Category: Game Making

Adventure Design: Thematic Bosses

Posted by J.T. Evans | Sep 18, 2024 | Game Making, Game Mastering, GMing Advice

While it’s sometimes fun to flip open a...

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Adventure Design: Thematic Environments

Posted by J.T. Evans | Aug 21, 2024 | Game Making, Game Mastering, GMing Advice

Way back in the first installment of this...

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Adventure Design: Story Hooks

Posted by J.T. Evans | Jul 24, 2024 | Game Making, Game Mastering, GMing Advice

After you have your story arc put together,...

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Adventure Design: Backgrounds and Factions

Posted by J.T. Evans | Jun 12, 2024 | Game Making, Game Mastering, GMing Advice

Since the opening days of my RPG life,...

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Adventure Design: Detailing Back to Front

Posted by J.T. Evans | May 15, 2024 | Game Making, Game Mastering, GMing Advice

This time around, I’m going to talk about...

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Adventure Design: Mood, Tone, and Theme

Posted by J.T. Evans | Apr 17, 2024 | Game Making, Game Mastering, GMing Advice

When starting to design an adventure for your...

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Adventure Design: Intro and Outline

Posted by J.T. Evans | Mar 20, 2024 | Game Making, Game Mastering, GMing Advice

Welcome to a series of adventure design articles...

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Gnomecast 181 – Bridgett Jeffries, Community Coordinator

Posted by Poddy Gnomington | Jan 31, 2024 | Game Making, Gaming Conventions, Gnomecast

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Descending Difficulty Checks

Posted by Chris Sniezak | Dec 1, 2023 | Game Making, Game Mastering, GMing Advice, Tools for GMs

I Love Me A Good Redcap I like the lore, the...

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You Too, Can Self Publish Call of Cthulhu

Posted by Bridgett Jeffries | Apr 7, 2021 | Game Making, Game Mastering, General

The Call of Cthulhu… is Calling You to...

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A Block Tower With Benefits

Posted 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...

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Di’s 7 Swords – The 1st: Resolution Mechanics Must be Fast

Posted by Di. | Jul 31, 2020 | Game Making

*Di’s 7 Swords is a collection of views,...

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Interesting Fauna

Posted by J.T. Evans | May 1, 2020 | Design Journals, Game Making

So far in this series of...

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Share Your World

Posted by Pete Petrusha | Mar 23, 2020 | Game Making, Gaming Trends, GMing Community, Products for GMs, Scenarios, Worldbuilding

You already imagine colorful characters...

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Adapting an IP to an RPG

Posted by Phil Vecchione | Aug 28, 2019 | Game Making, Game Mastering, GMing Advice

I am in between campaigns, having just wrapped...

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