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Dicing With Dragons on Fiction and Gaming

by Martin-TT | May 8, 2006 | Nature of GMing

This will probably be my last look at Dicing...

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Monster Tiles from Ocho Games

by Martin-TT | May 7, 2006 | Products for GMs

Ocho Games has come up with a nifty alternative...

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System-Neutral Space Station PDF

by Martin-TT | May 6, 2006 | Products for GMs

Tabletop Adventures has just published the first...

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Setting Stakes at the Campaign Level

by Martin-TT | May 5, 2006 | Campaigns

Design blog attacks of opportunity recently...

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A Light System for Collaborative Worldbuilding

by Martin-TT | May 4, 2006 | Worldbuilding

Earlier this week, I got an email from N. Bob...

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Dicing With Dragons on the Crisis Point

by Martin-TT | May 3, 2006 | Nature of GMing

Our first foray into Dicing With Dragons...

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Baby Steps Approach to Campaign Design

by Martin-TT | May 2, 2006 | Worldbuilding

Issue #308 of the Roleplaying Tips e-zine...

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Peter Adkison Hates Us: An Open Letter About GenCon Registration

by Martin-TT | May 1, 2006 | Cons and Events

Dear Peter Adkison, Hi, I’m Martin Ralya....

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GM Blogging at GenCon?

by Martin-TT | May 1, 2006 | Cons and Events

Are you running an event at GenCon Indy 2006?...

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Take Pictures of Your Gaming Sessions

by Martin-TT | Apr 30, 2006 | Approaches and Techniques

In 2003, I started taking pictures during my...

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Incoherent Play, and How to Avoid It

by Martin-TT | Apr 29, 2006 | Common Problems

Deep in the Game sums up incoherent play...

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Give Your NPCs a Color Palette

by Martin-TT | Apr 28, 2006 | NPCs

Abulia Savant has been rocking lately, and...

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The Boardgame Approach to GMing for Newbies

by Martin-TT | Apr 27, 2006 | Improving Your GMing, Players

If you GM enough games, you’re going to...

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Mastering Your GM-Fu at GenCon 2006

by Martin-TT | Apr 26, 2006 | Cons and Events

I’m pleased to announce that GenCon has...

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Dicing With Dragons on Published Scenarios

by Martin-TT | Apr 25, 2006 | Scenarios

A couple of weeks ago, I picked up a used copy...

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