Join Jared for an interview with Mike Olson and Morgan Ellis, two of the developers who worked on Shadow of the Century from Evil Hat Productions as a follow-up to Jared’s review of the product here. Will this interview be enough to keep the Review Gnome (and his guests!) out of the stew...
Read More Join Chris and get to know one of the newest Gnomes, Daniel, in this “Meet a New Gnome” episode of Gnomecast! Learn about Daniel’s gaming origin story, his current projects, and his future plans and Gnome Stew articles! Will new gnome Daniel be able to avoid the stew this week?...
Read More Join Ang, Chuck, John, and Matt for a discussion about the technology needed for presenting a gaming stream. This episode was recorded following Gnome Stew’s first actual play stream on Twitch, and if you missed the stream, you can catch the recording of “The Gnomes Do...
Read More Join Ang and get to know one of the newest Gnomes, Pete, in this “Meet a New Gnome” episode of Gnomecast! Learn about Pete’s gaming origin story and his plans for future games and Gnome Stew articles! Will Pete be able to avoid the stew this week? Download: Gnomecast #61 –...
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Join Ang, Chuck, and Wen for a discussion on the complications and problems with “fridging,” or endangering vulnerable characters without reason. Will these gnomes be thoughtful enough to keep out of the fridge, er, stew? Download: Gnomecast #60 – Don’t Fridge the NPC Keep...
Read More Join Ang, Camdon, and Jared for a discussion on different initiative systems and different ways to manage initiative in your games. Will these gnomes act soon enough to keep them out of the stew? Download: Gnomecast #59 – Roll for Initiative The product Jared mentions is the Axe n Shield...
Read More Join Ang and get to know one of the newest Gnomes, Jen, in this “Meet a New Gnome” episode of Gnomecast! Learn about Jen’s start in gaming and her plans for future games, conventions, and Gnome Stew articles! Will Jen’s game theme extremes be enough to help her avoid the...
Read More Join Ang, Kira, Senda, and Wen for tools and tips for maintaining game tone at the table. Can these gnomes keep their tone steady enough to avoid the stew? Download: Gnomecast #57 – Maintaining Tone Keep up with all the gnomes by visiting gnomestew.com, following @gnomestew on Twitter, or...
Read More Join Ang, Jared, John, and Phil for GM advice about what to do when players take your game in unexpected directions. Can these gnomes deal well enough with the unexpected to keep out of the stew? Download: Gnomecast #56 – It All Goes Sideways Keep up with all the gnomes by visiting...
Read More Join Ang, J.T., and Matt for a discussion about the nature and use of session zero! Will this pre-game preparation be enough to keep these gnomes out of the stew? Download: Gnomecast #55 – Session Zero Keep up with all the gnomes by visiting gnomestew.com, following @gnomestew on Twitter, or...
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