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#1223 » How To Keep Dungeons Interesting – 5 Ways
#1222 » A Way To Make MegaDungeon Rooms Interesting (Have Your Dice Ready)
#1221 » d12 Ways To Surprise And Delight Your Players And Their Characters
#1220 » Three MegaDungeon Tips
#1219 » Turn Travel Into Fun Setbacks - 3 Ways
#1218 » How To Improvise When Players Do Combat Stunts in OSR RPGs
#1217 » 3 Alternatives to PC Drinking Contests
#1216 » 5 Tips To Creating A Truly Evil Villain
#1215 » How To Create Engaging Session Recaps To Get Players Ready To Play
#1214 » Keeping Unconscious & Dying Characters in Gameplay
#1212 » 1d6 Ways To Create Urgency In Encounters
#1211 » 11 Ways To Make Mysteries Magnificent
#1210 » How To Build Encounters On A Budget
#1209 » A Quick Trick To Generate Details For Your World
#1208 » How To Welcome The New Player
#1207 » How to Motivate Your Players – Part II
#1206 » d6 Tips For a Player’s First Session
#1205 » How to Deal with Silence at the Table
#1204 » My Secret Ingredient For Making Great Puzzles
#1203 » 6 Tips On How To Tie Dungeon Encounters Together
#1202 » How to Write Motivation Into Your Games
#1200 » When Players Go Feral — How to Clarify Actions of Misunderstood Players
#1199 » Simple Ways to Keep Fun in Your Games
#1198 » Tips For Lunch Hour Games + Personal Announcement
#1197 » 3 Ways Your Players Can Help You Out Next Session
#1196 » What Do You Do When Characters Fail? — 5 Solutions For You
#1195 » How To Make Every Encounter Interesting
#1194 » How To Improvise Better With Connect & Shift
#1193 » What To Do When Players Miss The Clues?
#1192 » 17 More Tips To Help Your NPCs Survive
#1191 » d10 Things You Can Do With a Dead Character
#1190 » New Players – New Group – New Campaign
#1189 » Wow Your Players With Monster Hunts
#1188 » Rewards: 6 Ways To Help Your Players Develop Compelling Characters During Play
#1187 » How To Adjust After Handing Out Too Much Loot
#1186 » Highlights and Hopes — How to Get Valuable Feedback From Your Players
#1185 » How Can You Take Fast Notes During Sessions?
#1184 » Simple Ways to Enhance Your Magic Items
#1183 » My Simple Sandbox GM Tool – The 5 Actions
#1182 » Encounter Mapping Software – 3 Tips For Choosing The Best One
#1181 » Hear Ye, Hear Ye! A Simple Way To Improve Gameplay, Engagement & Character Outcomes
#1180 » 5 Ways To Warn Players Of A Deadly Challenge
#1179 » 5 Ways To Power Up Your Secret Doors
#1178 » 4 Ways To Surprise Players Who Know All The Monster Stats
#1177 » 3 Quick Horror Tips For Your Halloween Game
#1176 » How To Start Every Session With A Bang!
#1175 » 3 Easy Ideas To Generate Instant Adventure Ideas – Plot Factory Tutorial Part II
#1174 » Visual Aid Session Prep with the Five Room Dungeon
#1173 » Use This Clever Tool To Herd Your Cats – Plot Factories
#1172 » 9 Ways to Prep For Sessions Faster
#1171 » Would You Allow This In Your Game?
#1170 » How Can NPCs Survive Contact With Your Players?
#1169 » Troubles With Green Box Text
#1168 » Do This To Drastically Improve Communication With Players
#1167 » Outsmart Your Players With 3-Step Villain Plans
#1166 » Ripping Up Adventure Drama With A Saw Blade
#1165 » Factions & Villains – 3 Reader GM Tips
#1164 » My 7 Keys to a Great Sandbox Game
#1162 » Fast 5 Room Dungeons, Clue Tip, Instant Idea Generator, Different Combats – Mail Bag Edition
#1161 » Cunning Combat Strategy – 3 Round Combat Plans For Lightning Combats Part II
#1160 » How to Master Your Craft
#1158 » How Can You Make Combat Flow?
#1157 » How To Handle Hack & Slash and Plot-Breaking Character Powers
#1156 » Do You Get Bored Of Your Campaigns?
#1155 » 3-Step GM PiXiE Kaizen
#1154 » Don’t Be A Minnie Haul
#1153 » How to Create Situations With 5 Room Dungeons
#1152 » Weaponize Your Villain’s Secret
#1151 » Keep Players Intensely Engaged With the 3 Conflicts
#1150 » A Divine Way to Manage Your Meddling Gods – a 3 Part Framework
#1149 » 3 Round Combat Plans For Lightning Combats – Part II
#1148 » 3 Round Combat Plans For Lightning Combats – Part I
#1147 » Starting a West Marches Campaign – Step By Step
#1146 » 3 Things To Do When You Get Bored With Your Campaign
#1145 » My 7 Keys to a Great Sandbox Game
#1144 » 7 Ways to Improve Virtual and Online Game Sessions
#1143 » Factions & Villains – 3 Reader GM Tips
#1142 » Villain Roleplay Tips – A Trio of Detestable Traits
#1141 » Ripping Up Adventure Drama With A Saw Blade
#1140 » Outsmart Your Players With 3-Step Villain Plans
#1139 » How To Create Roleplay Encounters
#1138 » 5 Rules For GMing Awesome NPCs
#1137 » What Are Three Round Combat Plans?
#1136 » The Unification Event — How To Get The Party Together
#1135 » Story Sparks — A Way To Improv Better
#1134 » Online RPG With VTT: How To Engage Players Better
#1133 » Need A Last-Minute Halloween One-Shot Adventure Idea?
#1130 » My Monsters Sucked Until I Discovered This Special Approach
#1128 » Making Monsters Marvelous – Monstrous RPT Gems For You
#1127 » How To Help New Players Have A Blast With Their First Session
#1126 » Do You Plot Stories Or Dungeon Crawlers?
#1125 » Players “Checked Out” When Campaign Switched To Virtual Online
#1124 » Story Sparks — A Way To Improv Better
#1123 » Online RPG With VTT: How To Engage Players Better
#1122 » Do You Plot Stories Or Dungeon Crawlers?
#1118 » The Unification Event — How To Get The Party Together
#1117 » What Are Three Round Combat Plans?
#1116 » Making Monsters Marvelous – Monstrous RPT Gems For You
#1115 » Quick Plot Design: How To Create A Villain Plan First Draft
#1114 » Adventure Building Tip: Must All Encounters Advance The Plot?
#1113 » How To Detail An Encounter In Less Than A Minute: Dangers, Discoveries, Impressions
#1112 » How Do You Make Encounters More Interesting? — Introducing The Chorus Line
#1111 » How To Create Wicked Rumour Tables
#1110 » Monster Design Tip: Take Away The Sun
#1109 » 8 Ideas For Your Next Adventure
#1108 » Adventure Design: Build From The Monster’s POV
#1107 » Add Corruption To Your World
#1106 » 7 Steps To Create A Gamable Culture With Example: The Hotha
#1105 » My Experiences With Milestone XP
#1104 » A Quick Way To Make Player Victories Sweeter
#1103 » Make Monster Parts Puzzles For Your Adventures
#1102 » Monster Lore With A Twist
#1100 » Unpack Last Session To Loopy Plan Next Game
#1099 » Beat Dungeon Slumps With Dungeon Sumps
#1098 » World Story Meets RPG Story For Designing Better Adventures
#1097 » Coming Home Empty Handed After A Raid
#1096 » Ramping Up Tension In A Roleplay Plot
#1095 » Hitting The Wall: When You’ve Got No Creativity And Have GM Burnout
#1094 » Checklist: Compelling Session Alerts
#1093 » 30 Ways To Deliver Clever Clues
#1092 » Easier Campaigns With A Storyline Mad Lib
#1091 » How To Move Your RPG Campaign Online: Tools
#1090 » d6 Arena Combat Ideas From Your Fellow RPT GMs
#1089 » Gesture, Voice & Salt — Helping Players Roleplay
#1088 » Beg, Borrow, And Steal
#1087 » Better Session Kick-Offs — The Warm-Up Trick
#1086 » Back Pocket Encounter Idea: Planar Rifts
#1085 » Making An Arena Fight With A Hydra Memorable (5E
#1084 » Add Spikes Of Danger To Get Deeper Campaigns
#1083 » A Simple But Effective Adventure Template
#1082 » 3 Tips For Better Sessions
#1081 » 3 Common World Building Mistakes
#1080 » When A Friend Leaves Your Game
#1079 » New Trick Makes Combat A Nail Biter
#1078 » The Secret Ingredient For Great Campaigns
#1077 » This Fantastic Keyword Puzzle
#1076 » What To Do When Retreat Is The Kiss Of Death
#1075 » Make Your NPCs Unreasonable
#1074 » Part 2: What To Do If It’s Too Easy?
