Category: Game Mastering

Troy’s Crock Pot: Novels as backdrop, not backbone

Posted by Troy E. Taylor | Apr 12, 2011 | Crock Pot, GMing Advice

Pulp Gamer’s “Out of Character” is on the short...

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Special Powers As Enablers

Posted by John Arcadian | Apr 6, 2011 | GMing Advice

In one convention game I ran, my players got...

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D&D Burgoo (4E): When the Wheel Weaves a Conversion

Posted by Troy E. Taylor | Apr 5, 2011 | Crock Pot, GMing Advice, Specific RPGs

I’m an unapologetic fan of the “Wheel of Time”...

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A Cthulhu Dinner Party, Part 2

Posted by Walt Ciechanowski | Apr 4, 2011 | GMing Advice

I finally ran the Cthulhu Dinner Party event...

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“I’ll never be able to do this justice” Syndrome

Posted by Martin Ralya | Mar 29, 2011 | GMing Advice

Back in the year 2000, I played a Star Trek RPG...

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Learn to Say “No” to Your Players.

Posted by Matthew J. Neagley | Mar 24, 2011 | GMing Advice

It seems everywhere you go that someone is...

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A Cthulhu Dinner Party, Part I

Posted by Walt Ciechanowski | Mar 23, 2011 | GMing Advice

In two weeks my wife and I are hosting a dinner...

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Rule #1: Relax

Posted by Kurt "Telas" Schneider | Mar 17, 2011 | GMing Advice

When I was younger, I thought I could stand on...

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Super Heroes: the Most Narrative Genre?

Posted by Matthew J. Neagley | Mar 16, 2011 | GMing Advice

The supers genre seems fairly straightforward....

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Prep-Lite Wireframe How To

Posted by Phil Vecchione | Mar 15, 2011 | GMing Advice

In my last installment of Prep-Lite, I talked...

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Truly Replayable Adventures

Posted by Martin Ralya | Mar 14, 2011 | Tools for GMs

Luke Crane, the creator of the Burning Wheel RPG and one of the best...

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Friends and Gamers

Posted by Kurt "Telas" Schneider | Mar 10, 2011 | GMing Advice

“Never game with someone you wouldn’t count as a...

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Enabling Player Fun – Win Scenarios

Posted by John Arcadian | Mar 9, 2011 | GMing Advice

No matter how roleplaying heavy or interactive a...

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GM’s Day Resource Roundup: 49 Articles from the Stew

Posted by Martin Ralya | Mar 4, 2011 | Tools for GMs

Happy GM’s Day! To celebrate this, the...

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Improvising? Don’t Worry About Beginnings & Endings, Focus On Transitions

Posted by Patrick Benson | Mar 4, 2011 | GMing Advice

Happy GM’s Day everybody! Tonight the Great...

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