Category: Game Mastering

Player’s Handbook 2 Preview: A Veteran GM’s Take on GMing and the PHB 2

Posted by Martin Ralya | Mar 13, 2009 | GMing Advice, Reviews, Specific RPGs

A couple of weeks ago, Wizards of the Coast...

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TV Case Study: Lost

Posted by Phil Vecchione | Mar 12, 2009 | GMing Advice

Hello, and welcome to the first TV Case Study....

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NBOS Software’s Character Sheet Designer — Nice Tool, Great Price!

Posted by Patrick Benson | Mar 10, 2009 | Reviews, Tools for GMs

One of my favorite companies for RPG programs is NBOS Software. I am...

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The Perfect GM?

Posted by Scott Martin | Mar 4, 2009 | GMing Advice

Fang asks, What Makes the Perfect Gamemaster?....

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A Primer on Politeness

Posted by Kurt "Telas" Schneider | Mar 4, 2009 | GMing Advice

In honor of GM’s Day, I’d like to...

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You Think you Know a Genre…

Posted by Matthew J. Neagley | Mar 4, 2009 | GMing Advice

You think you know a little something about a...

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Players – The GM Does Not Work For You

Posted by Patrick Benson | Mar 4, 2009 | GMing Advice

Today being GM’s Day I wanted to tell a...

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Don’t Forget to Recharge the Batteries

Posted by Walt Ciechanowski | Mar 4, 2009 | GMing Advice

I can’t wait for GenCon 2009. One of the many...

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Re-molding an Adventure

Posted by John Arcadian | Mar 4, 2009 | GMing Advice

I once ran an adventure that resulted in a TPK....

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Newbs with Boobs: The play report

Posted by Scott Martin | Mar 3, 2009 | GMing Advice

Thank you to everyone who commented on the Intro...

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White Wolf Preludes, Round-Robin Style

Posted by Martin Ralya | Mar 2, 2009 | GMing Advice

Last night, my group kicked off a Ghouls...

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Player Characters: Emerging Complexity is A-OK

Posted by Martin Ralya | Feb 28, 2009 | GMing Advice

As a GM, I used to struggle with player...

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D&D Burgoo (4.0): Mastering Goodman’s Dungeons

Posted by Troy E. Taylor | Feb 27, 2009 | Gaming Trends, GMing Advice, Reviews

Friends of the Stew, Ed Healy and Rone Barton,...

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Eight Game Mastering Truths

Posted by Martin Ralya | Feb 26, 2009 | GMing Advice

It doesn’t matter who you are, what games...

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Assigned Seating

Posted by Kurt "Telas" Schneider | Feb 25, 2009 | GMing Advice, Tools for GMs

This article isn’t part of the...

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