Category: Improving Your GMing

Debilitating Conditions at the Table

Posted by Pete Petrusha | Feb 22, 2021 | Game Mastering, GMing Advice, Improving Your GMing, Player Perspective

Thirty minutes into the session, the moment...

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Coping with Multiple Personalities

Posted by Craig Dedrick | Aug 31, 2020 | Game Mastering, GMing Advice, Improving Your GMing, LARPs, Tools for GMs

A party at the palace. A meeting of the ruling...

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Exploring Encounter Theory: How to Craft RPG Adventures

Posted by Pete Petrusha | Sep 23, 2019 | Approaches and Techniques, Encounters, Game Mastering, GMing Advice, Improving Your GMing, Intro to Game Mastering, Nature of GMing, Prep, Products for GMs, Tools for GMs

Want to write better adventures? Want to prep...

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Getting Players to GM

Posted by Pete Petrusha | Jul 22, 2019 | Approaches and Techniques, Common Problems, GMing Advice, Improving Your GMing, Intro to Game Mastering, Players, Role of the GM, Tools for GMs

As a GM, do you really get to play like everyone...

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My Favourite Visual Aid for TTRPGs: the Index Card RPG

Posted by Daniel Kwan | Jan 29, 2019 | Approaches and Techniques, GMing Advice, Improving Your GMing, Tools for GMs

Are visual aids a must-have element in your TTRPG sessions? Professional GM Daniel H. Kwan breaks down his favourite tool for creating dynamic and engaging stories!

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GMs, Put Your Players First

Posted by Martin-TT | Sep 7, 2007 | Improving Your GMing, Players

If there’s a Treasure Tables philosophy...

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Pink Shirts at GenCon 2007

Posted by Martin-TT | Sep 2, 2007 | Bad GMing, Cons and Events, Improving Your GMing

One final (?) GMing observation from this...

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My Group’s Social Contract

Posted by Martin-TT | Aug 26, 2007 | Approaches and Techniques, Improving Your GMing

Social contracts are a popular topic here, and...

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Make Them Choose: Devil’s Choices for PCs

Posted by Martin-TT | Jul 25, 2007 | Improving Your GMing, PCs

When it comes to the PCs, hard choices are the...

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Go Ahead and Get it Wrong the First Time

Posted by Martin-TT | Jul 18, 2007 | Campaigns, Improving Your GMing, Worldbuilding

I just started reading The Making of Star Wars...

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What XP is Really For

Posted by Martin-TT | Jun 21, 2007 | Improving Your GMing, Players

Continuing to steal liberally from the excellent...

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GMing Advice from Mike Mearls

Posted by Martin-TT | Jun 14, 2007 | Cons and Events, Improving Your GMing

Over on the Worldwide Adventure Month blog, Jeff...

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Relax and Have Fun: Notes from a Clueless GM

Posted by Martin-TT | May 16, 2007 | Improving Your GMing, Your GMing History

Thinking about GMing in the car (you know you do...

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Improvising an Encounter

Posted by Martin-TT | May 9, 2007 | Encounters, Improving Your GMing

Every GM improvises, but not every GM is...

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GMing Commandments, Axioms and Conflict Resolution

Posted by Martin-TT | May 2, 2007 | Guest Posts, Improving Your GMing

In judging the Guest Post Contest, we arrived at...

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