Category: Players

Dealing with a Toxic Narcissist in the Tabletop Gaming Community

Posted by tangibleday | Oct 25, 2021 | Editorials, General, Players

Tabletop gaming has become a mainstream hobby in...

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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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3 Medieval Tortures And The Exercises You Can Do To Experience Them

Posted by Chuck Lauer | Jul 8, 2019 | Game Mastering, General, GMing Advice, Players, Tools for GMs

I am currently writing this post with my nose,...

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Make Time for What You Love

Posted by Pete Petrusha | May 20, 2019 | Common Problems, Game Making, Game Mastering, General, Players

To create a game is to learn that the act of...

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Ways to Handle Missing Players

Posted by Martin-TT | Oct 21, 2007 | Players

When one of your regular players can’t...

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Aleph Gaming, Theory Review and Player Matching

Posted by Martin-TT | Oct 18, 2007 | Online Resources, Players

My crystal ball tells me you need…more...

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Mapping Combats: A Balancing Act

Posted by Martin-TT | Oct 9, 2007 | Organization, Players

Some gamers like battles that involve...

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Not Dead Yet, Player Psychology and Rusty GMs

Posted by Martin-TT | Sep 20, 2007 | Common Problems, Players, TT Forums

It’s been a while since our last forum...

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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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Called Shot to the Nuts

Posted by Martin-TT | Sep 3, 2007 | Common Problems, Players

“I make a called shot to his nuts”...

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Nope, We’re Not Doing That

Posted by Martin-TT | Sep 1, 2007 | Players

When you present your players with a clear...

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Starship Tiles, Clever NPC Prep and the Obvious

Posted by Martin-TT | Aug 19, 2007 | NPCs, Players, Products for GMs

Three great links from the GMing community:...

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GMing Tips from a Player’s POV, and Meta-Mapping

Posted by Martin-TT | Aug 9, 2007 | Approaches and Techniques, Players, Prep

• Notes to the GM – What a Player...

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What Do You do When Your Players are Lost?

Posted by Martin-TT | Jul 30, 2007 | Players

We’ve all run into it at some point:...

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PC Backgrounds: Pressure Doesn’t Make Diamonds

Posted by Martin-TT | Jul 26, 2007 | Approaches and Techniques, PCs, Players

After responding to Corrosive Rabbit’s...

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