#1073 » Part 1: What To Do If You Made It Too Difficult
#1072 » Don’t Beat Yourself Up
#1071 » The Secret Role Of NPCs
#1070 » What Are We Rewarding?
#1069 » Celebrate Your Encounter Locations This Way
#1068 » 7 Ways To Roleplay Factions Better
#1067 » Who’s Fault Is It? Yours?
#1066 » Add Lost Civilizations To Your World
#1065 » Build Your World With This Cool Map
#1064 » Law Vs. Lore — My Thoughts On Rules and Fudging Rolls
#1063 » 9 Secret Agents For Your Game
#1062 » How To GM Knowledge (Local)
#1061 » 3 Quick Tips For Taking Session Notes
#1060 » Three Ways To Make Your Coins Special
#1059 » Make Magic Items More Marvelous With Magic Item Sets
#1058 » Revealing More Information Is Like Making A Peanut Butter Sandwich
#1056 » Three Dumb GM Habits I Need To Break
#1055 » Crafting Intrigue Adventures — A Couple Of Quick Tips
#1054 » The Three Word NPC Formula
#1053 » When Characters Overlap Too Much — Three Questions
#1052 » Boring Combats: Putting Weight On The Wrong Foot
#1051 » Why I’ve Changed My Approach Roleplay
#1050 » Deep World Building Using The Estates Method
#1049 » A Quick Hack To Create Character Tentacles In Your World
#1048 » Bartering For Profit — 3 Ways To Make Haggling With Merchants Fun
#1047 » Fixing GM Mistakes: 3 Ways To RetCon Without Breaking Your Game
#1046 » Power Your Plots With Simple Rumour Tables
#1045 » How To Run Several Plots At The Same Time Without Stress
#1044 » Character Stories — How To Keep Players Highly Engaged
#1043 » Roleplaying Tip: Distinguish Players From Characters
#1042 » You Can’t Touch Wet Paint Without Changing The Color Of Your Hand
#1041 » The Keep: Introducing My New Campaign
#1040 » How To Add Story To Any Combat
#1039 » Three Strategies That Take Advantage Of The Damage Economy
#1038 » The GM’s Ten Commandments: GM vs. Players
#1037 » The Dangling Description Mystery Method Formula — The Secret Sauce To Riveting Descriptions
#1036 » Use Micro Breaks To Take Fast Notes
#1035 » A Simple Table for Rumours
#1034 » Campaign’s Pillars: How to Pacing Your Game’s Exciting Moments
#1033 » Novel Ways to Use Non-Combat Initiative
#1032 » d6 Ways to Spice Up Next Session
#1031 » Is Running Two Game Masters a Disaster?
#1030 » A Great Staging Example from Blades In The Dark
#1029 » Storymastery: More Examples of Bad Reveal Timings
#1028 » Storymastery: Don’t Make This Mistake with Your Reveals
#1027 » Do This One Simple Thing to Create Compelling NPCs
#1026 » Should You Run Easy Combats?
#1025 » Get Into Gamespace Faster With A Good Session Warm-Up
#1024 » How Do You Keep Things Fresh For Your Players?
#1023 » Use This 10 Idea Checklist To Fix Your Pacing
#1022 » How Do You Pace Game Sessions Well?
#1021 » This GM Is Burned Out On The Grid
#1020 » Drawing Maps Based On Cultures
#1019 » Avoid This Nasty Description Trap GMs Often Trigger
#1018 » When That Player Hogs The Game
#1017 » How To Get Players Pumped After A Break From Gaming
#1015 » Problem Players Foiling Your Game? Two Tips For Handling Them
#1014 » 5 Story Hooks From A Dead Monster
#1013 » Hobo Princes S3E04 – Choppy Waters
#1012 » Two Quick & Easy Faction Play Tips
#1011 » My Favourite NPC Move — Gain Leverage
#1010 » How To Do A Deeper Analysis Of Your GMing In 5 Easy Steps
#1009 » What Props Do You Use?
#1008 » Your Campaign Agenda => Best Campaign Ever Part II
#1007 » What Would Be Your Best Campaign Ever? Part I
#1006 » 5 Ways To Intensify Your Encounters
#1005 » Getting Your Players To Roleplay More — Improving GM GIT Part V
#1004 » Use This Simple Technique To Improv Tricky Situations With Great Clarity
#1003 » What’s Your World’s “Only Factor”?
#1002 » He Rode In On A T-Rex And Got Buried
#1001 » This Weapon Hurts High Level PCs
#1000 » How To Conjure Incredible Sandbox Campaign Climaxes
#999 » What I Learned While Creating My Latest Thieves’ Guild
#998 » Run With The Impressions Technique
#996 » Make Your Turns Go Faster – Improving GM GIT Part IV
#995 » Help The Characters Get Into Trouble
#994 » How To Think Faster On Your Feet — Improving GM GIT Part III
#993 » Another Great Storytelling Tool – The Crucible
#992 » How Do I Know If My Game Master Cheating?
#991 » 67 Questions To Make Your Players Roleplay More
#990 » A Mad Lib For Random Festivals
#989 » Using TV Plot Lines For Adventure Ideas
#987 » Using Random Magic the Gathering Cards As A Quick Source Of Inspiration
#986 » Create Plots Easily With This Simple Method
#985 » Fix Session Problems Before Game Day By Doing This Simple Exercise
#984 » Smarter Villains To Challenge Tough Characters
#983 » The Demons of Hobo Past, Present, and Future – Murder Hobos S3E01 Kicks Off
#982 » A Simple And Fun Way To Run Army Battles
#981 » How Can You Improve Your GM Interaction Time Rating? Improving GM GIT Part II
#980 » How Do You Fare At This GMing Performance Rating?
#979 » The Achilles Heel of Many World Builders
#978 » How To Battle Dungeon Design Fatigue
#977 » Monday Inspiration: Character Perks – Several Interesting PC Development Ideas
#975 » Top-Bottom-Up World Building
#974 » The Four Levers That Inevitably Pull Players Through Your Adventures
#973 » Tips On How To Build Your Homebrew World As You Play It
#972 » What Surprises Lurk in Our Fog of War?
#971 » d6 Random Sources Of Navigation
#970 » The Subtle Gap You Should Close for Better Storytelling
#969 » What The Heck Is A Milieu?
#968 » Give Enemies Missions Too
#967 » Example GM Move With Threats Using Lord of the Rings
#966 » What Roles To Build For A Grand Cast Of NPCs
#965 » 7 Great Mapping Apps You Might Not Have Heard Of Before
#964 » Face Off – How To Get Your Group Emotionally Involved
#963 » A Nice Tip On Adventure Puzzles
#962 » How Much World Do You Build?
#961 » How To Think Like An Alien
#960 » Create Your Special GM Moves
#959 » Two Fun Ways To Add Games To Your Sessions
#958 » When Do I Peel Back The Cosmic Curtain In My Campaigns?
#957 » Villain Tip: Do Evil For Good
#956 » Run The Villain Sequence
#955 » Story Overlays – A Quick Storytelling Tip For Your Encounters
#953 » Get These Two Things Right For Stories To Make Sense
#952 » How To Bring A Diverse Party Of PCs Together?
#951 » Evil GM Tactic: Make PCs The Villains
#950 » Rewarding Players With Signs Of Progress
#949 » When You Steal This Cheesy Idea You Won’t Believe What Happens Next
#948 » The Box You Put Them In Is A Trap
#947 » The Grand Puzzle Of The Runecarvers
#946 » Player Challenge #07: RPG Bingo
#945 » Beat the Uncanny Valley With A Deft Detail
#944 » Monsters Are NPCs Too – A Short Monster Personality Stat Block
#943 » Player Challenge #06 All Tied Up
#942 » An Example Sandbox Campaign With Tips To Avoid GM Burnout
#941 » How To Build Your Symbol Gallery For Easy Ideation
#940 » GM Resource: 20 Master Plots
#939 » How Can I Switch To Gridless Combat?
