I come across a lot of interesting posts and pieces of information as I wander across the Internet and came across a post Simple is Good by Troll Lord of The Dens. It’s a short post that talks about the the fun he recently had with a weekend full of gaming, something I think all…
It’s been a topic of discussion here more than once and if you get even just a couple of GMs together it’s bound to come up – how to best organize your campaign materials. Jackson Malloy over and Sword and Scoundrel (got to love that name!) brought up this topic with his post Organizing Campaign Materials. Jackson,…
It’s a fear that all GMs face at one time or another, you’re not prepped for the session that you’re running tonight – Justin over at Stuffer Shack shares one such recent experience in his post, Last Minute Cancellations of One Player – What Do you Do? In Justin’s case he had a player cancel on him…
Mark over at Dust Pan Games shares with us his take on what a GM map should be versus what a player map should be. There’s a lot of good information in the post as Mark covers what he considers the distinct types of ares in a dungeon. Transition rooms – the areas between points of…
It’s often overlooked but not every reward handed out needs to be a shiny and sparkly item. Of course, that’s the way the rules seem to be written that way, every time you accomplish something there needs to be a monetary reward attached, but as Creighton Broadhurst points out on his blog, that doesn’t have to…
There is nothing more scary than being the new guy at the table and while it’s been some time since I was that new guy I still remember the feeling of, “will I fit in?” Unfortunately not everyone is a fit for every group, and it’s important to take the time for everyone to get…
