Collaborate with Your Players to Make the Game More Fun (and Your Life Easier)
Back in January, I wrote about using PC...
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Scripted Pivotal Moments: The Reason Why Movies Often Make Bad Adventures
I’m fascinated by the similarities and...
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The Only Good Drow is a Dead Drow
Recently, Jared von Hindman wrote an article for...
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Jump Starting a One-Shot with the Familiar
When I’m not sitting behind a screen or...
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Heroes in Horror: When GM expectations and PC design don’t mix
A modern variant of the mythical “grim and...
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Use PC Backgrounds as a Roadmap for Campaign Design
I’m a big proponent of using everything my...
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You Set the Baseline
I was running a Star Wars campaign a few years...
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Starting a New Campaign: The Background-Independent Pilot Session
My regular gaming group of five includes four...
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White Wolf Preludes, Round-Robin Style
Last night, my group kicked off a Ghouls...
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Player Characters: Emerging Complexity is A-OK
As a GM, I used to struggle with player...
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Fair or Foul: Restricting Roleplay?
Here’s a question dug from my GMing...
Read MoreSo You Want to GM a Roleplaying-Intensive Game, Part 4
This is the fourth and final article in this series — the home...
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Why I Love Coming Up With Names
I love names. As a player, naming my character...
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Hot Button: A Touch of Evil
I apologize for the almost exclusively...
Read MoreEl Cheapo Miniatures for Fantasy PCs
With D&D 4e out (and looking awesome so far), I wanted to start...
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