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Issue #520	Killer Campaign Management
Issue #519	Cunning Cohorts Build Character: Four GM Tips
Issue #518	Watch Out For These Time Travel GM Traps
Issue #517	For Awesome Campaigns Build A Player Campaign Book
Issue #516	22 Terrain Hacks For the Low Budget Game Master
Issue #515	29 Minis Tips For The Frugal Game
Issue #514	10 Ways to Train Your Brain for Inspiration
Issue #513	How to Use Body Language For Better Storytelling
Issue #512	How to GM Awesome Heists, Part 2
Issue #511	How do you make the boring stuff fun?
Issue #510	Best Game Master Tips of 2010, Part 2
Issue #509	Best Game Master Tips of 2010, Part 1
Issue #508	How to Run Killer Zombie Campaigns
Issue #507	5 Tips For Running Long-Term Epic Campaigns
Issue #506	Taking The Initiative: These Methods And Ideas Will Surprise You
Issue #505	56 Campaign Concepts & Starts
Issue #504	Heists and Haunted Houses
Issue #503	Design The Party, Not The Characters
Issue #502	6 Ways To Assemble The Party And Kick-Off Your Campaign
Issue #501	The Final 50 – Top 100 City Encounters and Plots
Issue #500	Top 100 City Encounters and Plots – Part 1
Issue #499	Turning Coal Into Diamonds – How To Mine Backstories To Create Killer Campaigns
Issue #498	Romance In RPGs – 5 Ways To Minimize Your Discomfort At The Game Table
Issue #497	5 Things Driving Across the Country Taught Me About DMing
Issue #496	How To Run Ripping City Encounters – 3 Tips
Issue #495	Prep Faster, Breathe Easier + City Encounters Contest
Issue #494	Maximize The Use Of PC Histories
Issue #493	How To Design A Campaign
Issue #492	4 Best Ways To Handle Town Guards
Issue #491	When Players Cheat
Issue #490	Superheroes Tips Series, Final Part
Issue #489	GM’s Guide To Adventure Writing
Issue #488	GMing Gods, Demons And Immortals
Issue #487	Superheroes Tips Series Part 2: Super Tips For Beginners
Issue #486	Roll-Play And Role-Play
Issue #485	The Care And Feeding Of Your GM
Issue #484	How to Run a Better Superhero Game in 8 Easy Steps
Issue #483	Instilling Common Sense Into Players, Part 2
Issue #482	Instilling Common Sense Into Players, Part 1
Issue #481	Managing Mixed Monsters + New Contest
Issue #480	Combat Hazards IIl
Issue #479	6 Things Divinity II Taught Me About Running a Better Gamel
Issue #478	Take Ten: Heal
Issue #477	When Adventures Are Too Easy
Issue #476	Make Your Adventures Feel Adventurous
Issue #475	6 Ways To Make A Published World Your Own
Issue #474	Combat Hazards I
Issue #473	On-The-Fly GMing Tips
Issue #472	9 Things Dragon Age Taught Me About Running a Better Game
Issue #471	Role-Reversal: GMing other GMs
Issue #470	How to Add Pizzazz With A Great Campaign Name
Issue #469	Your Teacher Was Right – How To Create Adventures With The 6 W’s
Issue #468	5 Ways to Create Cultures
Issue #467	Long Story Arcs – 3 Tips On How To Finish
Issue #466	From Player to GM: Tips for Making the Switch
Issue #465	World Building: 4 Easy Culture Creation Tips
Issue #464	12 Disasters in Fantasy Campaigns
Issue #463	The Pirate Queen’s Adventure Checklist
Issue #462	The Road to Plot Hook Recovery: Stale Plot Hook Tips and Tricks
Issue #461	Introducing New RPGs
Issue #460	Seven Steps for Legendary Item Creation
Issue #459	How I Prepared For 19 Hours Of Gameplay In Just One Hour
Issue #458	Don’t Be Afraid To Modify Your Monsters
Issue #457	Stand or Fall? Not Exactly Tips for dealing with tough foes
Issue #456	Stress-Free Gaming and Time and Character Advancement in PbEM
Issue #455	Mess with Your Players’ Heads
Issue #454	Creating Adventures from Small Ideas
Issue #453	5 Uses for Heroes
Issue #452	Instant Reward Cards
Issue #451	Police in a Modern Campaign
Issue #450	Use Logic Puzzles to Develop Plots and Stories
Issue #449	11 Homebrew Terrain Ideas
Issue #448	8 Tactics for Mooks
Issue #447	How To Create Factions – 3 New Tips, Plus: 44 Awesome Ready-To-Use NPC Hooks
Issue #446	Build Your Own Starship
Issue #445	4 Tips For Post Apocalypse Game Masters
Issue #444	5 Tips to Create Game Room Atmosphere
Issue #443	15 Kinds of Camouflage
Issue #442	Choosing Your Next Science Fiction RPG: Reader Recommendations
