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Progressing Side Plots in the Background
When you’re using a campaign model like...
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Video Games, Meet Old School Gaming
Over on Jeff’s Gameblog, Jeff Rients...
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NPCs Don’t Sit on Fences
After linking to this post last week, I also...
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RPG Sheets: Over 3,000 Character Sheets
Courtesy of orychle on the TT forums comes this...
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Pacing: Five Key Things to Consider
Pacing came up in the comments on Have You Ever...
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How Your Players See NPCs, and a Bad Metaphor
Over on Avonia d20, Patrick (who is Patrick on...
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Treasure Tables RPG Glossary: 216 Terms
After putting out a call for glossary...
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Have You Ever Padded a Session?
Whether due to lack of prep (“Crap,...
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Initiative: Tips, Tricks and Fundamentals
Nearly every RPG uses an initiative system for...
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Looking for Players?
After exchanging a few emails with Peter...
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Double Features
Last night, my group’s Stargate SG-4...
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Creating and Running Guide NPCs
Issue #349 of Roleplaying Tips has some great...
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What’s the Longest Campaign You’ve Ever Run?
The “standard” model of the...
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Fantasy Campaign Tools from Arr-Kelaan Software
Arr-Kelaan Software has seven GM-oriented...
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