Category: Game Mastering

Adding Safety Tools to Your Games

Posted by Wen Reischl | Oct 12, 2018 | Game Mastering, General, GMing Advice

Recently I’ve had a few conversations about...

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Seven (Plus Or Minus Two) Reasons You Should Consider Using Maps in Your Game

Posted by Chuck Lauer | Oct 5, 2018 | GMing Advice

If you’re like most people, you’re...

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Steal This System: Pathfinder’s Discovery Points

Posted by Matthew J. Neagley | Oct 3, 2018 | Tools for GMs

For years I’ve been kicking around a...

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A War of Attrition

Posted by Angela Murray | Sep 21, 2018 | Game Mastering, General, Player Perspective

Roleplaying games are this sometimes weird mix...

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Skipping Stones: RPGs Without Conflict

Posted by Taylor LaBresh | Sep 18, 2018 | Editorials, Game Mastering, Gaming Trends, Player Perspective

Myself and six others gathered around a table...

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Testing The Float Test: Comparison VS Chi-Square

Posted by Matthew J. Neagley | Sep 14, 2018 | General, Tools for GMs

Recently I came across another video featuring...

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The Creative Gaming Slump

Posted by Senda Linaugh | Sep 3, 2018 | Game Mastering, GMing Advice

No matter how much you love gaming, inevitably...

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LACE Quotient

Posted by J.T. Evans | Aug 27, 2018 | Game Mastering, Tools for GMs

Three days from the time of this article going...

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A Satisfying Conclusion

Posted by Angela Murray | Aug 17, 2018 | Game Mastering, General

When I play an RPG, it’s all about the story. Sure, I enjoy the...

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An Unexpectedly Awesome Tool for Running (Online) Games – Google Slides

Posted by Tracy Barnett | Aug 13, 2018 | Tools for GMs

A Task in Need of a Tool Back in March, I was in...

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Esoteric Gaming Jargon

Posted by J.T. Evans | Aug 10, 2018 | Game Mastering

In our hobby and industry, there are quite a few...

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Change Your Campaign With Grace

Posted by Phil Vecchione | Jul 27, 2018 | Game Mastering, GMing Advice

Summer. It’s that time of the year, where...

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Stealth GMing

Posted by Wen Reischl | Jul 24, 2018 | Convention Games, Game Mastering, GMing Advice, Tools for GMs

Stealth GMing Over the past few years my game...

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Adding a New Gamer to an Existing Group

Posted by J.T. Evans | Jul 23, 2018 | Game Mastering, Intro to Game Mastering

For those of us who have gamed for a long time...

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The Art of Convention Game Descriptions

Posted by Wen Reischl | Jul 13, 2018 | Gaming Conventions, General, Tools for GMs

At its core, the art of writing convention game...

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