#938 » Challenge High Level PCs With A Quick Reskin
#937 » 5 More Adventure Feature Types For Your Adventure Design
#936 » A Confidence Hack For Better GMing
#935 » 3 Step Villain Plot Seeds
#934 » World-Building In Five Steps
#933 » How To Generate Ideas With Mini-Plots
#932 » An Example Of The Creature Feature For Your 5 Room Dungeon Designs
#931 » Let Players Choose The Treasure
#930 » Players: Opportunity Or Obstacle?
#929 » The Difference An Overlay Makes
#928 » How A Reader Creates Player Reward Cards
#927 » 3 Line Culture: The Eglanzine
#926 » Use The Feature Method To Make Adventure Design A Whole Lot Easier
#925 » The Furor In My Inbox (XP Insights)
#924 » Monday Inspiration: The Sawfish Blade & A Holy Quest
#922 » A Quick Way To Make Awesome Rewards
#921 » Measure Campaign Progress So Players Can See It And Feel It
#920 » Roleplaying Tip: Create Ties That Bind
#919 » Player Challenge #05 Cypher Texts
#917 » What If A PC Was A Living Spell?
#916 » A Quick Tip On Session Prep
#915 » Create Your Memory Dungeon
#914 » Explaining RPGs To A Non-Gamer
#913 » Beef Up Boring Descriptions: “Hey, What’s Happening Over There?”
#911 » How Long Should A Module Take?
#910 » Make Your World Unique (Realism Is Overrated)
#909 » What Makes A Player Valuable?
#908 » Obliteration of the Forgotten High Priest
#907 » Tap Into This For Deeper Gameplay
#906 » Player Challenge #04 Think Sideways
#905 » Think Three Steps Ahead (But It’s Not Just About Doing Things Faster)
#903 » Building Encounters On The Fly
#902 » Put On Your Situations Hat
#901 » How To Scale Up An Adventure
#900 » 7 Adventure Building Mistakes You Should Avoid
#899 » Feed Off Your School of Magic
#898 » Try This Reality-Changing Potion Next Game
#897 » A Three Part Quest Template
#896 » The Best Adventure Structure For You?
#894 » New Mad Lib: Instant Magic Items
#893 » Player Challenge #03 Detections
#892 » Let Players Gaze Into Your Sandbox
#891 » Creating A Sandbox Campaign – 7 Steps
#890 » Player Challenge #02 Hidden Objects
#889 » d20 Great Starting Points For Your Next Adventure
#888 » How To Make Campaigns Interesting While Avoiding GM Burnout
#887 » Player Challenge #01 Keep ‘Em Separated
#885 » Do This Often To Keep Your Players Engaged
#884 » Easy Peasy Wound Tracking In Combat
#883 » d4 Reader Tips => Solo 5RDs, Sci-Fi Generator, Get Colourful, Hazard Risks
#881 » What’s A Hazard? What’s A Trap?
#880 » A New Use For Monster Parts
#879 » How To Level Up Players With Reward Systems
#878 » Rewarding The Game Master – A Simple Framework
#877 » Intrinsic vs. Extrinsic: The Cause of Your Gaming Woes?
#876 » How To Stop Campaigns From Fizzling Out
#875 » How To Use Plotto For Plot Conflicts
#873 » Use Initiative To Keep Players Engaged
#872 » Factions Done Blades In The Dark Style
#871 » What Do I Do When My Players Try To Rob A House?
#870 » How To Create Five Room Horror Dungeons
#869 » Try A Sheet-Switch Event For Better Roleplay
#868 » 6 Examples Of Published Sandbox Campaigns You Might Run
#867 » Unlockable Reward Items
#866 » How Long Does Forever Take? A GM Pit Trap To Avoid
#864 » Are You Keeping Too Many Secrets?
#863 » How The Stars Could Inspire Your Games
#862 » 3 Tips For GMing “Blank Sheet” Characters
#861 » Science Fiction vs. Fantasy – What’s the Adventuring Difference?
#860 » Quick & Cool Magic Item Backgrounds In 60 Seconds
#859 » What Do You Wish Players Asked You?
#857 » Quick GMing Lessons Learned Playing Three One-Shots In Two Days
#856 » The Haunted Mansion Savage Experience – Intriguing GMing Tips Gleaned From A Con, Part 3
#855 » Save Yourself Some GMing Headaches
#854 » How To Make Skill Items As Treasured As Magic
#853 » Darkness Ignites the Sunless Citadel
#852 » How To Build A Fantasy City In 47 Seconds
#851 » Cut Away The Dross For Better Campaign Craft
#850 » Being A Devil With The Details – Intriguing GMing Tips Gleaned From A Con, Part 2
#849 » The Mad Lib d12 Random Quest Generator
#848 » Intriguing GMing Tips Gleaned From A Con, Part I
#847 » Add Worms To Your Next Sandbox
#846 » A Simple Trick For Encounter Inspiration
#845 » 7 Essential Encounter Ingredients
#844 » Kill Boxed Text – Dynamic Descriptions Made Easy
#843 » Here’s A New Source Of Treasure For Your Campaigns
#842 » Sandbox Adventures – 5 Essential Ingredients
#841 » Spikes Of Danger Tease Your Players While Filling Them With Fear
#840 » How My Ego Trashes Games
#839 » RPG Theme Example: Beauty, Value, Usefulness
#838 » What If Weather Tells a Story?
#837 » How To Create Your Own Plot Factory, Part IV
#836 » How To Create Your Own Plot Factory, Part III
#835 » How To Create Your Own Plot Factory – Part II
#834 » How To Create Your Own Plot Factory – Part I
#833 » Just One Spike In The Ground Gets You Started
#832 » Game Of Thrones For NPCs – Part III
#831 » Game Of Thrones For NPCs – Part II
#830 » Game Of Thrones For NPCs – Part I
#829 » A Trick For Low-Level Magic Items
#827 » Making High Level PCs Fulfill Their Worst Enemy’s Plans
#826 » 5 Room Campaign Planning
#825 » 45 Master Characters – A GM Resource Review
#824 » Dealing With High Level Characters
#823 » No, I’ve Got The Magic Sword!
#822 » Ambling Itinerant Roaming Encounters
#821 » 5 Room Dungeon Spawn Points
#820 » How To Wrangle Your Million Campaign Details
#819 » A Shared Tale & Clever Distractions
#818 »Hide The Monster’s Stats To See The Story
#817 » Don’t Do This To Yourself
#816 » Have Problems Improvising?
#814 » Let Players Relive Their Finest Moments
#813 » What’s Night Life Like In A Fantasy City Like?
#812 » Use Setting Questions To Avoid A Tossed Salad
#811 » Do This Now Every Session For Easy World-Building
#809 » Mad Lib 5 Room Dungeon Idea Generator For You
#806 » 4 Tips For Better Secrets
#804 » Better Storytelling With Two-Sided Characterization – Part II
#803 » Better Storytelling With Two-Sided Characterization – Part I
#802 » A Secret Society Of Character-Hunters For Your Campaign
#801 » Psssst, How To Tell A Secret
#800 » Drama People Versus Object People
#799 » Welcome To Adventure Hacking
#797 » A Cracking Way To Conjure Compelling Encounters
#796 » GM Improvisation Screen, Weather Tables, Western RPG Elements
#795 » May – How to Use the Other Kind of Intelligence
#794 » May – Love ‘Em or Hate ‘Em – These Guys Juice Up Your Game
#792 » Kill GM procrastination with your First Move
#790 » When Fluff Spawns From Rules, A Great Game Emerges
#789 » Look up, what’s that falling?
#788 » Running Parallel Groups in the Same Campaign
#787 » Drama Works Best When There Are Contrasting Moods
#786 » The Backstory Reversal Maneuvre
#785 » I Need Help With My Weather Drop Die Table
#783 » The Hidden Places Are The Best Ones
#782 » Dang Megadungeons Break My Heart
#781 » A Flash Flood of Responses
#780 » Mad Lib Template for Hook, Line & Sinkers
#778 » The Hook, Line & Sinkers Method Will Inspire Your Encounters
#777 » The Phantasmal Pessimist and Other Living Spell Examples
#775 » A Slick Three Step Wandering Monster System
#774 » What If?… Plot Seeds Generator
#773 » What Are Seeds And Hooks?
