Know Your Enemy
It’s easy to see a role-playing game as a...
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Masks: 1,000 Memorable NPCs PDF Now Available
If you’ve been waiting for the standalone PDF edition of our...
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The Smart Villain part 5: Gear
This is the final installment of our smart...
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Lessons From a Bad GM: Success, Unbeatable Situations, and Effort Versus Reward
Some GMs approach the players as their rivals in...
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Index Cards at the Table
This is part two of a two-part series on index...
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A Look at Downtime in RPGs and Board Games
This article looks at a parallel between RPGs...
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Late Bloomers
Recently I returned to a WitchCraft campaign...
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The Smart Villain part 4: Interior Design
In the first three parts of The Smart Villain,...
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As The Player Turns – When PVP Is Fun, And What To Do When It Isn’t
At Origins this year I ran a lot of games. Most...
Read MoreIndex Cards for Prep
This is part one of a two-part series on index cards. The second...
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The GM Said My Character Got Raped, But I Disagreed
Reading Walt’s recent Fair or Foul: Death...
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Troy’s Crock Pot: Twist and Launch
I love it when my gaming interests intersect...
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Three of My Favorite Items for GMing
It has long been known that index cards are the...
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Respect My Authority
The vast majority of people game with their...
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Hot Button: Should Players have an expectation of balance?
Should players expect that all scenes/encounters...
Read MoreIt Came From The Stew Pot
Hey you. Yeah, you. Do you know about Gnomecast 21? Why isn’t it in the archives? What are they hiding? If you value your safety… don’t go searching for Gnomecast 21…
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