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To the Rescue! Tips for Running Rescue Missions

Posted by Peter Martin | Apr 28, 2025 | Game Mastering, GMing Advice, Tools for GMs

Whether it’s Aragorn showing up with his army of...

GNOMECAST #169 – Plot Seeds

Posted by Poddy Gnomington | Aug 2, 2023 | Game Mastering, GMing Advice, Gnomecast, Tools for GMs

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Quick Review of The Army Painter Wet Palette

Posted by tangibleday | Oct 31, 2022 | Reviews, Tools

Are you curious about diving deeper into the...

So You Want to Write an Asian Campaign Setting (Part 1: Historical China)

Posted by Daniel Kwan | Nov 29, 2019 | Approaches and Techniques, Campaigns, Editorials, Game Mastering, Tools for GMs, Worldbuilding

So you want to try your hand at creating an East Asian Fantasy campaign setting? Start with some valuable research from Daniel Kwan’s favourites!

The Art Of Traps: Making The Rogue Cry

Posted by Jay | Nov 4, 2019 | Game Mastering

Traps. We all know what they are and how they...

Level up your GM skills with these amazing non-gaming resources

Posted by Daniel Kwan | Aug 27, 2019 | Editorials, Game Mastering, GMing Advice, Intro to Game Mastering, Tools for GMs

Learn how Daniel Kwan fosters positive, collaborative relationships with the members of his gaming table with two resources that you might not find at your local game store.

Craving More Narrative Drama in Your D&D Game?

Posted by Daniel Kwan | Jul 3, 2019 | Editorials, Game Mastering, GMing Advice, Tools for GMs

Here are some of @danielhkwan’s favourite tools for adding more narrative drama to your D&D games! Huzzah!

Teaching Tabletop Role Playing Games

Posted by Andi Fox | Apr 17, 2019 | Game Mastering, Tools for GMs

In 2011 I offered to DM a 4-hour session...

Level Up Your Classroom With Tabletop RPGs

Posted by Daniel Kwan | Dec 10, 2018 | Editorials

Tabletop RPGs are some of the most powerful and reflexive learning tools. Here’s how one museum educator has been using them for over a decade!

Design Flow: Tools

Posted by Phil Vecchione | Dec 23, 2016 | Design Journals, Game Making

There is no “right” way to create a role playing...

Johnny’s Five – New For The New Year

Posted by John Arcadian | Jan 1, 2016 | GMing Advice

It’s a new year, 2016, and that means it’s a...

Focal Point Preview: Interior Artwork

Posted by Martin Ralya | Jun 25, 2015 | Gnome Gnews

Our sixth system-neutral book for GMs, Focal...

All of Gnome Stew’s Books are on Sale for Black Friday/Cyber Monday

Posted by Martin Ralya | Nov 27, 2014 | Crock Pot

For Black Friday/Cyber Monday, we’ve...

PSA: Scrivener Sale

Posted by Don Mappin | Nov 1, 2014 | GMing Advice

Here at the stew more than a few of us are fans...

Everything is a Flag: Use the Whole Buffalo that Your Players Provide

Posted by Martin Ralya | Jul 29, 2014 | GMing Advice

You’ve heard of “using the whole...

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