Category: GMing Advice

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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Enabling Player Fun – Introductory Scenes

Posted by John Arcadian | Aug 28, 2013 | GMing Advice

Your players have just spent hours crafting...

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Five Minutes into the Future

Posted by Walt Ciechanowski | Aug 26, 2013 | GMing Advice

One of the problems with contemporary games is...

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What I Did On My Summer Vacation – 2013

Posted by Phil Vecchione | Aug 23, 2013 | Gaming Conventions, GMing Advice

Every year at this time I write my Gen Con...

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Reality Check

Posted by Kurt "Telas" Schneider | Aug 21, 2013 | GMing Advice

“I reject your reality, and substitute my own.”...

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Troy’s Crock Pot: Politics in campaign downtime

Posted by Troy E. Taylor | Aug 19, 2013 | GMing Advice

I’m in the process of digesting Ultimate...

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Who Are You Trying to Impress?

Posted by Kurt "Telas" Schneider | Aug 16, 2013 | GMing Advice

Two quick stories: My wife watches a fair amount...

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Using “And” Versus “But”

Posted by Don Mappin | Aug 13, 2013 | GMing Advice

In our roles as GM’s we frequently are placed in...

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The GM Confidant

Posted by Phil Vecchione | Aug 9, 2013 | GMing Advice

As GM’s, we often brainstorm and...

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Driftwood: The Luck Roll

Posted by Walt Ciechanowski | Aug 7, 2013 | GMing Advice

There have been many times when I’ve had...

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Villainous Manifestations of Power: Twisted Creepers

Posted by Scott Martin | Aug 2, 2013 | GMing Advice, Tools for GMs

The twisted creeper is a scourge, a testimony to...

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Slide Show Campaign Endings

Posted by Guest Author | Aug 1, 2013 | GMing Advice

Today’s guest article is by reader Tom...

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More than One Chance to Shine

Posted by Walt Ciechanowski | Jul 31, 2013 | GMing Advice

This time of year I’m usually involved in...

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GM as Limited Slip Differential

Posted by Kurt "Telas" Schneider | Jul 30, 2013 | GMing Advice

The puzzle really shouldn’t be that difficult....

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Realism? Who needs it? You do!

Posted by Matthew J. Neagley | Jul 29, 2013 | GMing Advice

Ross Isaacs from SoulJAR Games and I recently...

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