The 7.5 Hit Point Orcish Standard?
A minor kafuffle went on in the RPG blogging...
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Category: Game Mastering
Troy’s Crock Pot: Show the bhuka some love, people
In our GMing strangeness, we all have a pet...
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Expose Yourself To Many Game Mechanics
Recently I was a judge of the Two Page Tabletop...
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Gaming Challenge: Race and Sex in Historical Games
We recently had a chance to play an interesting...
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NPC Trio: Three Divine Misfits For Your Game
Here are three themed NPCs for use in your game....
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Troy’s Crock Pot: Draw a card, any card
As far as random generators go, here’s an...
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Judging the Pacing
Let’s talk about pacing. It’s a subject that’s...
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All Hail The Rainmaker
Running a game is a two-way interaction between...
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THE ONLINE TABLETOP: Non-Traditional Maps
While gamers love traditional, dungeon-type...
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You are not as creative as you think you are, and less so when you...
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Minor Characterization: It’s your birthday…
As a GM, you have a lot of characters with...
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Building Dungeons with Pathological Monsters
You would have to ask an expert (which I am not)...
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THE ONLINE TABLETOP: Using Traditional Maps
Online, virtual tabletops (VTT’s) now...
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Five Tips for Writing a Players’ Guide to Your Campaign World
Gnome Stew reader Max sent us this article...
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Troy’s Crock Pot: Where Everyone Knows Your Name
A tavern is more than a name or its bill of...
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