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Sitting here listening to MC Frontalot’s...
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.
Posted by Martin-TT | Sep 15, 2007 | Approaches and Techniques, Prep
Sitting here listening to MC Frontalot’s...
Read MorePosted by Martin-TT | Sep 14, 2007 | GMing Ideas
I can’t take credit for this idea —...
Read MoreIn the same way that you should drive your NPCs...
Read MorePosted by Martin-TT | Sep 12, 2007 | Your GMing History
Back in 2004-5, I ran a D&D campaign for my...
Read MorePosted by Martin-TT | Sep 10, 2007 | Approaches and Techniques, NPCs, Worldbuilding
Good stuff for GMs from around the web: ...
Read MorePosted by Martin-TT | Sep 9, 2007 | Approaches and Techniques
As promised, I went screenless for last...
Read MorePosted by Martin-TT | Sep 8, 2007 | Props and Ambience
For the Burning Empires pitch session I’m...
Read MorePosted by Martin-TT | Sep 7, 2007 | Improving Your GMing, Players
If there’s a Treasure Tables philosophy...
Read MorePosted by Martin-TT | Sep 6, 2007 | Prep, TT Info and News
The campaign I was running when I created...
Read MorePosted by Martin-TT | Sep 5, 2007 | Approaches and Techniques
I wrote about alternating games back in 2005,...
Read MorePosted by Martin-TT | Sep 4, 2007 | GMing Ideas, Scenarios
This Saturday, after fiending to run it for the...
Read MorePosted by Martin-TT | Sep 3, 2007 | Common Problems, Players
“I make a called shot to his nuts”...
Read MorePosted by Martin-TT | Sep 2, 2007 | Bad GMing, Cons and Events, Improving Your GMing
One final (?) GMing observation from this...
Read MoreWhen you present your players with a clear...
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