Prepping for an Undetermined Game
Preparing for the undefined is tough! If a GM...
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Category: Game Mastering
‘Because Plot’ Is Not A Good Enough Reason
I just finished a major project the other night...
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Cut to the Chase
RPG’s, unlike sex, are better off with...
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Troy’s Crock Pot: A Doorway into Dungeon Denizen Psychology
As GMs, we’re called upon to portray every...
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I Want A New Agent
It’s accepted convention that the loss of player...
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Effectively Splitting A Party – A Solution For Large Gaming Groups
Due to rather gaming starved area where I...
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PSA: Scrivener Update
It’s November, which means the start of...
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Combat as a Single Test?
For decades a satisfactory “single...
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Four Ways to Work a Halloween Session into an Ongoing Campaign
If you’re running an ongoing campaign and...
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When Your Mystery Is Too Mysterious
The hardest type of adventure to both prep and...
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Mom? Dad? Is that you?
Family Backgrounds An odd thought struck a...
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You Pick It Review – Hillfolk
Right at the top of the request list for You...
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Fair or Foul?: Intra-Party Fights
In my last Star Wars: Edge of Empire session, a...
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Character Creation Do Over
As a GM, there is nothing I like less during the...
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Troy’s Crock Pot: Shoot the Rapids
In the James Fenimore Cooper novel “The...
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