Category: Game Mastering

The Truth About Your Prep

Posted by Phil Vecchione | Apr 26, 2019 | Game Mastering, GMing Advice

A few weeks ago, I got all ranty on Twitter...

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4 Funky Fungi to Liven Up Your Game (And A Few Ways To Use Them)–Part 1 of 2

Posted by Chuck Lauer | Apr 22, 2019 | Game Mastering, GMing Advice, Tools for GMs

Beneath the soil they wait, oozing digestive juices to liquefy and...

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The Airy Peaks — The Town of Foot. Part 3 (06)

Posted by Chris Sniezak | Apr 19, 2019 | Design Journals, Game Making, NPCs, Tools for GMs

Let us continue our look at the town of Foot...

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Teaching Tabletop Role Playing Games

Posted by Andi Fox | Apr 17, 2019 | Game Mastering, Tools for GMs

In 2011 I offered to DM a 4-hour session...

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Leveraging Tech at the Table

Posted by J.T. Evans | Apr 15, 2019 | Game Mastering, Player Perspective, Tools for GMs

The Obvious: Distraction I know a few (probably...

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Climbing The Dice Chain

Posted by Noah Lloyd | Apr 5, 2019 | Game Mastering, GMing Ideas, Guest Posts

In the old school-flavored Dungeon Crawl...

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The Airy Peaks – The Town of Foot. Part 2 (05)

Posted by Chris Sniezak | Apr 3, 2019 | Design Journals, Game Making, NPCs, Tools for GMs

The town of Foot is the home base of any Airy...

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Save the Applause

Posted by Pete Petrusha | Mar 27, 2019 | Game Mastering, Player Perspective

Do you wish that your players got more...

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Playing Prequels

Posted by Senda Linaugh | Mar 25, 2019 | Game Mastering, Player Perspective

The ship is facing off against an entire House’s...

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Session Zero: Confessions of an Uber Nerd

Posted by Craig Dedrick | Mar 18, 2019 | Game Mastering, GMing Advice, Tools for GMs

Just when you thought that the idea of a session...

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D&D Adventurer’s League and a More Narrative Style of Play

Posted by Paige Leitman | Mar 11, 2019 | Editorials, Game Mastering, Nature of GMing, Player Perspective

The D&D Adventurer’s League is in the midst...

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Troy’s Crock Pot: Joining the prep lite brigade

Posted by Troy E. Taylor | Mar 4, 2019 | Crock Pot, Game Mastering, General, GMing Advice, Tools for GMs

I wanted to share my experience running...

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The Airy Peaks – The Town of Foot. Part 1 (04)

Posted by Chris Sniezak | Feb 27, 2019 | Design Journals, Game Making, Game Mastering, Tools for GMs

As you emerge from the Pineward Forest you see...

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The Right Size Table

Posted by Angela Murray | Feb 25, 2019 | Game Mastering, GMing Advice

What is the ideal number of players to have at...

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Something Old…Something New: About Proper Nouns

Posted by Phil Vecchione | Feb 22, 2019 | Game Mastering, GMing Advice

Recently I was playtesting a new game with the...

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