Co-GMing, Campaign Tips and the New Breed of GMing Blogs
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Gaming Sessions: What’s Ideal, What’s Too Short?
Recently on TT we’ve looked at the longest...
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Adventure Notes: Read and Share
Commenting on Adventure Notes: One Page per...
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Great Campaigns: One Out of Three Ain’t Bad
This guest post by longtime GM and fellow GM-Fu...
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Not Dead Yet, Player Psychology and Rusty GMs
It’s been a while since our last forum...
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Adventure Notes: One Page per Encounter
In the comments on Metagame Elements and...
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Have 2+ Copies of the Rules on Hand
This is a pretty basic tip, but one that took me...
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GMing Short Weeknight Games
Summer is always a bad time for my group when it...
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Metagame Elements and Transparency
Over the years, I’ve observed that a...
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Music to Prep To?
Sitting here listening to MC Frontalot’s...
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Find a GMing Mascot
I can’t take credit for this idea —...
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Campaign Worlds Should be Shaken, Not Stirred
In the same way that you should drive your NPCs...
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What’s the Longest Session You’ve Ever Run?
Back in 2004-5, I ran a D&D campaign for my...
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The Californication Principle
Alysia and I have gotten sucked into...
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Nonstop Pulp Action, HP Piles and Cartography
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