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REVIEWS REVIEW

Posted by Jared Rascher | Apr 1, 2024 | General | 0


PLANNING BY MAD LIBS

Posted by Phil Vecchione | Mar 29, 2024 | Game Mastering, GMing Advice | 0


GNOMECAST 185 – TAKING OVER

Posted by Poddy Gnomington | Mar 27, 2024 | Gnomecast | 0


GIRL BY MOONLIGHT REVIEW

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FOCUSING PLAYER ATTENTION WITH DESCRIPTION

Posted by Josh Storey | Mar 22, 2024 | Game Mastering, GMing Advice | 0


ADVENTURE DESIGN: INTRO AND OUTLINE

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REVIEWS REVIEW

by Jared Rascher | Apr 1, 2024 | General

I’ve reviewed so many other things, and I feel like I’ve been missing a
fundamental item in all of this. It’s key to understanding all of my other
reviews. Today, I’m going to review the process of reviewing. I’ve literally
been reviewing things from the time I was born. I remember my siblings...

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PLANNING BY MAD LIBS

by Phil Vecchione | Mar 29, 2024 | Game Mastering, GMing Advice

Planning in RPGs has always been a problem. On one hand, it’s often necessary
for a group of players to plan out something their characters are trying to
accomplish. On the other, most groups are not adept at planning, and even if
they were, the activity is never that exciting at the table –...

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GNOMECAST 185 – TAKING OVER

by Poddy Gnomington | Mar 27, 2024 | Gnomecast

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Ang, Jared, and JT get together on the mics to talk about all the ins and outs
of taking over the GMing duties in an existing group. Links: Pathfinder
Mini-Dungeon Tome D&D 5e Mini-Dungeon Tome Coriolis: The...

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GIRL BY MOONLIGHT REVIEW

by Jared Rascher | Mar 25, 2024 | Reviews

It’s become a bit of a meme for people to declare characters from different
genres to be “magical girls.” Prince Adam lives his life, during the day, as an
unassuming royal heir that hasn’t quite grown up enough to assume his full
responsibilities, but when he holds his sword aloft and says “by...

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FOCUSING PLAYER ATTENTION WITH DESCRIPTION

by Josh Storey | Mar 22, 2024 | Game Mastering, GMing Advice

As the GM, you are your players’ eyes, ears, and other senses. The choices you
make when describing your game literally build the way they perceive their
characters’ world, and their perceptions of the world will determine their
actions. When they latch onto the wrong thing, be it the goblin barkeep instead
of the mysterious figure in the corner or the stale corner of bread instead of
the bloody murder weapon, nine times out of 10, it’s a failure of description.

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ADVENTURE DESIGN: INTRO AND OUTLINE

by J.T. Evans | Mar 20, 2024 | Game Making, Game Mastering, GMing Advice

Welcome to a series of adventure design articles that I’m going to publish over
the course of the next many months. The idea for this series hit me hard while I
was at the bus stop waiting to pick up my man-child. I’d gotten there about
twenty minutes early, and the ideas just starting...

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MANAGING YOUR DIGITAL LIBRARY

by George PR | Mar 18, 2024 | Game Mastering

An Infinite Digital Bookcase I can still remember the first roleplaying game
that I got in the early 1990s, the Advanced Dungeons and Dragons Dungeon Masters
Guide. The colorful cover with a roaring dragon and fiery wizard left an
indelible mark in my memory. I have long since traded or donated...

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UNBOUND ISSUE 3 (THE DRAW FATE) BREAKDOWN

by Tomas Gimenez Rioja | Mar 15, 2024 | General

In a similar manner to my articles in which I break down the articles from
Arcadia that I used to write for Tribality, I now present you a series of
breakdowns for the Unbound collection. Leon Barillaro has been kind enough to
provide me with a copy of the issue for me to check out and review. In...

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GNOMECAST 184 – D&D AND ME

by Poddy Gnomington | Mar 13, 2024 | Gnomecast

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In honor of D&D’s 50th Anniversary, a whole bunch of Gnomes get on the mics to
talk about our history with this venerable game. Prepare for a little nostalgia
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A LIFE WELL LIVED REVIEW

by Jared Rascher | Mar 11, 2024 | Reviews

In older editions of D&D, traveling from one place to another was an activity
governed by a lot of rules, but not governed by a lot of active input by the
player characters. Depending on what books your DM was using, you would find out
how many days it would take to get from one location to...

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HOW TO MAKE A PUBLISHED RPG SETTING YOUR OWN

by Robert Adducci | Mar 1, 2024 | Game Mastering

The purpose of this article is to guide you through the process of making a
published RPG setting your own. We’ll explore strategies for understanding the
essence of the original setting, identifying areas ripe for customization, and
seamlessly integrating your personal touches.

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GNOMECAST 183 – NEW PLAYERS, NEW CHARACTERS

by Poddy Gnomington | Feb 28, 2024 | Gnomecast

http://misdirectedmark.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/GC_183_Newplayers_final.mp3
Ang, JT and Senda chat about the logistics of adding new players to your groups
and new characters to your games. Links: Mythulu Cards Xenolanguage Coriolis:
The Great Dark Kickstarter Savage Worlds Science Fiction...

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CALL OF CTHULHU – ARKHAM REVIEW

by Jared Rascher | Feb 27, 2024 | Reviews

The name Arkham has become entrenched in the public consciousness, even when
people don’t know the origin of the name. When I mentioned what I was reviewing
this week, my wife said, “Arkham, isn’t that an asylum?” Beyond providing the
name of the infamous DC Comics institution, the recurring use...

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INGREDIENTS FOR A FIRST SESSION OF A CAMPAIGN

by Phil Vecchione | Feb 23, 2024 | Game Mastering, GMing Advice

My gaming group decided to end our most recent campaign and start up a game of
Mutants in the Now . We just completed Session Zero, including character
generation, and I now have two weeks to put together the first session. Over the
decades, I have started many campaigns, and the first session is...

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THURSDAY – TTRPG REVIEW

by Tomas Gimenez Rioja | Feb 19, 2024 | Reviews

Thursday is a tabletop role playing game for 2-4 players of time loops, drama,
and learning from your mistakes, inspired by Russian Doll I got a Thursday
review copy while getting ready for my Time Traveling Panel for Big Bad Con 2023
with Sebastian Yūe. Thursday served as a brilliant piece to...

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