#772 » GMing Your First Game Session – d12 Tips
#771 » How to Avoid a TPK When GMing Intense Encounters
#768 » Plot Factories Part II – Spinning Up The Idea Machine
#000 » The Storyteller’s Secret Weapon That Most Game Masters Struggle With
#767 » Use Plot Factories For Unlimited Hook Inspiration
#766 » How To Beat Prep Anxiety
#765 » Make Encounters Intense
#763 » A Cool Twist For One Of Your Players
#762 » RPT Gem: A Fantastic Encounter Building Tool
#760 » Cool Idea: Skill Treasures
#759 » Character Home Bases - Part III: Example Village of Coldwater
#758 » Character Home Bases - Part II: How To Create Villages Fast
#757 » Character Home Bases - Part I: 6 Tips
#756 » Resonance - Part II: How to Create Resonance
#755 » Resonance - Part I: How Do You Get Players to Care About Their Characters and Your Plot?
#754 » Campaign Reboot Example: Murder Hobos
#752 » My Top Monster Villains
#750 » Manic Mystery Mayhem – Three Lessons Learned About GMing Mysteries
#749 » Your Villain’s Missing Ingredient
#748 » Trick Question For You – All Players Count
#747 » D13 Magic Item Concepts from My Demonplague Campaign
#746 » How To Rock Your Encounters With This Monster Design Tip
#745 » Rebooting My Murder Hobos Campaign (And Yours) in Three Easy Steps
#744 » Good Campaign Design Should Not Hurt Your Players
#743 » What Should You Do With First Sessions?
#742 » How To Stop The Abuse of Your NPCs
#741 » Just Like Smoke Through Fingers – Theme Take 2
#740 » Explosive Session Starts - Part III: The Encounter Pyramid
#739 » Think About Encounters Like Game Tiles for Better 5 Room Dungeon Design
#738 » Explosive Session Starts - Part II: Stakes and Consequences
#737 » Explosive Session Starts - Part I: The Cajun Spice List
#736 » Thanks to My Players Because…
#735 » Encounters Are Like My Favourite Zesty Game Food
#734 » Why do you love dungeons?
#733 » How to Beat Shark Week With This Attraction Technique
#732 » My powerfully-human way of getting players off the Kill-For-XP Track
#731 » Focus on More of This To Have More Fun at Every Game
#730 » The Problem With Realism Is…
#729 » Encounter Triangles – A New Design Tool For Your Gm Toolbox
#728 » RPG Adventure Themes Tie The Room Together
#727 » Two Quick Free Game Master Tools
#726 » You Are What Your Dice Eat
#725 » The Next Action Method – Small Moments of Game Prep
#724 » The Potion Factory for Fun Faction Finagling
#723 » When Players Stop Talking, You Start. But What Do You Say?
#722 » Get Off the Reverse Railroad
#721 » Master Your Cursed Items
#720 » Plot Your Dungeons with This Simple Grid System
#719 » My #1 Learning from Last Game
#718 » I’m Killing Pcs and The Fun Doing This
#716 » Hello, Are You Listening?
#715 » Encounters Seeds Formula - Part II
#714 » Panicked Prep for Next Session
#713 » My Players Are Crazy! They’re Destroying Treasure
#712 » The Pain of GMing a Perfectionist Player
#711 » d10 Things You Hear In Town
#710 » Tarrasque vs. Dracolich
#709 » The Craziest Jerk I've Been Yet
#708 » Shout The Name of Your Enemy and He Will Be Punished
#705 » A Village Name That's a Funny Puzzle
#704 » Emotions Before The Game
#703 » GMing Your First Game Session - d12 Tips
#702 » How To Spend Even Less Time Prepping Dynamic Campaigns
#701 » Utmost Evil: How To Make Strategic Use Of Villain Scenes
#700 » My Favourite RPT Issues Of All Time
#699 » PC Home Base Tips & Tables
#698 » Solve Scheduling Nightmares With The Schrödinger’s Characters Method
#697 » Building the Klok’k’ot Culture + Reader Tips
#696 » How to Roleplay Seducers, Ancient Evils, Law Enforcement, and Genius NPCs
#695 » Crossing Swords With Factions – How To Build Quick Guilds For Your Kingdom
#694 » Villainous Banter: Using Propp’s Reconnaissance Scene
#693 » How to Roleplay NPC Mannerisms
#692 » Triage 101: Five Ways To Get Players Unstuck
#691 » Space Opera Part 3: Making It Personal
#690 » How To Fill In The Blanks – Drawing Maps Dungeon World Style
#689 » GM Burnout: Tips For Prevention and Recovery
#688 » The Card Grid – The Fastest Way To Map Your Kingdom With Adventure Sites
#687 » 7 Tips for Creating Awesome Legends
#686 » Wrangling Unruly Campaign Outlines: How To Keep Track of Plot Threads
#685 » Space Opera Part 2: Building The Setting Core Elements
#684 » Kingdom Building Part II: Who Rules the Kingdom?
#683 » Countdown to the Apocalypse: Six Ways to Raise the Stakes
#682 » What Is Space Opera? And How Do You Make It?
#681 » How To Create Your Kingdom’s History
#680 » Tips For New GMs Creating Campaign Outlines For The First Time
#679 » Four Ways To Load Chekhov’s Gun In Your Games
#678 » Better Roleplaying – How To Create a Great Character Concept
#677 » How To Twist Your Plots
#676 » A Three Step Modern Haunting Generator
#675 » Seven Principles of Storytelling
#674 » Five Quick Tips To Solve Boring Travel Encounters
#673 » How to Create Interactive Backstories – 3 Fun PC Creation Mini-Games
#672 » Prevent Player Disagreements With This Quick RPG Campaign Survey
#671 » Five Tips for Building Cultures
#670 » Combat Roleplay: Teach Your Players to Narrate the Action
#669 » How To Design Cunning Cursed Items
#668 » Ship Quirks, GM Tip Exchange, 20 Children Encounters
#667 » How to Get Your Game Unstuck => Trickster Generator
#666 » Connecting Everyday Life Encounters to Your Campaign
#665 » Getting Players to Cooperate
#664 » An Alternate Mechanic to GM Fun Fantasy Foot Chases
#663 » Choosing the Right Virtual Table Top for Your Game
#661 » Five Hazardous Elemental Dungeons
#660 » The Adventure Checklist - Part II
#659 » The Adventure Checklist - Part I
#658 » When Players Don't Show Up - What Do You Do?
#657 » How to Create Great Non-Combat Encounters
#655 » How To Get Your Players To Roleplay More (The Flashback Method)
#654 » How to Use Meddling Gods to Make Life Very Interesting for Your Players
#652 » Walking the Faction Pyramid, Magic Trinkets, Magic Banking
#651 » Mapless Combat + Making Class Matter
#650 » Monsters Under the Skin
#649 » Focusing the Spotlight, Story Overlays, Magic Flags
#648 » Combat Missions for War + Animated Objects + One Unique Thing for NPCs
#647 » Dresden Files & Fairy Tales – Adventure Tips For Urban Fantasy Games + 6 Interesting Hazards
#646 » The Mythic God Generator (and a new contest!)
#645 » How to Make a Villain-Based Plot Engine
#644 » The Faction Pyramid Technique
#643 » Horde-ing => Creating Factions the Fast and Easy Way
#642 » "I only have 30 minutes to prepare for a game" What do you do?
#641 » Spy Missions: Covert Considerations for the Whole Party
#640 » Players Off-Map? How to Get a Wandering Adventure Back On Track
#639 » 3 Ways To Get Your Players To ROLE-Play More
#638 » More Mystery Adventure GMing Tips
#636 » Drawing Battle Maps – 9 Tips For Awesome Action Scenes
#635 » 10 Traveller RPG Tips For Newbie GMs
#634 » Adventures In Business – How To GM PC Entrepreneurs
#633 » Pre-Campaign Checklist + d100 Jungle Encounters
#632 » Combat Missions: How To Create Your Own Combat Missions
#631 » Combat Missions: Adding Glorious Stories to Gruesome Struggles
#630 » How to Take Care Of Initiative
#629 » Readers Respond => How to Make Undead Scary
#628 » GM Toolbox: Cementing, Shifting, Delegation
#627 » How to Create a Critical Path Walkthrough
#626 » Making Undead Cool Again
#625 » Lessons From The Movies: The Princess Bride
#624 » Lessons From The Movies – Alien and Aliens
#623 » Happy House Ruling – How to Use Game Design to Create New Gameplay Experiences
#622 » Focusing the Spotlight: How I Handle Split Parties For More Drama
#621 » Six Ways To Crank A Character Up To 11
#620 » How to Make Magic Items Awesome
#619 » 5 Tips on How to Design Diabolical Dilemmas
#618 » How to Get Players to Care
#617 » Left Hooks: 24 Plot Twist Ideas & Design Patterns
#616 » 10 Wildly Creative Adventure & Campaign Seeds
#615 » My 9 RPG Story Goals - Part 2
#614 » My 9 RPG Story Goals + The 5 Stages of Getting Lost in the Dungeon
#613 » They Can Sleep When They’re Dead
#612 » Mentally Strong GMs And 13 Things They Avoid
#611 » 12 Campaign Seeds For Your Next Great Campaign
#610 » My 4 Step Recipe for Creating Great RPG Campaign Seeds
#609 » How Do You Get Players to Contribute More?
