Gnomecast #96 – GMing Failure
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Taking Your Convention Virtual
In March, I was organizing what Angela Murray...
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Modern Settings and 2020
I like modern settings in my roleplaying games....
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Shotguns and Sorcery The Roleplaying Game Review
I know the beginning of my love for fantasy. I...
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How Dragons Brought Us Together — Game Planning In The Internet Age
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Turning Garbage into Terrain: Tree Edition
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Gnomecast #95 – What I’ve Learned Recently
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Older Characters
Today is my 47th birthday. That means that in...
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#iHunt: The RPG Review
I’m going to start describing a game. It’s a...
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Interesting Magic Appearances
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I recently started an Icons campaign and was...
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Imagination as a Magic System
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Harlem Unbound 2nd Edition Review
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