Decrypting the Cypher System
Recently we at Gnome Stew were approached by Monte Cook Games,...
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Pitching Primetime Adventures: Two recent series
I recently received the new version of Primetime...
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Cave Adventures: My First Attempt at Game Design
I recently came across some old PDFs while...
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Fifth Edition D&D, a few months in
D&D’s fifth edition has released all...
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Circus of the Most Holy Dog
Flea circuses are fraudulent mechanical fakes or...
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Traversing Tables in Hoard of the Dragon Queen
I’m running a table of D&D Encounters...
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Advantage Vs Disadvantage – How the numbers stack up
The new 5th edition of Dungeons and Dragons has...
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A Guide to 5e: Where to Start
I was speaking with a friend who enjoys...
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Sharknado, the Unofficial Fan Game.
Recently, the Syfy channel released the sequel...
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Kingdom: The Stellar Eagle
Free RPG Day is coming up later this month (on...
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Troy’s Crock Pot: Treasure first
When you write for a blog that emerged from the...
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Troy’s Crock Pot: Flying Unfriendly Skies
What’s the old phrase? On a wing and a...
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Shopping for the Roleplayer in Your Life
If you know a roleplayer, it can be hard to...
Read MoreTroy’s Crock Pot: D&D Next Scratches the Monster Itch
New games usually offer only a modest selection of monsters –...
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Troy’s Crock Pot: The Very First RPG Superstar
My first visit to Gen Con in 2005 was memorable...
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