Category: GMing Advice

Clone a Great Campaign and Make It Your Own

Posted by Martin Ralya | Sep 14, 2009 | GMing Advice

I’ve never tried this, but it seems like a...

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Railroading – It Encourages Nothing

Posted by Patrick Benson | Sep 8, 2009 | GMing Advice

In a recent game that a friend ran we were...

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How To Make Skill Checks Not Suck

Posted by Phil Vecchione | Sep 7, 2009 | GMing Advice

The skill check. Next to combat, the skill check...

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Step Out Of Your Comfort Zone

Posted by Patrick Benson | Sep 3, 2009 | GMing Advice

My greatest mistakes and achievements as a...

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MIA: How to Handle Missing Players

Posted by Scott Martin | Sep 2, 2009 | GMing Advice

Sometimes the journey ends painfully: a...

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GM Spotlight: What Pathfinder Brings to the Table

Posted by Walt Ciechanowski | Sep 1, 2009 | GMing Advice, Specific RPGs, Spotlight

This past GenCon, Paizo Publishing released the...

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Closure: What Separates an Amazing Campaign from a Great Campaign

Posted by Martin Ralya | Aug 26, 2009 | GMing Advice

Many GMs don’t think about how their...

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Nice Myth, Ugly Truth: Sandbox Games Are Better

Posted by Patrick Benson | Aug 25, 2009 | GMing Advice

I hear people brag about their sandbox games....

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From Con to Con: 2009 edition

Posted by Walt Ciechanowski | Aug 20, 2009 | GMing Advice

Last year I wrote a series of articles on my...

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Challenge and Complexity Does Not Equal Drama And Action

Posted by John Arcadian | Aug 19, 2009 | GMing Advice

As gamers we tend to think of high mechanical difficulties as...

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Double Down: Gambling in RPGs

Posted by Scott Martin | Aug 17, 2009 | GMing Advice, Tools for GMs

There is a very easy way to return from a casino...

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Anatomy of 20 Questions

Posted by Phil Vecchione | Aug 13, 2009 | GMing Advice

Hi. I am away at GenCon, but I wanted to leave...

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Cool Is Not Necessarily Fun

Posted by Kurt "Telas" Schneider | Aug 11, 2009 | GMing Advice

I’ve got this really super-cool idea for a...

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Getting Back on Course

Posted by Walt Ciechanowski | Aug 7, 2009 | GMing Advice

I recently started a modern fantasy campaign set...

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What Do Your Players Really Want From Your Game?

Posted by John Arcadian | Aug 6, 2009 | GMing Advice

A few days ago, after running a session, a...

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