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Improvising an Encounter

by Martin-TT | May 9, 2007 | Encounters, Improving Your GMing

Every GM improvises, but not every GM is...

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Ninety Minutes is a Good Start: An Open Letter to Peter Adkison

by Martin-TT | May 8, 2007 | Cons and Events

Dear Peter Adkison, After sending you Peter...

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GenCon Registration Day

by Martin-TT | May 7, 2007 | Cons and Events

Today’s the big day for GenCon...

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Manage Your Campaign With Google Tools

by Martin-TT | May 6, 2007 | Organization

Amaril, author of the brand-new blog The...

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Two Kinds of Gaming Group: Which Kind is Yours?

by Martin-TT | May 5, 2007 | Nature of GMing

Frank Filz’s comment on yesterday’s...

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Doomsday Approacheth: Choosing the Next Game

by Martin-TT | May 4, 2007 | Approaches and Techniques

My gaming group is coming up on the end of one...

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Mastering Your GM-Fu at GenCon 2007

by Martin-TT | May 3, 2007 | Cons and Events

Zachary Houghton (formerly of RPG Blog), Vicki...

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GMing Commandments, Axioms and Conflict Resolution

by Martin-TT | May 2, 2007 | Guest Posts, Improving Your GMing

In judging the Guest Post Contest, we arrived at...

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Communicate: Understand the Lessons You Will Teach Each Other

by Martin-TT | May 1, 2007 | Guest Posts, Improving Your GMing

This guest post by TT forum member Ramza was the...

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The Game Master is the Leader of the Group

by Martin-TT | Apr 30, 2007 | Guest Posts, Improving Your GMing

This guest post by TT forum member Telas was the...

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The Power of Video for GMs

by Martin-TT | Apr 29, 2007 | Props and Ambience

Back in middle school, I was the player in a...

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Groom Like it’s a Workday

by Martin-TT | Apr 28, 2007 | Approaches and Techniques

When I GM, I nearly always shave before the game...

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What GMing Products Would You Like to See?

by Martin-TT | Apr 27, 2007 | Products for GMs

As a GM, what products do you wish RPG...

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An Experiment: Gaming Spaces Flickr Group

by Martin-TT | Apr 26, 2007 | GMing Community

Yesterday, two ideas that had been floating...

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Combat: To Map, or Not to Map?

by Martin-TT | Apr 25, 2007 | Organization

A deceptively simple question: Do you use...

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