Exploring Encounter Theory: How to Craft RPG Adventures
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Category: Encounters
Randomer Encounters
If you have run a game campaign for any...
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Crimes as Plots or Premises
Ben Robbins, author of ars ludi, has an...
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Pulling Punches in Combat: A GMing Dilemma
Bill and the Gnome Punters wrote to me about a...
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Improvising an Encounter
Every GM improvises, but not every GM is...
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Can Old RPG Standbys Still Amaze?
If you’ve been gaming for long enough,...
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A Little Christmas Action Scene
Merry Christmas from Treasure Tables! Last...
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Perilous Cliff Road of Doom
I give you the amazing Perilous Cliff Road of...
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Using Wargames for RPG Combat
I’ve always been intrigued by the idea of...
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Three Kinds of Encounter: Obstacles, Breakthroughs and Climaxes
In the comments on Encounters: A Similar Formula...
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Encounters: A Simple Formula
Here’s a basic formula that you can use to...
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The Rule of No Fudge and the Rule of Tactically Interesting
In a comment on The Tough Part About Tactical...
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The Tough Part About Tactical Encounters
In Throwaway Encounters, Chris Chinn examines...
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Roleplaying Tips #301: 120 Benign Wilderness Encounters
Roleplaying Tips #301 follows up on the 150...
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Creepy Stuff for Your Game
Creepy… is an EN World thread full of neat...
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