Party Leaders and Player Leaders
Having one PC act as party leader is pretty...
Read More"Martin Ralya (TT)" is two people: Martin Ralya, the administrator of and a contributor to Gnome Stew, and a time traveler from the years 2005-2007, when he published the Treasure Tables GMing blog (TT). Treasure Tables got started in the early days of RPG blogging, and when Martin burned out trying to run it solo he shut it down, recruited a team of authors, and started Gnome Stew in its place. We moved all TT posts and comments to Gnome Stew in 2012.
Having one PC act as party leader is pretty...
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Read MorePosted by Martin-TT | Oct 25, 2006 | Campaigns, Common Problems
With this post, our sporadically-updated How to...
Read MorePosted by Martin-TT | Oct 24, 2006 | Products for GMs
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Read MorePosted by Martin-TT | Oct 23, 2006 | Props and Ambience
Doesn’t this just make you want to run a...
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Read MorePosted by Martin-TT | Oct 21, 2006 | GMing Ideas
I’ve run a solo session or two in the...
Read MoreMany RPGs simply assume that most groups, and...
Read MorePosted by Martin-TT | Oct 19, 2006 | Approaches and Techniques
Every week before our Saturday night Stargate...
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Read MoreEvery GM has experienced slow spots, hiccups and...
Read MorePosted by Martin-TT | Oct 16, 2006 | Nature of GMing
Sausages: Tasty and delicious, although too many...
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Read MorePosted by Martin-TT | Oct 14, 2006 | GMing Community, Nature of GMing, Players
I recently stumbled across Twenty Sided Tale, a...
Read MorePosted by Martin-TT | Oct 13, 2006 | Approaches and Techniques
Lenses are an idea I first saw put into practice...
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