Category: GMing Advice

Safety as Risk Management

Posted by Phil Vecchione | Jun 22, 2018 | Game Mastering, GMing Advice

A few months ago, I posted an article on why I...

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Creativity in Languages

Posted by J.T. Evans | Jun 15, 2018 | Game Mastering, GMing Advice

Â Having a common language between the staff at...

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Bringing Diversity To Our Imaginary Worlds

Posted by Camdon Wright | May 16, 2018 | Game Mastering, GMing Advice

I remember the first time a player pushed a...

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Troy’s Crock Pot: We don’t need a mapper, but …

Posted by Troy E. Taylor | May 7, 2018 | Crock Pot, Game Mastering, General, GMing Advice

Back in the day, like when polyhedrals were high...

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Yes, And; No, But

Posted by J.T. Evans | Mar 14, 2018 | Game Mastering, GMing Advice

In writing fiction, a popular concept to make...

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It’s Your Game Too You Know

Posted by Matthew J. Neagley | Mar 7, 2018 | GMing Advice

One of the channels that keeps popping up in my...

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Why Safety Tools Are Important To Me

Posted by Phil Vecchione | Mar 5, 2018 | Editorials, Game Mastering, GMing Advice, Tools for GMs

I grew up in the 1980’s when D&D came in two...

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Love Your Players, Love Yourself

Posted by Kira Magrann | Mar 2, 2018 | Game Mastering, General, GMing Advice

The night was cold, the fireplace was roaring,...

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Unsolicited Advice and Player Agency

Posted by Wen Reischl | Feb 28, 2018 | Game Mastering, General, GMing Advice, Player Perspective

Recently a gamer friend sent me a message asking...

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Scene and Sequel

Posted by J.T. Evans | Feb 20, 2018 | Game Mastering, GMing Advice

I’m going to leverage another writing...

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Directing The Camera

Posted by John Arcadian | Jan 24, 2018 | Game Mastering, GMing Advice

I was playing in a game where Amit Moshe...

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Troy’s Crock Pot: Historical Amazons at Your Game Table

Posted by Troy E. Taylor | Dec 18, 2017 | Crock Pot, Game Mastering, GMing Advice

I just finished reading “The Amazons: Lives and...

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A Computer Security Approach to Changing GMs

Posted by J.T. Evans | Dec 14, 2017 | Game Mastering, GMing Advice

I’ve been working in computer security, in...

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Constraints And Creativity

Posted by Matthew J. Neagley | Dec 4, 2017 | GMing Advice

Several years ago while I was working on...

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Improv And The Art of Group Story Telling

Posted by Senda Linaugh | Nov 27, 2017 | GMing Advice

“I know you think you can handle this,” our...

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