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Read MoreA tabletop role-playing game enthusiast and lover of all things pretend. Pete Petrusha is an indie game designer, tabletop RPG promoter, and the Creative Director at Imagining Games. He is the designer, author, and award nominated art director behind the empowering story building game, Dreamchaser: A Game of Destiny and the ridiculous roommate roleplaying game Rest in Pieces. Pete promotes tabletop RPGs at a variety of conventions throughout the country and leads an Indie Games on Demand movement in his local area. He is the former IGDN Convention Coordinator, and Host of the Indie Groundbreaker Awards.
Posted by Pete Petrusha | Jul 27, 2022 | General, Nerd Misc., Reviews, RPGs
What’s In A Name Back in the 90’s...
Read MorePosted by Pete Petrusha | Feb 22, 2021 | Game Mastering, GMing Advice, Improving Your GMing, Player Perspective
Thirty minutes into the session, the moment...
Read MorePosted by Pete Petrusha | Sep 21, 2020 | Approaches and Techniques, Game Making, Game Mastering, General, GMing Ideas, Products for GMs, Tools for GMs
How do you run better games? You deliver...
Read MorePosted by Pete Petrusha | Mar 23, 2020 | Game Making, Gaming Trends, GMing Community, Products for GMs, Scenarios, Worldbuilding
You already imagine colorful characters...
Read MorePosted by Pete Petrusha | Dec 16, 2019 | Approaches and Techniques, Common Problems, Game Mastering, GMing Advice, Player Perspective
When do you game? Is it a weekly thing? Does the...
Read MorePosted by Pete Petrusha | Sep 23, 2019 | Approaches and Techniques, Encounters, Game Mastering, GMing Advice, Improving Your GMing, Intro to Game Mastering, Nature of GMing, Prep, Products for GMs, Tools for GMs
Want to write better adventures? Want to prep...
Read MorePosted by Pete Petrusha | Jul 22, 2019 | Approaches and Techniques, Common Problems, GMing Advice, Improving Your GMing, Intro to Game Mastering, Players, Role of the GM, Tools for GMs
As a GM, do you really get to play like everyone...
Read MorePosted by Pete Petrusha | May 20, 2019 | Common Problems, Game Making, Game Mastering, General, Players
To create a game is to learn that the act of...
Read MorePosted by Pete Petrusha | Mar 27, 2019 | Game Mastering, Player Perspective
Do you wish that your players got more...
Read MorePosted by Pete Petrusha | Jan 21, 2019 | GMing Advice, GMing Community
Do you have too many games just...
Read MorePosted by Pete Petrusha | Oct 30, 2018 | General
“and all the men and women merely players” – William...
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