Going Abroad
Or, A Funny Thing Happened At the Border This is...
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Category: Game Mastering
The Recurring Series
Last night I did something that was very...
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Building Cultures: Social Classes, The Lowest Rung (Part One)
I was recently reading a fascinating book, The...
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Sometimes the Well Runs Dry…
Recently I had a game to prep for and I was...
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Forging Personal Plots
I like to have personal plots in my campaigns;...
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“Danger: Early Campaign Termination Ahead”
If only during the course of planning and play...
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Troy’s Crock Pot: It’s OK to join the party
If you’re the GM, you accept the fact that...
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Sensing the Dungeon
One of the ways to craft good dungeon...
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How My First Game Master Shaped My GMing Style
Many moons ago, when an old Hollywood actor was...
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Pacing, Rounds, and Segments
Sometimes you need to remember to slow down and...
Read MoreGet GMing Inspiration from Gary Gygax’s Appendix N
I recently started a side project on my personal blog, Yore: Reading...
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Driftwood: Relationship Pathways
When left to my own devices, I generally run...
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Player References for System Mastery and Quick Play
I get to play in a Doctor Who game this...
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Troy’s Crock Pot: Combat Description is a 4E Gem
So, during my monthly review of podcasts during...
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Use the PCs’ Actions to Tell a Great Story
I am back from another great Gen Con, and I...
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