Category: Game Mastering

Let Them Fire The Gun – Resolve Tangential Plots Quickly

Posted by John Arcadian | Sep 10, 2010 | GMing Advice

A little while ago a buddy of mine decided to...

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Add Immediately, Build Later: A Wiki Approach to Prep

Posted by Martin Ralya | Sep 9, 2010 | GMing Advice

As I continue to use and love Obsidian Portal...

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Campaign Finales– The GM’s Cut

Posted by Phil Vecchione | Sep 8, 2010 | GMing Advice

You are done. You have run your campaign, and...

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Review: Battle Map iDevice App

Posted by Don Mappin | Sep 7, 2010 | Reviews, Tools for GMs

The Stew forges on, dragging you kicking and...

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Totally Eighties Inspirations

Posted by Walt Ciechanowski | Sep 3, 2010 | GMing Advice

I managed to track down a copy of Prisoners of...

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Standing Operating Procedure

Posted by Kurt "Telas" Schneider | Sep 2, 2010 | GMing Advice

A discussion on the GM Mastery mailing list (an...

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Hot Button: No, You Can’t Game with Us

Posted by Walt Ciechanowski | Sep 1, 2010 | GMing Advice, Hot Buttons

A while back I was playing in a game where...

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GM of A Thousand Faces

Posted by Don Mappin | Aug 31, 2010 | GMing Advice, Tools for GMs

One our of intrepid readers, Chando42, posed a...

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The Book Of Vincent: GMing Apocalypse World

Posted by Phil Vecchione | Aug 27, 2010 | GMing Advice, Reviews

Before GenCon, one of the requests that I got,...

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Mashing Genres: Imperial Trek

Posted by Walt Ciechanowski | Aug 26, 2010 | GMing Advice

More and more recently I’ve heard the term...

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Going Digital: Using Obsidian Portal to Prep for, Run, and Document a Campaign

Posted by Martin Ralya | Aug 25, 2010 | GMing Advice, Tools for GMs

I’m no Luddite, but I’ve always been...

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Gaming Across the Divide

Posted by Scott Martin | Aug 19, 2010 | GMing Advice

On a recent trip, my wife and her friends wound...

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Challenge =/= Fun

Posted by John Arcadian | Aug 17, 2010 | GMing Advice

There is a Greek legend about a thing called the...

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Bottling Lightning: Coming Up With the Core Idea for a Campaign

Posted by Martin Ralya | Aug 16, 2010 | GMing Advice

In le Pot de Suggestiones, Gnome Stew reader...

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Want Cheap Gaming Supplies?

Posted by Kurt "Telas" Schneider | Aug 14, 2010 | GMing Advice

It’s that time again, when summer starts to wind...

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