, or...

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Start Small

by Martin-TT | Aug 5, 2005 | Prep |

“Start small.” This phrase sums up...

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What Does the GM Do?

by Martin-TT | Aug 2, 2005 | Role of the GM |

Sounds like a pretty dumb question, right? Or at...

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Vibrant NPCs

by Martin-TT | Jul 31, 2005 | NPCs |

I ran the first session of my Airship Privateers...

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GM by Default

by Martin-TT | Jul 26, 2005 | Role of the GM |

Have you ever run a game because no one else...

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How Did You Learn to GM?

by Martin-TT | Jul 24, 2005 | Your GMing History |

A simple question to which the answer will, I...

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The Bones in the Soup

by Martin-TT | Jul 21, 2005 | Campaigns |

This post is a follow-up to my first post on TT,...

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More Fun, Less Work

by Martin-TT | Jul 20, 2005 | Improving Your GMing |

A little while back, Ryan Dancey made an...

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Quirky is Good

by Martin-TT | Jul 18, 2005 | Improving Your GMing |

Last month on Yudhishthira’s Dice, Brand...

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Rules for Exerting Player Control?

by Martin-TT | Jul 17, 2005 | Players |

This comment from Bankuei (author of the Deep in...

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Timelines in Published Settings

by Martin-TT | Jul 16, 2005 | Campaigns |

A couple of weeks ago, I read a comment about...

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