A Comparison of Play-by-Post Forums
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Category: Treasure Tables
Do You Give Bonuses/Penalties to Skill Checks for Roleplaying?
Via email, TT reader and RPG freelancer Walter...
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Introducing RPGs to New Players, Part 2
This is Part 2 of a guest post by TT reader...
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Introducing RPGs to New Players, Part 1
In the same vein as I Was a Virgin Convention GM...
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Cheating: What to Look For, How to Handle It
Today’s guest post is by Walter...
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Fudging Rolls: Are You Playing a Game or a Sport?
This guest post by TT forum moderator and...
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Improvising an Encounter
Every GM improvises, but not every GM is...
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Ninety Minutes is a Good Start: An Open Letter to Peter Adkison
Dear Peter Adkison, After sending you Peter...
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GenCon Registration Day
Today’s the big day for GenCon...
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Manage Your Campaign With Google Tools
Amaril, author of the brand-new blog The...
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Two Kinds of Gaming Group: Which Kind is Yours?
Frank Filz’s comment on yesterday’s...
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Doomsday Approacheth: Choosing the Next Game
My gaming group is coming up on the end of one...
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Mastering Your GM-Fu at GenCon 2007
Zachary Houghton (formerly of RPG Blog), Vicki...
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GMing Commandments, Axioms and Conflict Resolution
In judging the Guest Post Contest, we arrived at...
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Communicate: Understand the Lessons You Will Teach Each Other
This guest post by TT forum member Ramza was the...
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