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Read MoreJohn Arcadian (he/him/they) is a freelance author, blogger, and art director in the tabletop gaming industry with many awards under his belt. He has given TEDx talks and academic presentations on the social aspects of gaming and writes gaming advice at the multiple ENnie award winning site https://gnomestew.com and rant the site from 2014 to 2019. He also creates books, interactive gaming content, websites, and provides art direction for various companies like Encoded Designs, Cubicle 7, Kobold Press, Darker Hue Studios, Engine Publishing, Third Eye Games, Monte Cook Games, and many others. You can find a nearly complete list of publications at https://www.johnarcadian.com
Posted by John Arcadian | Nov 2, 2011 | GMing Advice
Anymore, I’m pretty much an improv only Game...
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Back before Gencon, Phil threw out an article...
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"Well it says I have blue, but I decided I...
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Arrr, ye fair and gentle readers. Ye be knowing...
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As Game Masters, I think we’ve all been in the...
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Just before Gencon, Charles Ryan of Cubicle 7...
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A while back (quite a while back actually) I was...
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I’ve been wanting to put up part 3 in my “Physical Space Of The...
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At Origins this year I ran a lot of games. Most...
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Ahhh convention season. It’s that glorious time of the year when I...
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I’m likely going to make the world meta-explode...
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A couple of weeks ago I was at a convention and...
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Every Game Master has been in the situation...
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So stop me if you’ve heard this one before: A Dragonblooded paladin...
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In one convention game I ran, my players got...
Read MoreHey you. Yeah, you. Do you know about Gnomecast 21? Why isn’t it in the archives? What are they hiding? If you value your safety… don’t go searching for Gnomecast 21…
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