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…
I realize it’s been a while since my last post and you have my apologies for that. Looking at my blog here and getting ready to get back into the swing of posting more frequently I realized that the most important consideration I need to make is “what do you want?” So here’s your chance…
Worlds of Cthulhu, http://www.worldsofcthulhu.com/ has announced their new revamped website which includes information about upcoming issues as well as support materials. From their website: ‘Worlds of Cthulhu’ is a magazine dedicated to supporting the Call of Cthulhu, Call of Cthulhu d20, and Cthulhu Dark Ages roleplaying games published by Chaosium, Inc. It is published by…
