How Dragons Brought Us Together — Game Planning In The Internet Age
Oftentimes, it’s the journey that makes...
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Turning Garbage into Terrain: Tree Edition
It is now March 127th; in the meaningless blur...
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Older Characters
Today is my 47th birthday. That means that in...
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Interesting Magic Appearances
GM: A red ball of flame hurls through the-...
Read MorePlanned vs Emergent Backgrounds
I recently started an Icons campaign and was working through...
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Interesting Rural Locations
In the continuation of my...
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Parallel Campaigns–Why Would You Do This to Yourself?
All of the Star Wars campaigns I’ve run have...
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Quick & Dirty GMing
Have you ever kind of just been waiting in line...
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Alignment Alternatives
Alignment has been part of role playing pretty...
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How My Gaming Changed During The Pandemic
By now there is no doubt that all of our lives...
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A Tale of Two (Session) Zeroes
I wanted to take a look at two different session...
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Player Agency vs The Juggernaut
The loss of player agency sucks. It would be...
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Interesting Urban Locations
There are quite a few books and source materials...
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7+ Fast, Free Papercrafts to Surprise Your Players
If you’re just here for the links, here they...
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Interesting Foliage
In continuing with a theme of how to use small...
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