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When forming a new group to play RPGs with,...
Read MorePosted by J.T. Evans | Jul 11, 2025 | Game Mastering, GMing Advice
When forming a new group to play RPGs with,...
Read MorePosted by Phil Vecchione | Jun 27, 2025 | Game Mastering, GMing Advice
During your tenure GMing, your life is going to...
Read MorePosted by Josh Storey | Jun 26, 2025 | Game Mastering, GMing Advice
Paragons of an honorable code, antisocial loners forced to socialize, and gremlins looking to set the world on fire. When I started the Challenging the Tropes series, I thought it would be a fun examination of character types. I didn’t realize just how much it would teach me about improving the ways I run games and tell stories.
Read MorePosted by J.T. Evans | Jun 20, 2025 | Game Mastering, GMing Advice
Most RPGs tell a story of some kind. Some are...
Read MorePosted by Senda Linaugh | Jun 9, 2025 | Editorials, Game Mastering, GMing Advice
If you’ve done some tabletop and dabbled in or...
Read MorePosted by Phil Vecchione | May 30, 2025 | Game Mastering, GMing Advice
I am Phil, and I am suffering from Session...
Read MorePosted by Josh Storey | May 16, 2025 | Game Mastering, GMing Advice
The Chaos Gremlin archetype looks at the chaotic square on an alignment chart and says, “I’ll take two.” These are the people who read, “In a TTRPG, you can do anything you can imagine,” and just said, “Bet.” The fantasy of a Chaos Gremlin is one of ultimate freedom. They embody the no gods, no kings, no masters mindset. They’re the epitome of “Doing it for the plot.” And they don’t see a reason to follow the rules because rules are all made up anyway.
Read MorePosted by J.T. Evans | May 14, 2025 | Game Mastering, GMing Advice
Here’s a strong opinion of mine....
Read MorePosted by Alexander Atoz | May 12, 2025 | GMing Advice
It’s a classic TTRPG punchline: the GM spends...
Read MorePosted by Peter Martin | Apr 28, 2025 | Game Mastering, GMing Advice, Tools for GMs
Whether it’s Aragorn showing up with his army of...
Read MorePosted by Phil Vecchione | Apr 25, 2025 | Game Mastering, GMing Advice
This past weekend, my gaming group did not reach...
Read MorePosted by Josh Storey | Apr 11, 2025 | Game Mastering
In the D&D cultural zeitgeist, the paladin is often characterized as a stick-in-the-mud or worse, a narq, but there’s so much more to this trope beyond the memes. So let’s take a closer look and figure out how to use the fantasy of a stalwart champion to create absorbing character arcs.
Read MorePosted by Phil Vecchione | Mar 28, 2025 | Game Mastering, GMing Advice
In November, I paused my Mutants in the Now game...
Read MorePosted by J.T. Evans | Mar 19, 2025 | Game Making, Game Mastering, GMing Advice
This is the final article in my adventure design...
Read MorePosted by Phil Vecchione | Feb 28, 2025 | Game Mastering, GMing Advice
I generally don’t use published material for my...
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