#608 » Episodic Campaigns Part 2: Tips and Session-Ender Narration Tool
#607 » Episodic Campaigns Part 1: 3 Ways To Run Them
#606 » How To Build Mood For Horror
#604 » 10 Tips For Running a Riddleport Style Campaign of Intrigue and Peril
#603 » Good vs. Evil: GM Tips From Legend The Movie
#602 » Don’t Give it To ‘Em! Seven Ways to Improve Role Playing by Managing UberToys
#601 » How To Build Awesome Description On-The-Fly
#600 » 3 Tips For Better Storytelling
#599 » 3 Line Cultures: How To Inject Races and Factions With Flavour
#598 » Tips For Running Single Class Campaigns (PCs of the same character type)
#597 » 8 Ways To Use Time For More Interesting Gameplay
#596 » How To Stop Pixel Bitching In Your Adventures
#594 » How to Kick Mad Max’s Ass
#593 » How to Create Story-Exploding Character Hooks
#592 » Mailbag – Teamwork Tips and Munchkin Item Tips
#591 » NPCs as Campaign Rewards
#590 » Mailbag – Problem Player, Magic Items Too Powerful, GMing After an Absence
#589 » 6 Tips For Running A Scarier Horror Game
#587 » 10 Tips To Stop Nerves Before GMing
#586 » Eight Tips For Using Real World Locations In Your Games
#585 » World Building – 7 Tips For Designing A World You Love
#584 » 8 Tips For Freestyle Gaming
#583 » 10 Skills To Help At The Table
#582 » 17 Tips On Handling Split Parties Well
#581 » The First 15 – A Key GM Technique For Great Game Sessions
#580 » 111 Random Forest Encounters
#579 » Top 11 Ways to Get the Most Out of Your Player’s Background
#578 » 9 Tips On How To Add Conspiracies To Your Game
#577 » Villain Plot Design Reversal: This Technique Will Make You Look Like an Evil Genius
#576 » Great 3 Line NPC Tips For You
#575b » NPC Contest Starts Now + The 3 Line Instant NPC Method
#575a » The 3 Line NPC Method: How to Create Story-Full NPCs Fast
#574 » Get Serious: 5 Ways to Add Gravitas to Your Game
#573 » What is the Bullseye Design Method? Three Wins in One!
#572 » 7 Tips On Creating Awesome Encounters On The Fly
#571 » How to Create Religions for Your Game World
#570 » The Productive GM: The 5 Buckets of Sanity - Part 2
#569 » The Productive GM: The 5 Buckets of Sanity - Part 1
#568 » Getting Organized For A New Campaign
#567 » 25 Ways to Think Faster on Your Feet
#566 » How to GM Political Adventures
#565 » Another 100 Great Roadside Encounters
#564 » 5 Rules of World Wonders
#563 » 5 Ways To Breathe New Life Into Your Campaign
#562 » 8 Wonder-Full Things To Consider
#561 » Do You Take It Easy On The New Guy?
#560 » 5 Ways To Foil Your Players
#559 » 3 Tips for Plotting Your Game Like a Writer
#558 » The Comic, the Diva and the Stump
#557 » 10 Keys to Suspenseful Adventures
#556 » 100 Roadside Encounters
#555 » 10 Intriguing Swamp Encounters
#554 » Bringing Swamps to Life - Part 1
#553 » The Secrets to Successful Long-Term Campaigns
#552 » Storytelling Tip: Make Knowledge Checks Seamless And Engaging
#551 » Top 5 Mistakes of Game Prep – Part 2
#550 » Top 5 Mistakes of Game Prep – Part 1
#549 » 5 Ways To Breathe Life Into Your NPCs
#548 » Play Fair: 5 Ways To Be A Great Referee
#547 » Shaking It Up – How to Fix Game Rut With These 3 Techniques
#546 » How To Develop A Compelling GMing Voice
#545 » The Secret Sauce For Teaching Combat To Newbies
#544 » 5 Tips On How To Roleplay NPCs If You Are Uncomfortable
#543 » How To Make Your Aquatic Adventures Not Suck Like A Giant Whirlpool
#542 » Minis Tips Series Finale: Marking and Condition Tracking
#541 » 3 Easy Ways To Add More Story To Combat
#540 » How To Master GMing Bar Room Brawls
#539 » Bearding The Dragon – An Epic Villain Recipe for You
#538 » Minis Tactics: 24 Tips For Cunning Mini Management
#537 » Minis In Sessions – 20 Tips (Tactical and Story)
#536 » Top 10 Reasons Why Your Combats Are Slow - Part 2
#535 » Top 10 Reasons Why Your Combats Are Slow - Part 1
#534 » My Digital Campaign Toolbox
#532 » How To Create Deep & Compelling Magic Item Backgrounds In Just 60 Seconds
#531 » How To Create Great Magic Items In Just Three Minutes
#530 » How to Keep Your Story and Campaign Consistent
#529 » How to Contact and Hire an Assassin
#528 » 5 Effective Combat Tactics For Assassins
#527 » How To Lie And Get Caught At It
#526 » 8 Ways to Make Game World Management Easy
#525 » As Time Passes – How to Game in Micro, Macro and Epic Time
#524 » Adventure Design Tip: How Do You use Chekhov’s Gun in Gaming?
#523 » How to Create Blockbuster Box Office Hits with Your Players – Every Adventure
#522 » Designing A Successful Modern Horror Campaign
#521 » High Death Campaigns and How to Bring New PCs in Fast
#520 » Killer Campaign Management
#519 » Cunning Cohorts Build Character: Four GM Tips
#518 » Watch Out For These Time Travel GM Traps
#517 » For Awesome Campaigns Build A Player Campaign Book
#516 » 22 Terrain Hacks For the Low Budget Game Master
#515 » 29 Minis Tips For The Frugal Gamer
#514 » 10 Ways to Train Your Brain for Inspiration
#513 » How to Use Body Language For Better Storytelling
#512 » How to GM Awesome Heists - Part 2
#511 » How To Make The Mundane Tasks In Gaming Fun And Playable
#510 » Best Game Master Tips of 2010 - Part 2
#509 » Best Game Master Tips of 2010 - Part 1
#508 » How to Run Killer Zombie Campaigns?
#507 » 5 Tips For Running Long-Term Epic Campaigns
#506 » Taking The Initiative: These Methods And Ideas Will Surprise You
#505 » 56 Campaign Concepts & Starts
#504 » Heists and Haunted Houses
#503 » Design The Party, Not The Characters
#502 » 6 Ways To Assemble The Party And Kick-Off Your Campaign
#501 » Top 100 City Encounters and Plots – Part 2 The Final 50
#500 » Top 100 City Encounters and Plots – Part 1
#499 » Turning Coal Into Diamonds – How To Mine Backstories To Create Killer Campaigns
#498 » Romance In RPGs – 5 Ways To Minimize Your Discomfort At The Game Table
#497 » 5 Things Driving Across the Country Taught Me About DMing
#496 » How To Run Ripping City Encounters – 3 Tips
#495 » Prep Faster, Breathe Easier + City Encounters Contest
#494 » Maximize The Use Of PC Histories
#493 » How to Design a Campaign?
#492 » 4 Best Ways To Handle Town Guards
#491 » When Players Cheat: Game Master Tips to Keep Them in Line
#490 » Superheroes Tips Series - Final Part
#489 » GM's Guide To Adventure Writing
#488 » GMing Gods, Demons And Immortals
#487 » Superheroes Tips Series Part 2: Super Tips For Beginners
#486 » Roll-Play And Role-Play
#485 » The Care And Feeding Of Your GM
#484 » How to Run a Better Superhero Game in 8 Easy Steps?
