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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