Category: Game Mastering

First Time GM: Job Description

Posted by Kurt "Telas" Schneider | May 20, 2010 | Intro to Game Mastering

Over at the Suggestion Pot, Inumo wrote: As a...

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The Egg Timer Prep System

Posted by Matthew J. Neagley | May 19, 2010 | Tools for GMs

Prep is a hairy bugaboo for a lot of us. Martin...

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Eureka Preview: Fantasy Plots from our Upcoming Book

Posted by Martin Ralya | May 18, 2010 | Tools for GMs

Last week, we shared the cover of Gnome...

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Pandora, A Great Tool For Getting Background Music In Your Game

Posted by John Arcadian | May 16, 2010 | GMing Advice

Soundtracks are used to great effect in Movies,...

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Dragonriders of the Suggestion Pot

Posted by Scott Martin | May 14, 2010 | GMing Advice, Specific RPGs

Dragon Rider, A New Prophecy by ~valadant on...

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Getting Out Of The Ditch

Posted by Phil Vecchione | May 11, 2010 | GMing Advice

You have spent weeks crafting an incredible web...

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Historical Food and Holidays

Posted by Scott Martin | May 5, 2010 | Tools for GMs

Our self image as a people of leisure is a...

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You’ve Lost That Motherfudging Feeling…

Posted by Don Mappin | May 5, 2010 | GMing Advice, Hot Buttons

If you’ve kept abreast of the latest round of...

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Recipe for Fudge, part 3: Lessons Learned

Posted by Kurt "Telas" Schneider | Apr 30, 2010 | GMing Advice

Fudge: The gift that keeps on giving. Or at...

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Recipe for Fudge, part 2: Fallout

Posted by Kurt "Telas" Schneider | Apr 26, 2010 | GMing Advice

Don’t you just hate it when your fudge falls...

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Recipe for Fudge, part 1: Exposition

Posted by Kurt "Telas" Schneider | Apr 21, 2010 | GMing Advice

As mentioned on GnomeStew’s Facebook page, I...

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Get 21 Free Dungeons in the One-Page Dungeon Codex

Posted by Martin Ralya | Apr 20, 2010 | Tools for GMs

I love dungeons. Dragons, too, but mostly...

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Suggestion Pot: Recurring Adversary

Posted by Walt Ciechanowski | Apr 19, 2010 | GMing Advice

For today’s article I thought I’d go...

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Fauxnts

Posted by Kurt "Telas" Schneider | Apr 16, 2010 | Tools for GMs

Fauxnts are one of my favorite...

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The Campaign Starts in 3, 2, 1…

Posted by Scott Martin | Apr 12, 2010 | GMing Advice

Your new campaign starts in a few hours, and you...

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