#483 » Instilling Common Sense Into Players - Part 2
#482 » Instilling Common Sense Into Players - Part 1
#481 » Managing Mixed Monsters + New Contest
#479 » 6 Things Divinity II Taught Me About Running a Better Gamel
#477 » When Adventures Are Too Easy
#476 » Make Your Adventures Feel Adventurous
#475 » 6 Ways To Make A Published World Your Own
#472 » 9 Things Dragon Age Taught Me About Running a Better Game
#471 » Role-Reversal: GMing other GMs
#470 » How to Add Pizzazz With A Great Campaign Name
#469 » Your Teacher Was Right – How To Create Adventures With The 6 W’s
#468 » 5 Ways to Create Cultures
#467 » Long Story Arcs – 3 Tips On How To Finish
#466 » From Player to GM: Tips for Making the Switch
#465 » World Building: 4 Easy Culture Creation Tips
#464 » 12 Disasters in Fantasy Campaigns
#463 » The Pirate Queen’s Adventure Checklist
#462 » The Road to Plot Hook Recovery: Stale Plot Hook Tips and Tricks
#460 » Seven Steps for Legendary Item Creation
#459 » How I Prepared For 19 Hours Of Gameplay In Just One Hour
#458 » Don’t Be Afraid To Modify Your Monsters
#457 » Stand or Fall? Not Exactly Tips for dealing with tough foes
#456 » Stress-Free Gaming and Time and Character Advancement in PbEM
#455 » Mess with Your Players’ Heads
#454 » Creating Adventures from Small Ideas
#451 » Police in a Modern Campaign
#450 » Use Logic Puzzles to Develop Plots and Stories
#449 » 11 Homebrew Terrain Ideas
#447 » How To Create Factions – 3 New Tips, Plus: 44 Awesome Ready-To-Use NPC Hooks
#446 » Build Your Own Starship
#445 » 4 Tips For Post Apocalypse Game Masters
#444 » 5 Tips to Create Game Room Atmosphere
#442 » Choosing Your Next Science Fiction RPG: Reader Recommendations
#441 » Reduce Session Cancellations with an On-Call Player
#440 » Lessons Learned from behind the GM Screen
#439 » How to Handle NPC Networks
#438 » 7 Tips to Keep the Fear of Death Alive in Any Campaign
#437 » Running Recurrent Bad Guys
#436 » Introducing New Characters Into An Existing Campaign
#434 » So The Game Got Cancelled
#433 » Distilled Cultural Essence – Creating a Different Society
#432 » Villainous Escapes: How to Help the Bad Guy Live to Fight Another Day
#430 » How to Game Master at Conventions
#429 » Props Contest Entries – Part 4
#428 » Character-Specific Drama Points
#427 » Props Contest Entries - Part 3
#426 » 9 DM Tools and Integrating Them Into Your Games
#425 » Props Contest Entries - Part 2
#424 » Skinning Gaming Systems
#423 » Props Contest Entries - Part I
#422 » Dark & Gritty Gaming – Part 2
#421 » Dark & Gritty Gaming – Part 1
#420 » 27 Great Prop Ideas To Enhance Your Games
#419 » How To Use Props In Your Games – 8 Tips
#418 » 4 City Building Tips: Give cities flavour with districts
#417 » 10 Easy Tips for Player Involvement
#416 » The Power Of The Dark Side
#414 » Wordplay as Character Inspiration
#412 » 6 Quick Game Master Organization Tips
#411 » How To Host The Perfect Game
#409 » How to Add Atmosphere (Without LARPing or Bank Loans)
#408 » Near Future Campaign Settings
#407 » One Sentence NPCs - Part 2 + Contest
#406 » Easy GMing With One Sentence NPCs + New Contest
#405 » Campaign Settings: Fantasy Greek and Roman
#404 » Creating Memorable Enemy Groups
#402 » Keep The Peace – Part 2
#401 » Keep The Peace – Part 1
#399 » The Rule To Making Good Rules And Other Useful Tips
#398 » Why Use Inns, Taverns, and Restaurants?
#397 » The Spiral Method of World Building
#396 » Start Campaigns With Unrelated One-Shot Adventures
#395 » Mapping Tips For Inns, Taverns, And Restaurants
#394 » Court Etiquette: Do’s and Don’ts
#392 » Assembling The Party – Reconciling Diverse Backgrounds
#391 » Motivating Yourself As A GM
#390 » Players, Meet Your Characters
#389 » The Art of Propaganda: 7 Tactics to Influence Character Behaviour
#388 » 10 Easy Ways To Think On Your Feet Better
#387 » 17 Ways To Fall In Love With GMing Again
#386 » Top Movies For Game Masters
#385 » Jail Break – Part IV: Plotting and Encounter Tips
#384 » Jail Break – Part III: It’s All About The NPCs
#383 » Jail Break – Part II: Theme and Atmosphere
#382 » Jail Break – Part I: Jail Design
#381 » PC Death And Your Campaign
#380 » Preparing For Games Faster: 7 Tips
#379 » Playing With Fire: Dodging GM Burnout
#378 » Tech Tools – Using Today’s Technology To Enhance Your Games
#377 » Tricks And Treats For A Festive Halloween Game
#376 » Gaming Mobs Better – Quick Tips For Making Mobs More Interesting
#375 » Why Do You Like Being A GM? Motivation and Inspiration for GMs
#374 » Personality-Driven Encounters
#373 » Dungeon Themes and Tips
#372 » 5 Room Dungeons + Contest
#371 » Alternative Dungeon Environments
#370 » Random Encounter Tables
#369 » Four Common Pitfalls for New GMs
#368 » Mapping Tips: Planning Your Map Saves Time
#367 » Craft A World Map – Prepping A Game World For GMing and Play
#366 » Notes to the GM – What a Player Wants
#365 » Craft A Timeline Tool – Prepping A Game World For GMing and Play
#364 » Encounter Tips: Characterization Encounters - Part 2
#363 » It’s About The Character, Not The Player – Serving Up Characterization Encounters - Part 1
#362 » Supernatural Weather - Part 2
#361 » Supernatural Weather - Part 1
#360 » 9 Ways To Recruit New Players
#359 » GM Organization – 5 Tips
#358 » Know Your Players – Building Your Session Checklist – Part II
#357 » 9 Spheres Of Influence – My Broad RPG Planning Checklist
#356 » Inspiration For Your Games: Superstition Contest Entries
#354 » How To Work With Crummy Character Backgrounds – 12 Options For Solving “X killed Y”
#353 » How To Leave Your Players Hanging – 4 Cliffhanger Tips
#352 » Know Your Players – Building Your Session Checklist - Part I
#351 » How To Craft And Use Superstitions To Enhance Your Game
#350 » 7 Ways To Be A More Entertaining GM
#349 » Manage NPC Guides Carefully
#348 » Sneaky Tactics For Weak Monsters
#346 » Scenario and Campaign Arc Building Tips - Part 2
#345 » Scenario and Campaign Arc Building Tips - Part 1
#344 » Holiday Adventures – Entries From The Holiday Contest
#343 » Maintaining An Online Game
#341 » Idea Seeds: A Campaign Design Method
#338 » How To Awesome-Up Your Players
#337 » 10 Tips For Crafting Adventure-Based Holidays - Part 2
#336 » 10 Tips For Crafting Adventure-Based Holidays - Part 1
#334 » Card-Based Tools For RPGs – Part 2
#333 » Card-Based Tools For RPGs – Part 1
#332 » Interesting Combats With Themed Skirmish Groups - Part 2
#331 » Interesting Combats With Themed Skirmish Groups - Part 1
#330 » NPC Name Tips and Resources
#329 » The NPC Factor - Part 2
#328 » The NPC Factor - Part 1
#327 » Meta-Game Organizations
#325 » Unusual Customs and Festivals
