Category: GMing Advice

The Power of ClichÃ©: Why Being Original Isn’t as Important as Being Interesting

Posted by Chuck Lauer | Mar 5, 2021 | Approaches and Techniques, Game Mastering, General, GMing Advice

I’m currently running not one, but two...

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Storyteller or Facilitator — Two Approaches

Posted by Phil Vecchione | Feb 26, 2021 | Game Mastering, GMing Advice

Over my nearly 40 years as a GM, I have changed...

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Bizarre Traditions

Posted by J.T. Evans | Feb 24, 2021 | Game Mastering, GMing Advice

Different societies and cultures have wildly...

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Debilitating Conditions at the Table

Posted by Pete Petrusha | Feb 22, 2021 | Game Mastering, GMing Advice, Improving Your GMing, Player Perspective

Thirty minutes into the session, the moment...

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A Love Letter to Success With Complications

Posted by Phil Vecchione | Jan 29, 2021 | Game Mastering, GMing Advice

One of the great things about playing a large...

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Actually, It’s Gamenstein’s Monster: Ideas to Stitch Together Into Your Own Monstrosity

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

Any given game that you pick up off a shelf (or...

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The Same, But Different

Posted by J.T. Evans | Dec 30, 2020 | Game Mastering, GMing Advice

As most of you fine folks out there in Gnome...

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Scratching That Itch: The New Shiny

Posted by Phil Vecchione | Dec 18, 2020 | Game Mastering, GMing Advice

I have a great problem. I have too many RPGs and...

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Bringing the Merry Band Together: A Cause Worth Fighting For

Posted by Amelia Summers | Dec 16, 2020 | Game Mastering, General, GMing Advice, Tools for GMs

Lots of tabletop RPGs spin tales of fantasy,...

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Shady PC Backstories

Posted by J.T. Evans | Dec 2, 2020 | Game Mastering, GMing Advice

Not all characters start out the hero. Very few...

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GMing Fatigue

Posted by Angela Murray | Nov 30, 2020 | Game Mastering, GMing Advice

I have a bit of a conundrum I wanted to talk...

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Information Gaps – When The Information Runs Dry

Posted by Phil Vecchione | Nov 20, 2020 | Game Mastering, GMing Advice

In a recent game, my players reached an impasse....

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Not To Kill: Non Lethal Options In Combat

Posted by Phil Vecchione | Oct 30, 2020 | Game Mastering, General, GMing Advice

The situation was all-too-familiar – the characters had subdued a...

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One-Shot Player Prep

Posted by J.T. Evans | Oct 26, 2020 | Game Mastering, GMing Advice

For long-running campaigns, quite a few GMs will...

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Mountains out of Molehills

Posted by Angela Murray | Oct 2, 2020 | Game Mastering, GMing Advice

Occasionally as GM, you’ll be running a game and...

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