Quick NPC Backstories with Rory’s Story Cubes
John Fiore is a “low-prep” GM and a connoisseur of stuff that...
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RPG Ambience: Bring Your Game to Life with Music and Visuals
Today’s guest article by Jakob Kallin is...
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Edward Lockhart is an aspiring Pen and Paper Roleplaying Game...
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GMing Concept Garage Sale, 2013
Once again January has snuck up on me and dealt...
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Gaming Charters and Social Contracts in Detail
Social contracts. It’s hard to pick a...
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The Handmade, Super-Simple Wizard Tower Tile Set
Today’s guest article was written by Tom...
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How I Made a Player Cry
Happily, I recently finished my much-maligned...
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Street Wise Maps – A Great Little Resource For A Modern Game
The other night, my Game Master pulled out a new...
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Harvest Festivals and Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving is upon us! It’s time to let...
Read MoreModern Games, Modern Tools
Running a modern game has been far easier than I expected because of...
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Need Creepy Background Music? 14 Free and Reasonably Priced Dark Ambient Albums
I recently got to run two sessions of Call of...
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Spooktacular Gaming
I got a chance to play in a cool, very Halloween...
Read MoreBuilding Cultures: Social Classes, The Lowest Rung (Part Two)
A few weeks ago, I sketched out a few historical lower/lowest...
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The Orbital Path Method of Plot Design
Plots for RPGs are tricky beasts to deal with....
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Random Dungeons from Buckets O’ Dice
Here’s a simple random dungeon generation method...
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