The Crusty Old Gnome: Creating a Realm of Adventure
Don’t you remember? We built this city, we built...
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Walt's been a game master ever since he accidentally picked up the Dungeons & Dragons Basic Set in 1982. He became a freelance RPG writer in 2005 and is currently the Victoriana Line Developer for Cubicle 7. Walt lives in Springfield, PA with his wife Helena and their three children, Leianna, Stephen, and Zoe.
Posted by Walt Ciechanowski | Nov 20, 2023 | Game Mastering, GMing Advice
Don’t you remember? We built this city, we built...
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I don’t know where I’m going, but I sure know...
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I wanna go back and do it all over but I can’t...
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And the old Gnome Emeritus Walt Ciechanowski...
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Greetings from the rocking chair of the...
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And so it ends. If there is one thing in common...
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As a GM, one of the things I find most puzzling...
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Have you ever looked at the calendar and...
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For my first article of the new year I decided...
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It’s that time of year again. In these...
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Star Wars: The Force Awakens opens this weekend....
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Usually when I have issues or problems with a...
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Recently I watched the season opener of Arrow...
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From the time I entered my first dungeon decades...
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This past weekend was the first episode of the...
Read MoreHey you. Yeah, you. Do you know about Gnomecast 21? Why isn’t it in the archives? What are they hiding? If you value your safety… don’t go searching for Gnomecast 21…
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