My Final Five #5: There Are No Endings
This is my fifth article in my final five...
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Author: Patrick Benson
My Final Five #4: How RPGs Influence My Life
This is the fourth article in my final five...
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My Final Five: #3 Skill Domains & Boundaries
This is the third article in my final five...
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My Final Five #2: On the Fly Plots for Narrators!
This is the second article in my final five...
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My Final Five: #1 Keep ‘Em On Schedule
For the first of my final five articles, I...
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My Final Five: What Articles Should I Write?
I have decided to stop writing for Gnome Stew,...
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Deities: Unapproachable or Not?
Many fantasy games include pantheons of deities....
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PC Gear–Destroyed or Damaged?
Imagine that you are playing King Arthur as a PC...
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Using Disinformation for Plot Development
Disinformation is a fancy term for lying via a...
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Hacking Dread–Fixing What Is Not Broken
Every year my local game shop hosts a Halloween...
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Want to Become a Better Gamemaster? Become a Toastmaster!
As a GM you present, entertain, and lead others....
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The Orbital Path Method of Plot Design
Plots for RPGs are tricky beasts to deal with....
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Sometimes the Well Runs Dry…
Recently I had a game to prep for and I was...
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Forget the Game
I struggle with today. I am sure that I am not...
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Use the PCs’ Actions to Tell a Great Story
I am back from another great Gen Con, and I...
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