Category: Game Mastering

GMs Should be Raging Kleptomaniacs

Posted by Martin Ralya | Jun 10, 2008 | GMing Advice

When it comes to your campaign, if you come...

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D&D Burgoo (3.5): It’s time to panic. We don’t have a cleric.

Posted by Troy E. Taylor | Jun 9, 2008 | GMing Advice, Specific RPGs

The players have gathered at their table for...

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The Main Cast Rule

Posted by Martin Ralya | Jun 5, 2008 | GMing Advice

When you’re watching an episodic TV show...

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Screw You and Your Facts!

Posted by Patrick Benson | Jun 5, 2008 | Tools for GMs

If there is one thing that I can’t stand in a game it is...

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Basic Human Respect: The perfect spice for your own GnomeStew

Posted by Matthew J. Neagley | Jun 4, 2008 | GMing Advice

Hi. Stands and addresses the room I’m Matt...

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There’s No Place Like Home…Until It Changes

Posted by Walt Ciechanowski | Jun 3, 2008 | GMing Advice

I’ve been involved with many campaigns...

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Battlemat Alternatives

Posted by Scott Martin | Jun 3, 2008 | GMing Advice

Sektor asked this question in the Suggestion...

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Game Balance or Catering to the Players?

Posted by John Arcadian | Jun 3, 2008 | GMing Advice

Almost as big as the debate over GMs fudging or...

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In Defense of Railroading

Posted by Kurt "Telas" Schneider | Jun 2, 2008 | GMing Advice, Hot Buttons

“Or: How to draw aggro on a GMing blog” One of...

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D&D Burgoo: The 100-year-old elf (Don’t forget the kiddies!)

Posted by Troy E. Taylor | Jun 2, 2008 | GMing Advice, Specific RPGs

It’s inevitable. DM long enough, and kids will...

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GMing 142: Spotlight Moments

Posted by Martin Ralya | Jun 2, 2008 | GMing Advice

GMing 142 posts define and explore key game...

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Group Lovin’ For Your Wiki

Posted by Phil Vecchione | May 30, 2008 | Tools for GMs

The Wiki. A self-editing web page. A Swiss Army Knife application....

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Spicing Up Combat

Posted by Adam Nave | May 30, 2008 | GMing Advice

In our Suggestion Pot, Sektor asked: Perhaps a...

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Troy’s Crock Pot: You should’ve gnome better

Posted by Troy E. Taylor | May 29, 2008 | Crock Pot, GMing Advice, Specific RPGs

What’s the Crock Pot?Â Just a simmering...

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17 Steps to GMing a New RPG for the First Time

Posted by Martin Ralya | May 29, 2008 | GMing Advice

This is the first post that’s been pulled...

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