Category: Players

GM and Player Engagement: Four Observations

Posted by Martin-TT | Feb 15, 2007 | Nature of GMing, Players

I’m about to say “engaged” a...

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Never Say No When You Could Say Yes

Posted by Martin-TT | Feb 14, 2007 | Improving Your GMing, PCs, Players

When a player wants their character to try...

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What Strikes Fear into Your Players?

Posted by Martin-TT | Feb 13, 2007 | Players

Is there a specific game element — a rule,...

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Half-Players: At the Table, But Not There to Game

Posted by Martin-TT | Feb 3, 2007 | Players

The Wiki-to-PDF project, one half of which deals...

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Feedback is Multi-Directional

Posted by Martin-TT | Feb 2, 2007 | Improving Your GMing, Players

Over on GameCraft, Levi Kornelson pointed out...

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Want to Write about Finding Players and Problem Players?

Posted by Martin-TT | Feb 1, 2007 | Cons and Events, Players

After testing the waters yesterday, I decided to...

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Ask Your Players to Spell Things Out

Posted by Martin-TT | Jan 25, 2007 | Players

Jeff Rients has some great advice on the topic...

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How do You Handle Absent Players?

Posted by Martin-TT | Jan 15, 2007 | Players

This coming weekend, my group will be playing...

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Engage Every Player

Posted by Martin-TT | Dec 10, 2006 | Players

The latest installment of Save My Game, DM...

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It’s Like a Party Full of Bards

Posted by Martin-TT | Dec 8, 2006 | PCs, Players

What do you do if one PC is obviously...

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So, What’d We Miss?

Posted by Martin-TT | Nov 21, 2006 | Approaches and Techniques, Players

When your players finish an adventure, I’m...

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Informed Player Decisions

Posted by Martin-TT | Nov 15, 2006 | Players

The always-thoughtful John Kim (who I...

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The Unblinking Eye: A Player Over Webcam

Posted by Martin-TT | Nov 2, 2006 | Players

Back when I lived in Michigan, one of my players...

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Party Leaders and Player Leaders

Posted by Martin-TT | Oct 27, 2006 | PCs, Players

Having one PC act as party leader is pretty...

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DM of the Rings: Full of GMing Insights (and Hilarious)

Posted by Martin-TT | Oct 14, 2006 | GMing Community, Nature of GMing, Players

I recently stumbled across Twenty Sided Tale, a...

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