Category: Small Bites

Garage Sale 2016 Everything Must Go!

Posted by Matthew J. Neagley | Jan 20, 2016 | Small Bites

It’s time for my yearly garage sale article....

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A Time of Family, Feasting, and Plague

Posted by Scott Martin | Nov 25, 2015 | Small Bites

Thanksgiving is tomorrow in the US, a time of...

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3 Sinister Treats in Your Halloween Haul

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

As I watched horror movies, getting up to hand...

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Three Intellegent Animals for Your City Game

Posted by Matthew J. Neagley | Sep 16, 2015 | Small Bites

City games often focus on the human element or...

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A Home Base for the Ethereal Plane

Posted by Matthew J. Neagley | May 20, 2015 | Small Bites

I was doing some prep recently (gasp no!) so I...

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3 Zany Robots for Your Game

Posted by Matthew J. Neagley | Apr 16, 2015 | Small Bites

Here are some misfit robots for your game. They...

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Dadventures: The Great Owlid Hunt

Posted by Matthew J. Neagley | Mar 18, 2015 | Small Bites

It’s time for another short adventure. This one...

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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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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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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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Gaming With Emotion

Posted by Don Mappin | Aug 29, 2013 | GMing Advice, Small Bites

I’ve always found it humorous when GMing has...

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Curveballs and Odd Traits

Posted by Scott Martin | Feb 21, 2013 | Small Bites, Tools for GMs

Sometimes your villain needs something a little...

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Monopoly, the 007 of the Boardgame World

Posted by Matthew J. Neagley | Sep 27, 2012 | Small Bites

Here’s a cool tidbit of verified...

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Of Dice and Deer

Posted by Matthew J. Neagley | Aug 29, 2012 | Small Bites

Recently I had the pleasure of corresponding...

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Side Treks: The Art of Consequences, Podcasts, Minicon, and Kickstarting

Posted by Scott Martin | Jul 12, 2012 | GMing Advice, Small Bites, Tools for GMs

Bits and Bobs Today’s a bit of...

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