Know When to Fudge It, Know When to Let It Go
In last week’s GnomeCast, I talked a bit about reviving my...
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Analysis Of J. M. Ward’s Dice Coins
Back when it was active, I was alerted to J. M....
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Gnomecast #3 – Resurrecting Your Campaign
Welcome to the Gnomecast where we talk with...
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Background Assistance for Players
As a creative fiction writer, I’ve never...
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Troy’s Crock Pot: Frontier Campaign
A straightforward idea that GMs could employ as...
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Gnomecast #2 – Gaming as Imaginative Play
Hello Gnomes and fans of gnomes. It’s...
Read MoreMake your NPCs Flawed
I was recently tossing out notes for a game and I wrote the...
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Gnomecast #1 – Approaches to Continuity
Hello Gnomes and fans of gnomes. This is episode...
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Resurrecting a Campaign
By popular demand, my gaming group has requested...
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Transactional NPC Details
The last thing a game master wants is for parts...
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To Be a Better GM, Characters Come First
In my previous posts, I’d been exploring...
Read MoreThe Poor Man’s Conlang
Conlang is an abbreviated term for Constructed Language, essentially...
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Illustration Inspiration
  Art by meeeee, Avery Liell-Kok    It...
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Diseases in RPGs
Diseases are universally feared by everyone....
Read MoreThe BBC Method Of Story Arcing Part 2
In my first article I hit the high points of how the BBC tells...
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