Category: GMing Advice

Introducing Players to New Kinds of Games

Posted by Senda Linaugh | Jul 29, 2019 | GMing Advice

We all start somewhere — many of us with...

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NPC Backgrounds

Posted by J.T. Evans | Jul 26, 2019 | Game Mastering, GMing Advice

Back in March of this year, I wrote a series of...

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Getting Players to GM

Posted by Pete Petrusha | Jul 22, 2019 | Approaches and Techniques, Common Problems, GMing Advice, Improving Your GMing, Intro to Game Mastering, Players, Role of the GM, Tools for GMs

As a GM, do you really get to play like everyone...

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3 Medieval Tortures And The Exercises You Can Do To Experience Them

Posted by Chuck Lauer | Jul 8, 2019 | Game Mastering, General, GMing Advice, Players, Tools for GMs

I am currently writing this post with my nose,...

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Character Birthdays and Advanced Aging

Posted by J.T. Evans | Jul 5, 2019 | Game Mastering, GMing Advice

Tomorrow is my birthday. I’ll be obtaining...

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Craving More Narrative Drama in Your D&D Game?

Posted by Daniel Kwan | Jul 3, 2019 | Editorials, Game Mastering, GMing Advice, Tools for GMs

Here are some of @danielhkwan’s favourite tools for adding more narrative drama to your D&D games! Huzzah!

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Sticky Situations (Harnessing Office Supplies For Better Gaming)

Posted by Jared Rascher | Jul 1, 2019 | Game Mastering, GMing Advice, Tools for GMs

Over the last few years, whenever I watch a...

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Time To Game

Posted by Phil Vecchione | Jun 26, 2019 | Game Mastering, GMing Advice

This past week I was at Origins and doing my...

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Handouts, Props, and Mood Setting

Posted by J.T. Evans | Jun 19, 2019 | Game Mastering, GMing Advice

Most of the time, the tactile sensations players...

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Using Someone Else’s Setting

Posted by J.T. Evans | Jun 7, 2019 | Game Mastering, GMing Advice

Here in a few weeks, I’ll be firing up a...

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Setting as a Character

Posted by J.T. Evans | May 29, 2019 | Game Mastering, GMing Advice

There’s a bit of advice that floats around...

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What I Prep

Posted by Phil Vecchione | May 22, 2019 | Game Mastering, GMing Advice

Last month I got on my soapbox about prep,...

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4 More Funky Fungi to Liven Up Your Game (Part 2 of 2)

Posted by Chuck Lauer | May 17, 2019 | Game Mastering, GMing Advice, Tools for GMs

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The Truth About Your Prep

Posted by Phil Vecchione | Apr 26, 2019 | Game Mastering, GMing Advice

A few weeks ago, I got all ranty on Twitter...

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4 Funky Fungi to Liven Up Your Game (And A Few Ways To Use Them)–Part 1 of 2

Posted by Chuck Lauer | Apr 22, 2019 | Game Mastering, GMing Advice, Tools for GMs

Beneath the soil they wait, oozing digestive juices to liquefy and...

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