These days, I don’t often follow a question post (yesterday’s Are You the Most Dialed-in Gamer in Your Group) with another question post, but I’m gearing up to overhaul the GMing Wiki — and that’s not something I can do (or want to do) without feedback from the TT...
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Way back in 1992, Dragon Magazine #184 featured an article by C.M. Cline entitled “The 7-Sentence NPC,” and it’s by far one of the best GMing tools I’ve ever used. I mentioned it in 2005’s Vibrant NPCs here on TT, but I thought it deserved a post of its own. The basic...
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Setting aside digital map projection, the two most popular reusable RPG mapping solutions out there are dry-erase boards and wet-erase mats. The former come in a variety of sizes, from commercial white boards to options designed specifically for RPGs, like the unbelievably awesome Tact-Tiles. The...
Read More Courtesy of orychle on the TT forums comes this link: the largest repository of character sheets I’ve ever seen, RPG Sheets. They cover more than 250 games, with 3,000-plus different character sheets. How have I been writing TT for this long without hearing about this site before? Share them...
Read More After putting out a call for glossary suggestions to TT readers almost two weeks ago, I’ve finally completed all of the revisions. The newly re-christened RPG Glossary is ready for primetime. My thanks to everyone who contributed — you rock! The original glossary covered only common...
Read More After exchanging a few emails with Peter Harkins, who runs NearbyGamers, I created a new page called Ways to Find RPG Players. It collects a range of player-finding tools and resources in one spot, with NearbyGamers front and center. This is an evergreen topic for gamers in general, and for GMs in...
Read More Arr-Kelaan Software has seven GM-oriented programs available for free download, including HexMapper, which lets you create old-school hex maps of your campaign world. The other tools are Dice Roller, Random City Generator, Town Designer, Spell Book Builder, Campaign Calendar Generator and Random...
Read More TT reader clem emailed me about NearbyGamers, a new player-finding site based on Google Maps (thanks, clem!). It’s a great concept: You join, add yourself to the map, flag your profile with tags based on the games you like, and you’re off. The map shows little pins for everyone...
Read More (Update: As of 3/22, the newly-revised, 216-term RPG Glossary is up and running. My thanks to everyone who contributed!) For a little while now, I’ve been thinking that TT’s RPG Glossary needs to be expanded to include more obscure and uncommon terminology. That would make it more...
Read More Using a digital projector to deliver the ultimate mapping solution for your game is something of an evergreen topic among GMs: There’s always interest in it, and once you’ve heard about it, chances are you wish you could do it yourself (I know I do!). d20srd.org (an all-around...
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