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Please vote for Unframed in the Golden Geek Awards

Posted by Martin Ralya | Feb 11, 2015 | Crock Pot

Our latest GMing book, Unframed, is nominated...

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New Game Day 2015 giveaway winners and wrap-up

Posted by Martin Ralya | Feb 6, 2015 | Crock Pot

The second New Game Day has come and gone, and...

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Dadventures: An Amoosing Diversion

Posted by Matthew J. Neagley | Feb 4, 2015 | Small Bites

Recently I was cleaning off my desk and found...

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New Game Day 2015 is 2/2, and We Want to Give You Prizes!

Posted by Martin Ralya | Jan 30, 2015 | Crock Pot

In 2014 we willed a gamer holiday into...

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Are you playing D&D 5e? Excited by Pathfinder Core?

Posted by Scott Martin | Jan 29, 2015 | Gaming Trends

What’s old is new again, almost magically....

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Please Nominate Unframed for the Golden Geek Awards

Posted by Martin Ralya | Jan 27, 2015 | Crock Pot

The Golden Geek Awards are now accepting...

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Fifth Edition D&D, a few months in

Posted by Scott Martin | Jan 15, 2015 | Gaming Trends, Specific RPGs

D&D’s fifth edition has released all...

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A New Sort of Garage Sale 2015

Posted by Matthew J. Neagley | Jan 7, 2015 | Small Bites

For the past six years, every January I’ve...

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Troy’s Crock Pot: A Taste of the Supernatural

Posted by Troy E. Taylor | Jan 6, 2015 | Crock Pot, GMing Advice

Incorporating elements of the supernatural into...

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Three Sinister Santas for Your Holiday Game

Posted by Matthew J. Neagley | Dec 24, 2014 | Small Bites

We here at the stew have a complicated...

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Troy’s Crock Pot: Make Those Monsters Legendary, Again

Posted by Troy E. Taylor | Dec 22, 2014 | Crock Pot, GMing Advice

Veteran game masters might fall into the trap of...

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NewYearNewGame.com Archive

Posted by Martin Ralya | Dec 21, 2014 | Crock Pot

In 2012 and 2013, we ran a New Year, New Game, a...

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The Villainous A.I. in Your Games

Posted by Guest Author | Dec 11, 2014 | Crock Pot

Today’s guest article is the second piece...

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Troy’s Crock Pot: Home Is Where the Exit Is

Posted by Troy E. Taylor | Dec 8, 2014 | Crock Pot, GMing Advice

On the map, those entrances to a dungeon level...

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Back in the Saddle (I own dice older than you!)

Posted by NikMak | Dec 5, 2014 | Crock Pot

Today’s guest article by Gnome Stew reader...

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