Category: GMing Advice

Failing Forward: How to Make Failure Interesting In RPGs

Posted by Chuck Lauer | Aug 20, 2021 | Approaches and Techniques, Game Mastering, General, GMing Advice, Tools for GMs

Powered by the Apocalypse (PbtA) games have...

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Fascism: The Insidious Antagonist

Posted by Craig Dedrick | Aug 13, 2021 | Game Mastering, GMing Advice

If we’ve learned anything from Indiana Jones,...

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Devils and Demons-How GMs can use Fiendish Entities in their Games.

Posted by jackpeachey | Aug 9, 2021 | Game Mastering, GMing Advice

Content Warning: Discussion of Body Horror,...

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Plot Train Derailed (And Possibly On Fire): Now What?

Posted by Will Martin | Jul 19, 2021 | Game Mastering, GMing Advice, Tools for GMs

Your recurring villain appeared right on...

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Using Monsters that Fit Your Theme

Posted by Jared Rascher | Jul 5, 2021 | GMing Advice

When you are planning an encounter for the game...

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Thou Shalt Not Fudge

Posted by critographer | Jun 18, 2021 | Game Mastering, GMing Advice, Tools for GMs

In the world of tabletop RPGs, few...

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A Checklist For Returning to Face To Face Gaming

Posted by Phil Vecchione | May 21, 2021 | Game Mastering, General, GMing Advice

Two weeks ago, on the Zoom call for my Forbidden...

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Where to Draw the Line on Horror Gaming

Posted by Bridgett Jeffries | May 14, 2021 | Common Problems, Cons and Events, Convention Games, Game Mastering, General, Genre Advice, GMing Advice, Tools for GMs

Please consider the following content warnings...

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Picking the Next GM

Posted by J.T. Evans | May 10, 2021 | Game Mastering, GMing Advice

In my last article, I talked about jumping into...

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Press On: Playing Without a Needed Role

Posted by Phil Vecchione | Apr 30, 2021 | Game Mastering, GMing Advice

You have all been in this situation. I got my...

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Be Prepared to Take the GM Leap

Posted by J.T. Evans | Apr 28, 2021 | Game Mastering, GMing Advice

If you’re a player in your RPG group, but...

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Crunchy Mental Theater

Posted by J.T. Evans | Apr 14, 2021 | Game Mastering, GMing Advice

In combat, when it comes to envisioning the...

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How to Do Bad Things and Get Away with It: Advice for the Contrary Game Master and Player

Posted by Chuck Lauer | Apr 12, 2021 | Approaches and Techniques, Game Mastering, GMing Advice

Put away the ski mask, you absolute sociopath....

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Heisting a Campaign

Posted by J.T. Evans | Mar 31, 2021 | Game Mastering, GMing Advice

All GMs run dry on ideas. It happens to the best...

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A Year Of Online Gaming

Posted by Phil Vecchione | Mar 19, 2021 | Game Mastering, GMing Advice

Just over a year ago, I played my last...

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