One of the things I’ve learned from being around the table, gaming or work, is that unless those around you are actually interested in what you have to say they’re going to listen. At the gaming table I’ve seen (and been) that GM that’s lost the party. It’s usually no one specific item but typically…
As a GM we’re frequently called upon to build worlds, vast organizations, and plots that literally shake the very foundations of what we build. But what about something a bit closer to home, something aimed more at a singular character as opposed to the whole planet? That’s the topic of A.L.’s post, Crafting A Personal…
It’s been a topic of discussion here more than once and if you get even just a couple of GMs together it’s bound to come up – how to best organize your campaign materials. Jackson Malloy over and Sword and Scoundrel (got to love that name!) brought up this topic with his post Organizing Campaign Materials. Jackson,…
Who doesn’t enjoy exploring a maze of tunnels, dead ends, and rooms full of creatures to battle? The GM that’s who. It’s something that a lot of GMs like to run, but it’s something that many of us don’t really enjoy planning out. The encounters are easy enough, but creating a map of all of…
It’s a fear that all GMs face at one time or another, you’re not prepped for the session that you’re running tonight – Justin over at Stuffer Shack shares one such recent experience in his post, Last Minute Cancellations of One Player – What Do you Do? In Justin’s case he had a player cancel on him…
Mark over at Dust Pan Games shares with us his take on what a GM map should be versus what a player map should be. There’s a lot of good information in the post as Mark covers what he considers the distinct types of ares in a dungeon. Transition rooms – the areas between points of…
