At this point most everyone is aware of the announcement made at GenCon about the release of 4th Edition D&D, for those that haven’t and need a quick overview check out the write up at Gaming Report. I would like to hear thoughts and opinions on this – will your group rush out and pick…
The latest issue of Role-playing Tips, #369 features a guest article from Kit Reshawn,Four Common Pitfalls for New GMs In the feature Kit goes over four common issues that we as GMs frequently run up against, the first on in particular I’ve been guilty of – I had an NPC save the party on a…
Over at Treasure Tables Martin made the following statement in his posting PC Backgrounds: Opening and Closing Doors If you imagine the hooks and plot elements in the PCs’ backgrounds as open doors, it’s a good idea to close those doors during play. A very true statement which I thing all GMs should take heed…
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…
A couple of weeks back I asked for some feedback as to what I could do to improve of Dice and Dragons and one of the suggestions was for links to software tools so I thought I would start off with Freemind. Freemind is a mind mapping tool (you can read about mind mapping here)…
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…
