Category: GMing Advice

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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Interesting Rural Locations

Posted by J.T. Evans | Jun 10, 2020 | Game Mastering, GMing Advice

In the continuation of my...

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Parallel Campaigns–Why Would You Do This to Yourself?

Posted by Jared Rascher | Jun 8, 2020 | Game Mastering, GMing Advice

All of the Star Wars campaigns I’ve run have...

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Quick & Dirty GMing

Posted by Di. | May 27, 2020 | Game Mastering, GMing Advice

Have you ever kind of just been waiting in line...

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Alignment Alternatives

Posted by J.T. Evans | May 25, 2020 | Game Mastering, GMing Advice

Alignment has been part of role playing pretty...

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