Category: Game Mastering

To Sandbox or Not to Sandbox

Posted by Angela Murray | Sep 11, 2020 | Game Mastering

I don’t like sandboxes. Sand is coarse and rough...

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Character Dependents

Posted by J.T. Evans | Sep 7, 2020 | Game Mastering, GMing Advice

As followers of my posts know, I wrapped up a...

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Coping with Multiple Personalities

Posted by Craig Dedrick | Aug 31, 2020 | Game Mastering, GMing Advice, Improving Your GMing, LARPs, Tools for GMs

A party at the palace. A meeting of the ruling...

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Final Rewards

Posted by J.T. Evans | Aug 26, 2020 | Game Mastering, GMing Advice

As you can probably tell, I’ve been in the...

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What’s In My Session Zero Toolbox

Posted by Phil Vecchione | Aug 21, 2020 | Game Mastering, GMing Advice

Over the past year or so, I have been refining my Session Zero...

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Don’t Just Stop; Finish

Posted by J.T. Evans | Aug 12, 2020 | Game Mastering, GMing Advice

Find your session zero notes. There’s...

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Shortcuts to a Campaign’s End

Posted by J.T. Evans | Aug 5, 2020 | Game Mastering, GMing Advice

There are times when a campaign gets long in the...

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Di’s 7 Swords of TRPG Design

Posted by Di. | Jul 29, 2020 | Game Mastering

Hello and welcome to “Di’s 7 Swords...

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An Only Slightly Gushing Review of WarLock Tiles

Posted by Chuck Lauer | Jul 27, 2020 | Game Mastering, Reviews, Specific RPGs, Tools for GMs

Recently, WizKids has released several sets of...

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How Dragons Brought Us Together — Game Planning In The Internet Age

Posted by Amelia Summers | Jul 13, 2020 | Tools for GMs

Oftentimes, it’s the journey that makes...

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Turning Garbage into Terrain: Tree Edition

Posted by Chuck Lauer | Jul 10, 2020 | General, Tools for GMs

It is now March 127th; in the meaningless blur...

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Older Characters

Posted by J.T. Evans | Jul 6, 2020 | Game Mastering, GMing Advice

Today is my 47th birthday. That means that in...

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Interesting Magic Appearances

Posted by J.T. Evans | Jun 24, 2020 | Game Mastering, GMing Advice

GM: A red ball of flame hurls through the-...

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Planned vs Emergent Backgrounds

Posted by Phil Vecchione | Jun 19, 2020 | Game Mastering, GMing Advice

I recently started an Icons campaign and was working through...

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Interesting Rural Locations

Posted by J.T. Evans | Jun 10, 2020 | Game Mastering, GMing Advice

In the continuation of my...

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