Don’t Invest In Your Campaign…At First
It is fair to say that I have run a number of...
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Adding a New Player to Your Stew
The night we started back in on our Tales from...
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Adding Safety Tools to Your Games
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
If you’re like most people, you’re...
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Steal This System: Pathfinder’s Discovery Points
For years I’ve been kicking around a...
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A War of Attrition
Roleplaying games are this sometimes weird mix...
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Skipping Stones: RPGs Without Conflict
Myself and six others gathered around a table...
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Testing The Float Test: Comparison VS Chi-Square
Recently I came across another video featuring...
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The Creative Gaming Slump
No matter how much you love gaming, inevitably...
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LACE Quotient
Three days from the time of this article going...
Read MoreA Satisfying Conclusion
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
A Task in Need of a Tool Back in March, I was in...
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Esoteric Gaming Jargon
In our hobby and industry, there are quite a few...
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Change Your Campaign With Grace
Summer. It’s that time of the year, where...
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Stealth GMing
Stealth GMing Over the past few years my game...
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