Failing Forward: How to Make Failure Interesting In RPGs
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Author: Chuck Lauer
How to Do Bad Things and Get Away with It: Advice for the Contrary Game Master and Player
Put away the ski mask, you absolute sociopath....
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The Power of Cliché: Why Being Original Isn’t as Important as Being Interesting
I’m currently running not one, but two...
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Bride of Gamenstein: Three More Systems to Graft onto Your Game
There are a bunch of RPGs out there, and no one...
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Actually, It’s Gamenstein’s Monster: Ideas to Stitch Together Into Your Own Monstrosity
Any given game that you pick up off a shelf (or...
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Things Terrain Has Taught Me About Gaming (And Maybe Life?)
2020, for all that it’s been a nightmare blur of...
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An Only Slightly Gushing Review of WarLock Tiles
Recently, WizKids has released several sets of...
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Turning Garbage into Terrain: Tree Edition
It is now March 127th; in the meaningless blur...
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Emotionally Engaging Players In RPGs
There’s been a lot of ink spilled about...
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7+ Fast, Free Papercrafts to Surprise Your Players
If you’re just here for the links, here they...
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Four Ways to Fill Your Table (and Your Time)
If you’re like me, you also have a great...
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Death in a Smoky Room: A (Mostly) System-Neutral Fantasy Murder Mystery
Sometimes, you just need a good atmospheric...
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3 Medieval Tortures And The Exercises You Can Do To Experience Them
I am currently writing this post with my nose,...
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It Came From The Stew Pot
Hey 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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