Game Break: Challenge, Opportunity, and Concern
Concern We broke for the holidays just before...
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Category: GMing Advice
Troy’s Crock Pot: GM “tells” and other ingredients
We gnomes often make it a point to say that...
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The Juror NPC
In many legal systems (particularly...
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The 1-2-3 One-Shot Framework
Are you planning a one-shot session for a...
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XP and the FNG
So, you’ve got a new character in the group....
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Approaching the Megadungeon
The megadungeon is a historical and exciting...
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Boiling Down the Campaign: Finding the Best Ingredients for a One-Shot
Today’s guest article was written by...
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Hot Button: Equipping Characters
Back in ye olden times when dice were marked...
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Real Life Comes First
As I write this, my youngest daughter is home...
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3 Ways Google Hangout Is Rockin My Campaign
Since the Jetsons, I have been waiting for video...
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Troy’s Crock Pot: Building Terrain with One Tile Mold, Part 4
In this series so far we’ve created tiles...
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Worldbuilding: Cut It Out
Today’s guest article was written by Lord...
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The One True Path: Attitudes toward Multiclassing
No matter what game you play, some people love...
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Troy’s Crock Pot: Building Terrain with One Tile Mold, Part 3
In the first part of this series we cast the...
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How to End a Campaign Early
A couple years ago I wrote an article about how,...
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