Use a burn down list to keep from running out of ideas

  When I came across the above tweet from SlyFlourish in my feed the other day I tagged it as something to follow-up on as it hit a nerve with me. In one of my many roles at my day job I manage projects and tweet speaks to a tool used in Agile Project Management…

Going beyond the twists and turns

Going beyond the twists and turns

Every group as their favorite characters, NPCs, and sessions they’ve played, of course almost every group as their least favorite thing about the game as well. In my group’s case it was mazes. Looking back on it I probably didn’t run the few I used as well as I could have and Mediaprophet over at Run…

Favor role-play over roll-play

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…

Making it personal – the plot that is

As a GM we’re frequently called upon to build worlds, vast organizations, and plots that literally shake the very foundations of what we build. But what about something a bit closer to home, something aimed more at a singular character as opposed to the whole planet? That’s the topic of A.L.’s post, Crafting A Personal…

Who doesn’t enjoy exploring the sewers?

Who doesn’t enjoy exploring a maze of tunnels, dead ends, and rooms full of creatures to battle? The GM that’s who. It’s something that a lot of GMs like to run, but it’s something that many of us don’t really enjoy planning out. The encounters are easy enough, but creating a map of all of…

You don’t need a lot of prep time for a good game

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…