Category: GMing Advice

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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Playing Traditional Games Again

Posted by Phil Vecchione | Sep 25, 2020 | Game Mastering, GMing Advice

I have always been interested in different types...

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Mysterious Hooks

Posted by J.T. Evans | Sep 14, 2020 | Game Mastering, GMing Advice, Player Perspective

I think this article is more geared as...

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Character Dependents

Posted by J.T. Evans | Sep 7, 2020 | Game Mastering, GMing Advice

As followers of my posts know, I wrapped up a...

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Coping with Multiple Personalities

Posted by Craig Dedrick | Aug 31, 2020 | Game Mastering, GMing Advice, Improving Your GMing, LARPs, Tools for GMs

A party at the palace. A meeting of the ruling...

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Final Rewards

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

As you can probably tell, I’ve been in the...

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What’s In My Session Zero Toolbox

Posted by Phil Vecchione | Aug 21, 2020 | Game Mastering, GMing Advice

Over the past year or so, I have been refining my Session Zero...

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Don’t Just Stop; Finish

Posted by J.T. Evans | Aug 12, 2020 | Game Mastering, GMing Advice

Find your session zero notes. There’s...

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Shortcuts to a Campaign’s End

Posted by J.T. Evans | Aug 5, 2020 | Game Mastering, GMing Advice

There are times when a campaign gets long in the...

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Older Characters

Posted by J.T. Evans | Jul 6, 2020 | Game Mastering, GMing Advice

Today is my 47th birthday. That means that in...

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Interesting Magic Appearances

Posted by J.T. Evans | Jun 24, 2020 | Game Mastering, GMing Advice

GM: A red ball of flame hurls through the-...

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Planned vs Emergent Backgrounds

Posted by Phil Vecchione | Jun 19, 2020 | Game Mastering, GMing Advice

I recently started an Icons campaign and was working through...

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