Category: Game Mastering

One Shot Characters: Fully Detailed or Blank Slate?

Posted by Angela Murray | Sep 14, 2016 | Game Mastering

One shots are not necessarily my preference for...

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Troy’s Crock Pot: Adversaries that play to PC Strengths

Posted by Troy E. Taylor | Sep 9, 2016 | Crock Pot, Game Mastering, General, GMing Advice

Like the good host of a banquet party, whose...

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Apocalypse World: Party at Warehouse 141

Posted by Tracy Barnett | Aug 31, 2016 | Game Mastering

We got the chance to play our second session of...

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How You Prep Is How You Run

Posted by Phil Vecchione | Aug 30, 2016 | Game Mastering, GMing Advice

I was making my breakfast the other...

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Introducing a New Game System

Posted by J.T. Evans | Aug 29, 2016 | Game Mastering, GMing Advice

I suffer from “ooh… shiny!”...

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THE BACK-UP GAME: FIELD REPORT 1

Posted by John Fredericks | Aug 15, 2016 | Game Mastering, GMing Advice, Tools for GMs

In a previous article, we looked at reasons for...

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Troy’s Crock Pot: Roll for Initiative

Posted by Troy E. Taylor | Aug 8, 2016 | Editorials, Game Mastering, General, Player Perspective

They are three magic words, as distinctive as...

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Custom Player Encounter Type Deck

Posted by Matthew J. Neagley | Aug 3, 2016 | Tools for GMs

I don’t think it’s an earth shattering...

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The Group You Want

Posted by Angela Murray | Jul 22, 2016 | Game Mastering

A recent meme I saw floating around Facebook...

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Idle RPGs And Tabletop Game Time

Posted by Matthew J. Neagley | Jul 20, 2016 | Tools for GMs

I love me a good Idle RPG. For those of you not...

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One PC Games

Posted by J.T. Evans | Jul 18, 2016 | Game Mastering, GMing Advice

Most groups getting around a table consist of...

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It’s Not The Size That Counts
(It’s How You Use It)

Posted by Senda Linaugh | Jul 13, 2016 | Game Mastering

Short form games are a newer type of RPG that I...

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The GM’s Principles, and the First Session

Posted by Tracy Barnett | Jul 11, 2016 | Game Mastering

In my last post I went through an introduction...

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Ways Out Of Prep Slump

Posted by John Fredericks | Jul 8, 2016 | Game Mastering

If you’re like me, you have times...

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Troy’s Crock Pot: Take it outside, kiddos

Posted by Troy E. Taylor | Jul 1, 2016 | General, GMing Advice, Tools for GMs

Ahhh, the great outdoors. It’s a great place to...

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