Category: GMing Advice

James Cameron on Creating Fun RPG Adventures

Posted by Martin Ralya | Apr 3, 2009 | GMing Advice

Reading through the April ’09 issue of...

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What Type of GM Are You?

Posted by Walt Ciechanowski | Mar 30, 2009 | GMing Advice

Ever since I first read the Dungeoneer’s...

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D&D Burgoo (3.5): Turning the dial on alignment

Posted by Troy E. Taylor | Mar 24, 2009 | GMing Advice

Our party’s young female fighter —...

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TV Case Study: Life

Posted by Phil Vecchione | Mar 23, 2009 | GMing Advice

This is the second TV case study.Â Previously...

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Building a Game/Campaign is like Building a Computer

Posted by John Arcadian | Mar 20, 2009 | GMing Advice

Maybe it’s just the fact that I’ve been knee...

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Pacing and Transitions

Posted by Scott Martin | Mar 19, 2009 | GMing Advice

As a GM, pacing is one problem I often struggle...

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Inheriting a Game that You Played In — What To Do With Your Character?

Posted by Patrick Benson | Mar 18, 2009 | GMing Advice

Last Friday I took over the GM’s seat in a game...

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Hot Button: What is your Taboo?

Posted by Walt Ciechanowski | Mar 17, 2009 | GMing Advice

I was playing in a D&D campaign a few years...

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Player’s Handbook 2 Preview: A Veteran GM’s Take on GMing and the PHB 2

Posted by Martin Ralya | Mar 13, 2009 | GMing Advice, Reviews, Specific RPGs

A couple of weeks ago, Wizards of the Coast...

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TV Case Study: Lost

Posted by Phil Vecchione | Mar 12, 2009 | GMing Advice

Hello, and welcome to the first TV Case Study....

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The Perfect GM?

Posted by Scott Martin | Mar 4, 2009 | GMing Advice

Fang asks, What Makes the Perfect Gamemaster?....

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A Primer on Politeness

Posted by Kurt "Telas" Schneider | Mar 4, 2009 | GMing Advice

In honor of GM’s Day, I’d like to...

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You Think you Know a Genre…

Posted by Matthew J. Neagley | Mar 4, 2009 | GMing Advice

You think you know a little something about a...

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Players – The GM Does Not Work For You

Posted by Patrick Benson | Mar 4, 2009 | GMing Advice

Today being GM’s Day I wanted to tell a...

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Don’t Forget to Recharge the Batteries

Posted by Walt Ciechanowski | Mar 4, 2009 | GMing Advice

I can’t wait for GenCon 2009. One of the many...

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