Category: Game Mastering

System Or Setting?

Posted by Don Mappin | Feb 18, 2014 | GMing Advice

Our group’s annual “pick the next game” exercise...

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Getting The Most Out Of Brevity

Posted by John Arcadian | Feb 17, 2014 | GMing Advice

I’ve been thinking about one of my writing...

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Relationship Advice For Your Campaign

Posted by Phil Vecchione | Feb 14, 2014 | GMing Advice

This past year I had two significant events...

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The Two Page Prep System

Posted by Matthew J. Neagley | Feb 13, 2014 | Tools for GMs

If you’ve ever obsessively stalked me, you...

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Matters of the Heart: Running Romances

Posted by Walt Ciechanowski | Feb 12, 2014 | GMing Advice

Valentine’s Day is upon us, and in the...

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Character Meta-Mechanics and Immersion

Posted by Guest Author | Feb 7, 2014 | GMing Advice

Today’s guest author, Aaron Renfroe (whose...

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Eight Tips for Using Travel as a Plot Device in Fantasy Games

Posted by Aaron Ryyle | Feb 5, 2014 | GMing Advice

Today’s guest article is by Aaron Ryyle,...

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Saying Isn’t Feeling: Evoking Emotional Engagement in Players

Posted by Guest Author | Feb 3, 2014 | GMing Advice

Today’s guest article is by Jeff Lees, who...

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Levels of Play (Part 2): GMing The Levels

Posted by Phil Vecchione | Jan 31, 2014 | GMing Advice

In my last articleÂ I talked about the various...

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Lessons Learned from Interactive Fiction

Posted by Guest Author | Jan 30, 2014 | GMing Advice

Today’s guest author, Jim Dattilo, writes...

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Ten More Orks

Posted by Guest Author | Jan 29, 2014 | GMing Advice

Guest author Tom Puketza returns! Tom writes...

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GMing Concept Garage Sale, 2014

Posted by Matthew J. Neagley | Jan 27, 2014 | Tools for GMs

Every year I write this article giving away some...

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Mo’ Gold, Mo’ Problems

Posted by Guest Author | Jan 24, 2014 | GMing Advice

Today’s guest article was written by our...

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Hauling treasure can be stressful

Posted by Scott Martin | Jan 23, 2014 | GMing Advice

Even Good Stress is Stress A source of stress...

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Levels of Play

Posted by Phil Vecchione | Jan 17, 2014 | GMing Advice

In the past year on my journey to get my groove...

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