Category: Game Mastering

Playing Non-Verbal Characters

Posted by Senda Linaugh | Sep 16, 2019 | Player Perspective, Tools for GMs

Image taken by Mike Sinko and used via Creative...

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Creative Curses

Posted by J.T. Evans | Sep 13, 2019 | Game Mastering, GMing Advice

With this being Friday the 13th, I figured...

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GM Downtime Activities

Posted by J.T. Evans | Sep 2, 2019 | Game Mastering, GMing Advice

In the fifth edition of the world’s most...

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It’s Occupied; Using Space in RPGs

Posted by Di. | Aug 30, 2019 | Game Mastering, GMing Advice

Whether you use a plethora of painstakingly...

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Adapting an IP to an RPG

Posted by Phil Vecchione | Aug 28, 2019 | Game Making, Game Mastering, GMing Advice

I am in between campaigns, having just wrapped...

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Level up your GM skills with these amazing non-gaming resources

Posted by Daniel Kwan | Aug 27, 2019 | Editorials, Game Mastering, GMing Advice, Intro to Game Mastering, Tools for GMs

Learn how Daniel Kwan fosters positive, collaborative relationships with the members of his gaming table with two resources that you might not find at your local game store.

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Downtime Training

Posted by J.T. Evans | Aug 19, 2019 | Game Mastering, Tools for GMs

As many of my close circle of friends know, I...

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When Players Deviate from the Expected Conceit

Posted by Jared Rascher | Aug 5, 2019 | GMing Advice

There was a tendency, when I was running years...

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Pacing Yourself GMing at Cons

Posted by Jennifer Adcock | Aug 2, 2019 | Game Mastering

I have a bad habit of overloading myself at...

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Table Tents Rock!

Posted by Phil Vecchione | Jul 31, 2019 | Game Mastering, GMing Advice, Tools for GMs

While I was at Queen City Conquest two weeks...

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Introducing Players to New Kinds of Games

Posted by Senda Linaugh | Jul 29, 2019 | GMing Advice

We all start somewhere — many of us with...

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NPC Backgrounds

Posted by J.T. Evans | Jul 26, 2019 | Game Mastering, GMing Advice

Back in March of this year, I wrote a series of...

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Creating Conversion Rules For All Your Toys

Posted by Mark K Riggleman | Jul 24, 2019 | Game Mastering

Â It would be a shame to not use all your toys in this situation...

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Getting Players to GM

Posted by Pete Petrusha | Jul 22, 2019 | Approaches and Techniques, Common Problems, GMing Advice, Improving Your GMing, Intro to Game Mastering, Players, Role of the GM, Tools for GMs

As a GM, do you really get to play like everyone...

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3 Medieval Tortures And The Exercises You Can Do To Experience Them

Posted by Chuck Lauer | Jul 8, 2019 | Game Mastering, General, GMing Advice, Players, Tools for GMs

I am currently writing this post with my nose,...

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