#324 » How To Get More From Your Monsters – Part 2
#323 » How To Get More From Your Monsters – Part 1
#322 » Making Magic Items Interesting - Part 3
#321 » Making Magic Items Interesting - Part 2
#320 » Making Magic Items Interesting - Part 1
#319 » How To Build A Large Character Gallery
#315 » Tired Tavern: 25 Alternatives To Taking The Table In The Corner
#313 » Putting The Gods Back In Their Place
#311 » More Waterborne Encounters & Events
#308 » Baby Steps In Campaign Setting Design
#307 » 100 Waterborne Encounters
#305 » Getting Player Feedback
#301 » 120 Benign Wilderness Encounters
#299 » 150 Benign Urban Encounters
#298 » Face Off – How To Get Your Group Emotionally Involved
#297 » Tactical Tips For Over-Resting PCs
#296 » 31 Questions To Define A Culture
#295 » Five Tips for Crafting Party Names
#294 » Customizing Common Races – Part 3: Tooth & Dagger Rationalizing Orcs
#293 » Tips For Setting Up PBeMs & PBPs
#291 » Customizing Common Races - Part 2
#290 » Customizing Common Races - Part 1
#289 » Rhyme Clues For Your Campaign
#288 » Inspired By Song: Use Song Lyrics To Generate Adventure Ideas
#286 » 7 Tips On Crafting Dynamic Relationships For NPCs
#284 » Blogging Your Game Sessions
#283 » Rebooting Your Campaign – 7 Tips
#282 » Get Rid Of The Grid (What I Learned From The Strategic Miniatures Player)
#279 » Online (Forum) Role Playing
#278 » 6 Ways to Create Paranoia
#276 » Battlefield Design Tips For D&D 3.5
#275 » Take 10: Gather Information
#273 » 5 Tips For Co-GMing Games
#272 » A Simple Method For Campaign Creation: Managing Complex Systems Over Time In A Campaign World
#271 » Systems Of Attraction: The Interpretation and Roleplay of Charisma - Part 2
#270 » Systems Of Attraction: The Interpretation and Roleplay of Charisma - Part 1
#267 » Game World Organisations - Part IV
#266 » A Guide to Session Notes
#265 » Crafting NPC Interaction Plans: Designing Encounters With Your Players In Mind
#263 » Epic Weekend Convention Gaming: A Tale From The Trenches
#261 » 6 More Description Tips
#260 » Looking Good, Feeling Great – Visual Aids
#259 » Creating Basic Character Personalities
#258 » 12 More Tips For Internet GMing
#257 » 9 Dwarven Forge Tips (Using 3D Terrain)
#256 » A Treatise On Humor - Part 2
#255 » A Treatise On Humor - Part 1
#254 » Fun Facts and Data On Historical, Alternative Mounts – Part II
#253 » Fun Facts and Data On Historical, Alternative Mounts – Part I
#252 » Viking Leadership Structure For RPGs
#251 » 12 Steps To An Epic Campaign - Part 2
#250 » 12 Steps To An Epic Campaign - Part 1
#247 » Supervermin! Making Old Hat Critters Fun Again
#246 » 4 Tips On Encouraging Roleplay
#245 » 7 Tips On Creating Moments Of High Drama
#244 » 5 Tips On Managing Player Choice
#243 » Bad Gamemasters I Have Known And Loved – Part II (The Favoring GM)
#242 » Gaming The Horse - Part 2
#241 » Gaming The Horse – Part I
#240 » How To Track PC Stats? 7 Tips.
#239 » Game World Organisations - Part III
#238 » 5 More Tips For GMing A ‘Local’ Campaign
#237 » 4 Tips For GMing A ‘Local’ Campaign
#236 » When Things Fall Apart: Finding a New Gaming Group
#235 » Readers Respond: Helping Workaholic GMs
#234 » Bad Gamemasters I Have Known And Loved: The Workaholic GM – Part 1
#233 » Roleplaying Quest Contest Entries
#232 » Creating Past Lives For PCs
#231 » Brawn and Stealth — Oil and Water?
#230 » 4 Tips For Spotlighting PCs
#229 » Story Sparks Part II: More Ways To Begin An Adventure & Bring The PCs Together
#228 » The GM As Master Of Ceremonies
#227 » Story Sparks Part I: New Ways To Begin An Adventure & Bring The PCs Together
#226 » 7 Tips For Dealing With GM ADD
#224 » Mission-Style Roleplaying – Part II
#223 » Mission-Style Roleplaying – Part I
#222 » 4 Tips For Whipping Up Scenarios For Conventions
#221 » Something Dark, Something Evil, Something Bloody
#220 » 7 Tips For Roleplaying Encounter Locations
#219 » I Like The Way You Move
#218 » Drag & Drop World Game Organizations - Part II
#217 » Crossing A War Torn Land
#215 » Ideas For Involving Fantasy Phenomena
#213 » Paranoia: Shattering The Trust Part III: Minor In-Game Events
#212 » Paranoia: Shattering The Trust Part II: Major In-Game Events
#211 » Paranoia: Shattering The Trust Part I: Meta-Game Events
#210 » Drag & Drop Game World Organizations – Contest Entries
#209 » Types Of Game World Organizations
#208 » You Can Always Say “Thanks!”
#207 » Conversations In Roleplaying: Agenda
#205 » Character Sheets As GM Tools
#204 » 6 Ways To Enhance Your Descriptions
#203 » Political Campaign Tips - Part II
#202 » Preparing To Run A Commercial Module
#201 » Political Campaign Tip: Create A Social Ladder
#200 » Scaring Players: 8 Tips
#199 » The Session Checklist: Ingredients To A Successful Game Session - Part II
#198 » The Session Checklist: Ingredients To A Successful Game Session - Part I
#197 » Tips On Designing General Sci-Fi Locations
#196 » When You Need To Stall – 9 Tips
#195 » Running Single Player Campaigns - Part II
#194 » Running Single Player Campaigns - Part I
#193 » 8 Tips For Improving Random Encounters
#192 » Tips On Managing Mundane Equipment
#191 » 20 Tips On Managing Campaign Time
#190 » 6 Ideas To Encourage Roleplaying
#189 » 12 Tips For Using Nobles In Your Games
#188 » 5 Tips For Roleplaying With Younger Children
#187 » My Experience on The Picture Side of The Screen: 6 Tips for Players
#186 » 8 Campaign Starter Tips
#184 » Cool Planning Tool: The Campaign Survey
#183 » 11 Point Checklist For Creating a Better Sci-Fi World
#182 » Help, Help, I’m being Oppressed! Rights And Privileges In A Campaign Setting
#181 » 5 Tips For Sci-Fi Campaign Preparation
#180 » The Potential Of The GM’s Screen
#179 » The Logic Death Guide to Players
#178 » 5 Post-Session Player and Campaign Development Tips
#177 » The 10 Commandments Of The RPG Player
#176 » Role-Playing And Giant Robots
#175 » 3 Tips For Writing And Running Adventures
#174 » The Ten Commandments Of The Gamesmaster
#173 » 6 Techniques For Maintaining Player Interest
#172 » Talking The Talk: NPC Speech Patterns
#171 » 12 World War II GMing Tips
#170 » Creating A Sci-Fi Setting With Depth: 5 Tips On Creating Sci-Fi Locations
#168 » Two Guest Articles: Valentines For Your Valentine & Ritual Sacrifice
#167 » The Principles Of Gaming Etiquette: A Real Document That Helped A Real Campaign
#166 » Contest Results: Cool Conflict Scenes
#165 » Prophetic Double-Whammy: Special Two Article Issue About Using Prophesies In Your Games
#164 » 9 Ways To Bring Town Guards To Life
#163 » When Players Attack: Tips For Encouraging PC Co-Operation
#162 » Creating And Using Omens
#161 » Revisiting The Dungeon-Crawl: 29 Dungeon Tips!
