Category: GMing Advice

In a Timely Fashion

Posted by John Fredericks | Jun 21, 2012 | GMing Advice

Today’s guest article was written by John...

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Fair or Foul? Rewriting Characters

Posted by Walt Ciechanowski | Jun 18, 2012 | GMing Advice

A few years ago I decided that I wanted to run a...

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Things You Can Learn From Pixar’s 22 Story Rules – Part 2

Posted by John Arcadian | Jun 15, 2012 | GMing Advice

Recently, Emma Coats — a storyboard artist at...

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Things You Can Learn From Pixar’s 22 Story Basics – Part 1

Posted by John Arcadian | Jun 14, 2012 | GMing Advice

Recently, Emma Coats – a storyboard artist...

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Bucket Lists For Players and Characters

Posted by John Arcadian | Jun 12, 2012 | GMing Advice

A while back I was asked by someone what was on...

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Controlling How Much Detail is Needed for the Game

Posted by Patrick Benson | Jun 10, 2012 | GMing Advice

Details. I have such a love/hate relationship...

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Game Currency: There’s More Than Money At Stake

Posted by Phil Vecchione | Jun 8, 2012 | GMing Advice

In many ways GM’s have it easier in...

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Troy’s Crock Pot: 10 Steps To A DIY Map, Part 4

Posted by Troy E. Taylor | Jun 6, 2012 | GMing Advice

The journey to transform a useful, but...

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Take a Risk, or Take a Pass

Posted by Patrick Benson | Jun 1, 2012 | GMing Advice

If you want to be a great GM you must risk your...

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Troy’s Crock Pot: 10 Steps To A DIY Map, Part 3

Posted by Troy E. Taylor | May 30, 2012 | GMing Advice

In this third installment on my series of...

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A Lightweight System for Random Encounters: d10+d10

Posted by Martin Ralya | May 25, 2012 | GMing Advice

For my Bleakstone hex crawl, I decided I wanted...

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Troy’s Crock Pot: 10 Steps To A DIY Map, Part 2

Posted by Troy E. Taylor | May 24, 2012 | GMing Advice

In the first part of this series I explainedÂ ...

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Deep as a Puddle: Questionnaires and Tarot

Posted by Scott Martin | May 23, 2012 | GMing Advice, Tools for GMs

It’s Characters All The Way Down From both...

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Errata This!

Posted by Don Mappin | May 21, 2012 | Gaming Trends, GMing Advice

Mistakes are an inevitability of life and those...

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“Damnit Real Life, I’m Trying to GM Here!”

Posted by Patrick Benson | May 18, 2012 | GMing Advice

At the end of last month I was laid-off from my...

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