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John Fiore is a “low-prep” GM and a connoisseur of stuff that...
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Today’s guest article by Jakob Kallin is...
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Social contracts. It’s hard to pick a...
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Happily, I recently finished my much-maligned...
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The other night, my Game Master pulled out a new...
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Thanksgiving is upon us! It’s time to let...
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Running a modern game has been far easier than I expected because of...
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I recently got to run two sessions of Call of...
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I got a chance to play in a cool, very Halloween...
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A few weeks ago, I sketched out a few historical lower/lowest...
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Plots for RPGs are tricky beasts to deal with....
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