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GMs must populate their settings with plenty of...
Read MoreFirst introduced to RPGs through the DnD Red Box Set in 1990, Matt fights an ongoing battle with GMing ADD, leaving his to-do list littered with the broken wrecks of half-formed campaigns, worlds, characters, settings, and home-brewed systems. Luckily, his wife is also a GM, providing him with time on both sides of the screen.
Posted by Matthew J. Neagley | Aug 22, 2011 | Tools for GMs
GMs must populate their settings with plenty of...
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Every year I’ve written a garage sale article...
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This is the final installment of our smart...
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In the first three parts of The Smart Villain,...
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In part 1 of The Smart Villain we talked about...
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In part 1 of The Smart Villain, we gave two...
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The smart villain is a common GMing problem. ...
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In Phil’s recent article: Prep-Lite: Maps, he...
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Steampunk is all the rage these days, but have...
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It seems everywhere you go that someone is...
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The supers genre seems fairly straightforward....
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Languages in RPGs have a lot of potential, but they often get...
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A few weeks back I wrote about how to quickly...
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Somehow it seems surreal that we’re on the third...
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It never fails. You’re playing a platformer...
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