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6 Tips for Maintaining Momentum

by Martin-TT | Oct 17, 2006 | Scenarios

Every GM has experienced slow spots, hiccups and...

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GMing Is Like a Sausage

by Martin-TT | Oct 16, 2006 | Nature of GMing

Sausages: Tasty and delicious, although too many...

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Hirsute Halfling Haberdashers: Theme Parties

by Martin-TT | Oct 15, 2006 | PCs

“We’re all gnome barbarians!”...

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DM of the Rings: Full of GMing Insights (and Hilarious)

by Martin-TT | Oct 14, 2006 | GMing Community, Nature of GMing, Players

I recently stumbled across Twenty Sided Tale, a...

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Lenses: A Great Underused GMing Device

by Martin-TT | Oct 13, 2006 | Approaches and Techniques

Lenses are an idea I first saw put into practice...

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Meta-Support Between Players

by Martin-TT | Oct 12, 2006 | Online Resources, PCs

Play Constructively: Pass the Ball is an...

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Squeeze Out Tasty Adventure Icing

by Martin-TT | Oct 11, 2006 | Online Resources, Scenarios

Courtesy of an email from Jeff Rients (thanks,...

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Rats and Giant Bugs: Booooring

by Martin-TT | Oct 10, 2006 | Approaches and Techniques

So I’m working my way through Oblivion,...

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GMs, Always Do Your Own Mapping

by Martin-TT | Oct 9, 2006 | Common Problems, Players

I touched on this briefly in TT’s first...

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GMing a Licensed Property RPG

by Martin-TT | Oct 8, 2006 | Campaigns

From Star Wars, Star Trek and Firefly to Conan,...

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The Want, Challenge, Cool Factor Method of Scenario Creation

by Martin-TT | Oct 7, 2006 | Players, Scenarios

Whether you’re mid-campaign or just...

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I Steal His Pants

by Martin-TT | Oct 6, 2006 | Common Problems, Players

The title of this post comes from one of the...

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The Player Character Death Survey

by Martin-TT | Oct 5, 2006 | PCs, Players

At some point in your GMing career, a PC is...

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Using Wargames for RPG Combat

by Martin-TT | Oct 4, 2006 | Encounters

I’ve always been intrigued by the idea of...

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First Adventure Outline on the TT Wiki

by Martin-TT | Oct 3, 2006 | TT Forums

Kestral has added the first adventure outline to...

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