Category: Approaches and Techniques

You Can See It from Space

Posted by Martin-TT | May 30, 2007 | Approaches and Techniques

If you make your rolls in the open, consider...

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GMing for Kids: An Actual Play Report

Posted by Martin-TT | May 28, 2007 | Approaches and Techniques

Veteran game master John Kim (who I interviewed...

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Step Out of Your Genre Groove

Posted by Martin-TT | May 21, 2007 | Approaches and Techniques

Assuming you have a favorite genre (fantasy,...

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Cheating: What to Look For, How to Handle It

Posted by Martin-TT | May 11, 2007 | Approaches and Techniques, Guest Posts, Players

Today’s guest post is by Walter...

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Fudging Rolls: Are You Playing a Game or a Sport?

Posted by Martin-TT | May 10, 2007 | Approaches and Techniques, Guest Posts

This guest post by TT forum moderator and...

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Doomsday Approacheth: Choosing the Next Game

Posted by Martin-TT | May 4, 2007 | Approaches and Techniques

My gaming group is coming up on the end of one...

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Groom Like it’s a Workday

Posted by Martin-TT | Apr 28, 2007 | Approaches and Techniques

When I GM, I nearly always shave before the game...

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Constructive Metagaming in RPGs

Posted by Martin-TT | Apr 7, 2007 | Approaches and Techniques, Nature of GMing

There’s a fairly widespread attitude among...

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When an Adventure or Character is “In Check”

Posted by Martin-TT | Apr 5, 2007 | Approaches and Techniques

Here are two sentences that you might consider...

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Video Games, Meet Old School Gaming

Posted by Martin-TT | Mar 27, 2007 | Approaches and Techniques

Over on Jeff’s Gameblog, Jeff Rients...

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Giving Your Players a Peek Behind the Scenes

Posted by Martin-TT | Mar 1, 2007 | Approaches and Techniques, Players

My wife, Alysia, got me a fabulous book for my...

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Oops Moments: You’re Not Actually Dead

Posted by Martin-TT | Feb 8, 2007 | Approaches and Techniques

The PCs are fighting a tough, dramatic battle....

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Write a Backup Adventure

Posted by Martin-TT | Feb 5, 2007 | Approaches and Techniques, Scenarios

Wouldn’t it be nice if you had a fallback...

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When PCs are on the Line, Talk it Out

Posted by Martin-TT | Jan 29, 2007 | Approaches and Techniques, PCs

In our D&D game this past Saturday night,...

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Drifting White Wolf Preludes into Other RPGs

Posted by Martin-TT | Jan 3, 2007 | Approaches and Techniques, PCs

Some game elements are easier to drift than...

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