Category: GMing Advice

Special Halloween Edition: Turn That Dial To 11!

Posted by Patrick Benson | Oct 31, 2010 | GMing Advice, Specific RPGs, Tools for GMs

Today is Halloween here in the United States,...

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The Players Just Gutted Your Plans, Now What Do You Do?

Posted by Patrick Benson | Oct 29, 2010 | GMing Advice

Usually we Gnomes are the ones dishing up the...

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The Pitfalls of Episodic Gameplay

Posted by Walt Ciechanowski | Oct 27, 2010 | GMing Advice

Martin’s excellent article on episodic...

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What Did I Do This Summer? I Dissolved My Gaming Group

Posted by Patrick Benson | Oct 22, 2010 | GMing Advice

It happens.Â You work hard and everybody puts...

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Whose Game Is It Anyways

Posted by John Arcadian | Oct 20, 2010 | GMing Advice

I just got finished with my stint at Con on the...

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Troy’s Crock Pot: Bigger means broader

Posted by Troy E. Taylor | Oct 19, 2010 | Crock Pot, GMing Advice

The group of players gathered for my Steffenhold...

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The Benefits of Episodic Gameplay

Posted by Martin Ralya | Oct 18, 2010 | GMing Advice

My group is three sessions into a Star Trek...

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Fun Historical Games, Fact or Fiction?

Posted by Walt Ciechanowski | Oct 15, 2010 | GMing Advice

When people ask me what kinds of RPGs I enjoy...

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Two Ways to Do Hidden Checks

Posted by Phil Vecchione | Oct 14, 2010 | GMing Advice

In all games there are times when it is...

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Nice Myth, Ugly Truth: We Gamers Are Not That Smart

Posted by Patrick Benson | Oct 12, 2010 | GMing Advice

Have you ever heard the following said at a...

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You Asked for Player Input for a Reason

Posted by Matthew J. Neagley | Oct 8, 2010 | GMing Advice

Years ago I played in a game where the GM asked...

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Video Gnoments, Episode 1: Props

Posted by Patrick Benson | Oct 7, 2010 | GMing Advice, Tools for GMs, Video Gnoments

As much as I enjoy writing sometimes a video is...

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My Theory for RPG Design & Good GMing

Posted by Patrick Benson | Oct 1, 2010 | GMing Advice

My nine month hiatus from Gnome Stew was spent...

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The Dungeon Crawl Checklist

Posted by Matthew J. Neagley | Sep 27, 2010 | GMing Advice

The dungeon crawl is a classic staple of RPGs...

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Prep-Lite Manifesto- The Template

Posted by Phil Vecchione | Sep 24, 2010 | GMing Advice

I have recently begun a journey, on which I like...

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