Issue #307 of the Role-playing Tips E-zine is now online – 100 Waterborne Encounters is now online contains: CONTENTS: –> A Brief Word From Johnn –> This Week’s Tips: 1. 100 Waterborne Encounters –> Readers’ Tips Of The Week: 1. Little Helpers For Busy GMs From: Mike Bourke 2. Know Your Spells From: Helpful GM…
A role-playing publisher that has been around for over 20 years is apparently in serious financial trouble due to some theft and embezzlement and are appealing to all who are fans of their systems for help. I would recommend you take a look at the April 19th press release as well as this forum post…
How many times as a GM has something like this happened during one of your gaming sessions: GM – Okay everyone roll your search check Player 1 – A two, guess I don’t find anything Player 2 – Alright! A five guess I’m in the same boat. Player 3 – Can you critically miss a…
At one time or another just about everyone who has ever played a fantasy role-playing game has played a spell caster. In most cases you need to track what spells your character knows and what spell they still have memorized. The first one is fairly easy as you can create a simple list but for…
In a number of role-playing groups little to no attention is ever payed to the character’s family. Do they have any brothers or sisters? Are mom and dad still alive? What about grandparents? Aunts and Uncles? Are any of the characters married with or without kids? Since little is usually done in this area it…
While this is a new addition to my small but growing list of online role-playing resources the guides have been posted for a while. Uncle Figgy has been gaming since 1982 and in 1998 put his first guide online, Uncle Figgy’s Guide to Good GameMastering. I’ve read it and it contains some really good thoughts…
