In this latest issue of Role-playing Tips, #368, Mapping Tips: Planning Your Map Saves Time Johnn walks us through a time honored tradition that many GMs enjoy, map making. I know that many are like me and just dive right in but Johnn shows, with a number of examples, the benefits of taking a few…
In issue #366, Notes to the GM – What a Player Wants, Johnn departs from his usual format to give an issue which is centered around notes or requests from a player to the GM. Some rather interesting suggestions and ideas in the mix and a nice change of pace overall. In addition to the…
Over the weekend Johnn Four posted the last three issues of the Role-playing Tips E-zine the first two deal with encounters while the third deals with using a timeline. The first two issues #363, It’s About The Character, Not The Player Serving Up Characterization Encounters, Part 1 and #364, Encounter Tips: Characterization Encounters, Part 2…
Over the weekend Johnn Four posted the latest two issues of the Role-playing Tips E-zine Supernatural Weather, Part 1 & 2 The two issues combined are a great read, especially for those of us that like to do world-building. They start out with some interesting supernatural weather effects gathered from a discussion on the gmmastery…
Issue #360 of Role-playing Tips Weekly is available online – 9 Ways To Recruit New Players A couple of days ago I posted about issue #359 and while it was posted at the same time I held off mentioning #360 so that it wouldn’t be missed in a double post. Issue #360 takes aim at…
Role-playing Tips Weekly issue #359 is available online – GM Organization – 5 Tips The bane of most GMs (including myself) is a lack of organization. Being able to find and use that piece of information, whether during a planning session or an actual game session is of major importance and Johnn tackles this topic…
