Category: GMing Advice

Recapping With Style

Posted by Phil Vecchione | Feb 11, 2009 | GMing Advice

I have been a fan of using recaps at the opening...

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Micro Sessions – Gaming in that ten minutes you weren’t using anyway

Posted by Matthew J. Neagley | Feb 10, 2009 | GMing Advice

What do you do when you have a chunk ofÂ time...

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Redirect The Critical Fail

Posted by John Arcadian | Feb 9, 2009 | Gaming Trends, GMing Advice

I was watching the remake of the Italian Job the...

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Threat, challenge, and being awesome

Posted by Scott Martin | Feb 6, 2009 | GMing Advice, Gnome Gnews

I recently read Robert Donoghue’s article...

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You Can Use Your Sandbox Too

Posted by Walt Ciechanowski | Feb 4, 2009 | GMing Advice, Tools for GMs

A few weeks ago I was in a bit of a pickle (how...

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Troy’s Crock Pot: Growwwwl, hisssss, boooo! Monstropedia is the place for you

Posted by Troy E. Taylor | Feb 4, 2009 | Crock Pot, GMing Advice, Tools for GMs

A recent online search for folklore information...

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What GMs Can Learn From Gaming Comics

Posted by John Arcadian | Feb 2, 2009 | GMing Advice, Tools for GMs

Aside from Role Playing Games, one of my favorite pastimes is...

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D&D Burgoo: Adventuring for the Young’uns

Posted by Troy E. Taylor | Jan 29, 2009 | GMing Advice, Specific RPGs

Timon and Salcheech tossed related questions...

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Doubleheader: The Triple Constraint of A Campaign

Posted by Phil Vecchione | Jan 28, 2009 | GMing Advice

This post is one of two posts today in our Gnome...

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Doubleheader: You Do Not Have Time for That

Posted by Patrick Benson | Jan 28, 2009 | GMing Advice

This post is one of two posts today in our Gnome...

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Creating Simple, Deep Playlists for RPG Background Music

Posted by Martin Ralya | Jan 27, 2009 | GMing Advice

I’m a big fan of having music in the...

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Introductory Games for New Roleplayers

Posted by Scott Martin | Jan 26, 2009 | GMing Advice

My wife is planning a “girl game...

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House Rules: Official Supplements

Posted by Walt Ciechanowski | Jan 23, 2009 | GMing Advice, Tools for GMs

Happy New Year everybody! I thought I’d...

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Killer GM or Selfish GM?

Posted by Kurt "Telas" Schneider | Jan 22, 2009 | GMing Advice

Are you running the game you wish you were...

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Troy’s Crock Pot: Oh darn! The NPC just rolled a 1

Posted by Troy E. Taylor | Jan 21, 2009 | Crock Pot, GMing Advice

The gnome NPC just rolled a 1. Tracking down the...

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