#160 » 6 Techniques For Maintaining Player Interest
#159 » 6/666 Tips For GMing An Evil Group
#158 » Irony Is A Great GM Tool – 9 Tips
#157 » 6 Tips On How To Bring Disparate Characters Together
#156 » 6 Methods For Making Dungeons More Interesting
#155 » 14 Elements Of Starship Design For Newbie Sci-Fi Gamers
#154 » 5 Tips On Using Dreams In An Adventure
#153 » The 10 Essentials Of A Swashbuckling Campaign
#152 » Humanizing Your Enemies - A Powerful GM Tool
#151 » 11 Tips For Creating Character-Centered Subplots
#150 » Celebration Of 150 Issues: Reader’s Tips Special
#149 » A Touchy Subject: Political Incorrectness In RPGs
#147 » 6 Tips For Creating Aliens For Sci-Fi Games
#146 » City Features And Flavors
#145 » 10 PBEM Etiquette Tips For Beginner Players
#144 » 5 Ways To Harness Game Master Assistants
#142 » Challenge And Response: Designing Cultures For Your Game World Using Toynbee’s Principles
#141 » City Services, Landmarks And Businesses In A Fantasy Setting
#139 » The Art Of The Poker Face
#137 » 4 Tips From Your Fellow Subscribers
#136 » The Art Of Providing Evasive Answers
#135 » 12 Tips for Internet GMing
#134 » When Powerful PCs Adventure With Weak PCs
#133 » 7 Tips For Sci-Fi Burn-Out
#131 » 8 Tips For Recovering From GM Burn-Out: GM Burn-Out Tips Part II
#130 » 9 Symptoms of GM Burn-Out: Avoiding GM Burn-Out Part I
#129 » Old Campaign, New PCs: Creating New Characters For Existing Campaigns
#128 » Different Ways Of Kinging It: A Quick Look At Alternative Traditions Of Monarchy
#127 » Using ‘Top 7 Lists’ To Help Assimilate Published Game Worlds
#126 » Building & Playing A More Unique & Memorable Character
#125 » From One Tyrant To Another: Villainous Tips Inspired By A Real World Dictator
#124 » Religions In RPGs – Designing Religions For Your Game-World
#123 » Running A Sci-Fi Game Setting Well: 8 Tips For Newbie GMs
#121 » 8 Ways To Spice Up A Campaign With Religion
#120 » 5 Firewalling Tips For Game Masters
#119 » 19 Tips For GMing Powerful Characters
#118 » 7 More Tips For GMing Weak Characters
#117 » 6 Tips For GMing Weak Characters
#116 » 9 Tips For Enhancing Treasure To Improve Your Campaigns
#115 » Quick-Start Sci-Fi RPG Tips For Newbies
#114 » Practical Methods for Making Your NPCs Come Alive
#113 » 6 Tips For Making Monsters Meaner
#112 » Making Music An Effective Part Of Your Roleplaying
#111 » 10 Tips For Roleplaying Rulers
#109 » Ten Ways To Enrich Your Campaign With Lists Of Rulers - Part II
#108 » Ten Ways To Enrich Your Campaign With Lists Of Rulers - Part I
#107 » Tips On Making Creative And Informative Player Handouts
#106 » Company’s Coming! – A Recipe For Great Gaming In 2 Hours Or Less
#105 » Romance In RPGs: 6 Tips
#104 » 5 Ways To Work Information Into Your Game
#103 » 8 Ways To Make Your Campaign World Come Alive
#102 » Roleplaying & GMing Servant NPCs – Part II: Tips From Subscribers
#101 » Roleplaying & GMing Servant NPCs - Part I
#100 » Nitty-Gritty Villain Tips
#98 » A Bunch More Tips From Your Fellow Readers
#97 » 6 Tips For Starting & Planning A Campaign
#96 » 8 Tips To Help You Wing-It
#95 » Subscribers’ Challenge: Green Dragon Blood Bath
#94 » 9 Ways To Increase Player Heroism In Your Game
#93 » Handling Large Groups Part I: Keeping Players Busy
#92 » Giving Better Descriptions - Part II
#91 » Captivate Your Players With Better Descriptions: 10 Tips
#89 » Using Tarot Cards To Help Plan & Inspire Your Games
#88 » Designing NPCs: 6 Miscellaneous Tips
#87 » Using Assassins In Your Games
#86 » 10 Ways To Use Traps To Enhance An Adventure - Part II
#85 » 10 Ways To Use Traps To Enhance An Adventure - Part I
#84 » Observations From A First-Time Game Master – 10 Tips For Beginner GMs
#83 » Comparing Play By Email (PBeM) With Other RPGs
#82 » 7 City Tips From Your Fellow Subscribers
#81 » 15 Tips For Making Cities In Your Games Come To Life
#80 » Creating NPC Voices: 6 Techniques & Tips From Subscribers
#79 » Using Limericks To Spice Things Up
#78 » GM Schizophrenia: Tips For Holding Conversations Between Multiple NPCs
#77 » 10 Tips On Passing Notes During Games
#76 » How To Deal With Absentee Players - Part II
#75 » 7 Plot Twisting Tips - Part I
#74 » 7 More Ways You Can Make Travel Interesting Or Important
#73 » 6 Ways You Can Use Names To Enhance Your Campaign - Part II
#72 » 6 Ways You Can Use Names To Enhance Your Campaign - Part I
#71 » 5 Ways You Can Make Travel Interesting Or Important
#70 » How To Deal With Absentee Players – Part I
#69 » Putting Together The Ultimate DM Binder
#68 » Character Questionnaires Tips & Techniques – Part II
#67 » Character Questionnaires Tips & Techniques – Part I
#66 » How To Get New People Hooked On Roleplaying
#65 » How To Introduce New People To Roleplaying
#64 » How To Multi-Task Better During Your Games: 5 Tips – Part II
#63 » How To Multi-Task Better During Your Games: 6 Tips – Part I
#62 » 9 Ways You Can Use Fiction Books As A GM Tool
#61 » Using Figures & Maps While Roleplaying: 11 Tips
#60 » 6 Miscellaneous Map Tips
#59 » 8 Tips For Creating Good Clues In Your Stories
#58 » 13 Tips For Finding New Players
#57 » 6 Ways To Perfect Your Gaming Environment
#56 » 5 Tips On Using Bureaucracy In Your Game World
#55 » A Highly Effective Gm Self-Improvement Tool: Setting Roleplaying Goals
#52 » 5 Ways To Help Your Players Roleplay More
#51 » 5 Meta-Game Tips About Rewards
#49 » 10 Ways To Find Inspiration
#48 » 5 Things To Do When Your Players Aren’t Taking It Seriously
#47 » How To Keep Your Butt In One Piece While Adventuring In The Wilderness
#46 » 7 Tips For Fast & Effective Note-Taking, While Game Mastering - Part II
#45 » 7 Tips For Fast & Effective Note-Taking, While Game Mastering - Part I
#44 » How To Maintain Game Consistency, While Winging-It, For Left-Brain Game Masters – Part II
#43 » How To Maintain Game Consistency, While Winging It, For Left-Brain Game Masters – Part I
#42 » 9 Game Master Tips From Valdron Inc.
#41 » Law, Crime & Punishment in Fantasy Role Playing Games
#40 » 7 Quirk Tips & 40 Quirks For Your Reference
#39 » 6 More Ways To Use E-mail To Help Your Game
#38 » How To Use E-mail As A Super Campaign Management GM Tool
#37 » 5 Ways To Make Your NPCs Better & More Memorable
#36 » Adventure Writing Tips: The Goal Reversal & The 9-Act Format
#35 » 7 Great GMing Tips From Your Fellow Readers
#34 » 6 More Exciting Ways To Create Tension
#33 » 5 Exciting Ways To Create Tension
#32 » How To Create Powerful Plot Hooks – Part II
#31 » How To Create Powerful Plot Hooks - Part I
#30 » Readers' Response: 14 Great Villain Tips
#29 » Vile Villain Servants: 6 Flunky Tips
#28 » Exit Stage Left: How To Plot Your Villain’s Demise
#27 » 6 Devious Villain Tactics
#26 » A Quick & Dirty Guide To Creating Great Villains
#24 » Unlucky GM Syndrome: What To Do When You’re Rolling Horribly
#23 » Multi-Media In Roleplaying: 3 Experiments That Went Very Well
#22 » Seven Tricks to Save Time
#21 » 10 Ways To Surprise Your Players & Enjoy The Fun
#20 » Ten Tips For Stress-Free Gamemastering
#19 » Never Forget Your Dice Again
#18 » 10 Ways To Make Your Ogres More Intimidating
#17 » Great Campaign Journals — 6 Tips
#16 » Campaign Structure — Part II
#15 » Campaign Structure — Part I
#14 » 5 Tips To Creating A Truly Evil Villain
#13 » 5 Time Management Tips For Busy Roleplayers
#12 » Top 6 Ways To Use Encounters To Build A Compelling Campaign
#11 » Top 5 Ways To More Compelling Encounters
#10 » Romance In Games - It’s The Chase That’s Fun
#9 » Top 7 Tips For Developing The Voice That Wins
#8 » Imaginary Languages Excite the Brain and Add Depth to Your Campaign
#7 » Save Time & Get More Planning Done Through Campaign Newsletters
#6 » Use “In-Character” Feedback To Encourage Roleplaying
#5 » How To Turn Brain Teasers Into Amazing Roleplaying Opportunities
#4 » The Game Master As Public Speaker