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Ka-Pow: Best Roll Ever
This past Saturday night in my group’s...
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Create Adventures and NPCs Around a Focal Scene
Brian Engard, who writes Gamecrafter’s...
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What Does Your LGS Mean to You as a GM?
Over the weekend, TT reader tsuyoshikentsu...
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Keep a Backup RPG on Deck
Along the lines of Write a Backup Adventure,...
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Do You Prep NPC Dialogue?
When you’re putting together an adventure...
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Robin Laws on Linear Adventures
Robin Laws’s latest See Page XX column,...
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GM and Player Engagement: Four Observations
I’m about to say “engaged” a...
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Never Say No When You Could Say Yes
When a player wants their character to try...
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Evil Overlords, Now with Attributes
With Faction Gaming in the Empire, the author of...
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What Strikes Fear into Your Players?
Is there a specific game element — a rule,...
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Evil Overlords: Free Treasure Tables PDF
We’ve just released the sixth free...
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Monster Brains: Horrifying and Fantastic Artwork
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Bribing the GM
Back in high school, I gamed with a GM who...
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