I’m sure you seen and read a number of articles on how much time a GM should spend getting ready for a gaming session but the question needs to be asked of players too. Are you ready to go when you show up? I’m not just talking about bringing your favorite snack with you along…
Wars are fought, nations rise and fall, fortunes are won and lost and through it all stands the individual that protects the land and people on behalf of the government – the soldier. Before introducing this individual to your role-playing group spend a few minutes to think about his appearance (armor, weaponry, unit insignia and…
The latest issue of Role-playing Tips in now online – Putting The Gods Back In Their Place. The issue covers some really good ideas about the creation of a pantheon and things to look at when creating it. There’s also some good information in the reader tips about railroading (not the one with locomotives and…
It doesn’t matter which role-playing game you play at some point someone at the table is going to have to track the amount of ammo they have and are expending. For a lot of players that means making hash marks on a scratch-pad and then after expending a clip or emptying a quiver have to…
Has this ever happened to you? You get everyone together for a session and before you know it the evening is over and when you look at your notes you discover that you didn’t touch on most of what was planned? In some cases it will be because the group has gone off on a…
Have you noticed that in almost every role-playing game the spectre of death is always close at hand but the individual who handles the arrangements for the body and funeral is never mentioned? I’m sure you’ve seen the stereotyped undertaker, if you haven’t, rent almost any old western and you’ll see him. More often than…
