Category: Campaigns

The Octopus: A Model for Urban Campaigns

Posted by Martin-TT | Oct 18, 2006 | Campaigns

In nearly every genre, urban-focused games tend...

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GMing a Licensed Property RPG

Posted by Martin-TT | Oct 8, 2006 | Campaigns

From Star Wars, Star Trek and Firefly to Conan,...

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How to End a Campaign: On Indefinite Hold

Posted by Martin-TT | Aug 29, 2006 | Campaigns, Common Problems

This is the fourth post in our charmingly random...

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How to End a Campaign: A Sudden Stop

Posted by Martin-TT | Aug 25, 2006 | Campaigns, Common Problems

This is the third post in our sporadic How to...

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Two to Tango: GMing a Solo Campaign

Posted by Martin-TT | Aug 23, 2006 | Approaches and Techniques, Campaigns

Running a solo campaign — one GM, one...

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If You Got Hit by a Bus Tomorrow…

Posted by Martin-TT | Aug 9, 2006 | Campaigns, Players

If you got hit by a bus tomorrow, what would...

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How to End a Campaign: With a Whimper

Posted by Martin-TT | Jul 8, 2006 | Campaigns, Common Problems

This is the second post in TT’s How to End...

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How to End a Campaign: With a Bang

Posted by Martin-TT | Jul 6, 2006 | Campaigns, Common Problems

This is the first post in TT’s How to End...

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Hitting the Goldilocks Spot: Campaign and Story Arc Length

Posted by Martin-TT | Jul 5, 2006 | Campaigns

Most RPGs address the idea of breaking your game...

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Prepping for a Campaign

Posted by Martin-TT | Jun 23, 2006 | Campaigns

Campaign Pre-Production, by Michael Zenke,...

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Revitalizing a Fading Campaign

Posted by Martin-TT | Jun 18, 2006 | Campaigns

Pete Sears (of The World Famous Crank Report)...

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Setting Stakes at the Campaign Level

Posted by Martin-TT | May 5, 2006 | Campaigns

Design blog attacks of opportunity recently...

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Endpoints and Expectations

Posted by Martin-TT | Apr 9, 2006 | Campaigns

A simple but loaded question: When you start...

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Use Your Mental Back Burners

Posted by Martin-TT | Dec 14, 2005 | Campaigns, Prep

I view my mind as having a few “front...

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Reflections on Ending a Long-Running Game

Posted by Martin-TT | Nov 29, 2005 | Campaigns

Meguey, of Fair Game, reflects on ending her...

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