Lessons From The Long Campaign: Never Write The Ending
In my first installment of the Lessons From The...
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Category: GMing Advice
F.A.P.: The Problem Without Extradimensional Storage Space
While my first FAP post was about a big thing,...
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Dealing with Marquee Characters
By default, players generally assume that all...
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D&D Burgoo: Magical Ethics
Clem is stirring the Suggestion Pot with this...
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Why I Love Coming Up With Names
I love names. As a player, naming my character...
Read MoreHealing Time Sets the Tempo
Combat plays a significant role in most RPGs, and where...
Read MoreThe Rambling Gnomes: New Character, Experienced Group
Here’s a question from frequent commenter BryanB, subjected to...
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Compensating for Failure
Failure’s an important element in many...
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The Re-Gathering of Heroes
Gathering the party, even a party of veteran...
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Hacking the Game
I’ve got a player who loves D&D,...
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Lessons From The Long Campaign: Setting Up An Epic Campaign
I am closing in on the 3rd anniversary of my...
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Fail? Can the world survive failure?
Von Bek has an excellent question about making...
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D&D Burgoo (4.0): Action point, smaction point
Swordgleam is looking at the 4E rules, and...
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Funerals in games
I attended a funeral this last week, which...
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D&D Burgoo (4.0): Room Search Free-for-all
Aegon is playing D&D 4E and he stirred the...
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