What Should You Do When One of Your Players is Pissed?
If you GM for long enough, it’s...
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Four GMing Links: NPCs, Networking and More
Just lately, I’ve come across a bevy of...
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An Alternate XP System Suitable for Many RPGs
Courtesy of TT forum member hellibrarian comes...
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What XP is Really For
Continuing to steal liberally from the excellent...
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Never Penalize Players for Bringing in a New PC
When a PC dies or is otherwise removed from...
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Help Your Players Hone their PCs During Chargen
Part of your role as the GM involves stewardship...
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GMing for Kids: Tips Aplenty
In GMing for Kids: An Actual Play Report, I...
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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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How to Encourage a Player to Try GMing
Asking your players to give GMing a try is a...
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Want Bored Players? Give Them Chores
When you GM a campaign, it’s fine to make...
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Helping Your Players Connect with Their Characters
In longer-running campaigns, one of the things I...
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Looking for Players?
After exchanging a few emails with Peter...
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Giving Your Players a Peek Behind the Scenes
My wife, Alysia, got me a fabulous book for my...
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