Issue #441	On-Call Players
Issue #440	Lessons Learned from behind the GM Screen
Issue #439	How to Handle NPC Networks
Issue #438	7 Tips to Keep the Fear of Death Alive in Any Campaign
Issue #437	Running Recurrent Bad Guys
Issue #436	Introducing New Characters Into An Existing Campaign
Issue #435	Treasure Siphons
Issue #434	So The Game Got Cancelled
Issue #433	Distilled Cultural Essence – Creating a Different Society
Issue #432	Villainous Escapes: How to Help the Bad Guy Live to Fight Another Day
Issue #431	Fantasy Job Postings
Issue #430	How to Game Master at Conventions
Issue #429	Props to Please Your Players – Props Contest Entries, Part 4
Issue #428	Character-Specific Drama Points
Issue #427	Props Contest Entries, Part 3
Issue #426	9 DM Tools and Integrating Them Into Your Games
Issue #425	Props Contest Entries, Part 2
Issue #424	Skinning Gaming Systems
Issue #423	Props Contest Entries, Part I
Issue #422	Dark & Gritty Gaming Tips, Part 2
Issue #421	Dark & Gritty Gaming Tips
Issue #420	27 Great Prop Ideas To Enhance Your Games
Issue #419	How To Use Props In Your Games – 8 Tips
Issue #418	4 City Building Tips: Give cities flavour with districts
Issue #417	10 Easy Tips for Player Involvement
Issue #416	The Power Of The Dark Side
Issue #415	Simple Acting Tips
Issue #414	Wordplay as Character Inspiration
Issue #413	Fight Environments
Issue #412	6 Quick Game Master Organization Tips
Issue #411	How To Host The Perfect Game
Issue #410	Managing Your Group
Issue #409	How to Add Atmosphere (Without LARPing or Bank Loans)
Issue #408	Near Future Campaign Settings
Issue #407	One Sentence NPCs, Part 2 + Contest
Issue #406	Easy GMing With One Sentence NPCs + New Contest
Issue #405	Campaign Settings: Fantasy Greek and Roman
Issue #404	Creating Memorable Enemy Groups
Issue #403	15 Holiday Adventures
Issue #402	Keep The Peace Part 2: Bring the party back together and keep it that way
Issue #401	Keep The Peace Part 1: Tips to bring the party back together and keep it that way
Issue #400	Mystery Game Tips
Issue #399	The Rule To Making Good Rules And Other Useful Tips
Issue #398	Why Use Inns, Taverns, and Restaurants?
Issue #397	The Spiral Method of World Building
Issue #396	Start Campaigns With Unrelated One-Shot Adventures
Issue #395	Mapping Tips For Inns, Taverns, And Restaurants
Issue #394	Court Etiquette: Do’s and Don’ts
Issue #393	Have Fun With Factions
Issue #392	Assembling The Party – Reconciling Diverse Backgrounds
Issue #391	Motivating Yourself As A GM
Issue #390	Players, Meet Your Characters: 6 tips to help players get to know their characters better at campaign start
Issue #389	The Art of Propaganda: 7 Tactics to Influence Character Behaviour
Issue #388	10 Easy Ways To Think On Your Feet Better
Issue #387	17 Ways To Fall In Love With GMing Again
Issue #386	Top Movies For Game Masters
Issue #385	Jail Break – Part IV: Plotting and Encounter Tips
Issue #384	Jail Break – Part III: It’s All About The NPCs
Issue #383	Jail Break – Part II: Theme and Atmosphere
Issue #382	Jail Break – Part I: Jail Design
Issue #381	PC Death And Your Campaign
Issue #380	Preparing For Games Faster: 7 Tips
Issue #379	Playing With Fire: Dodging GM Burnout
Issue #378	Tech Tools – Using Today’s Technology To Enhance Your Games
Issue #377	Tricks And Treats For A Festive Halloween Game
Issue #376	Gaming Mobs Better – Quick Tips For Making Mobs More Interesting
Issue #375	Why Do You Like Being A GM? Motivation and Inspiration for GMs
Issue #374	Personality-Driven Encounters
Issue #373	Dungeon Themes and Tips
Issue #372	5 Room Dungeons + Contest
Issue #371	Alternative Dungeon Environments
Issue #370	Random Encounter Tables
Issue #369	Four Common Pitfalls for New GMs
Issue #368	Mapping Tips: Planning Your Map Saves Time
Issue #367	Craft A World Map – Prepping A Game World For GMing and Play
Issue #366	Notes to the GM – What a Player Wants
Issue #365	Craft A Timeline Tool – Prepping A Game World For GMing and Play
Issue #364	Encounter Tips: Characterization Encounters, Part 2
Issue #363	It’s About The Character, Not The Player – Serving Up Characterization Encounters, Part 1
Issue #362	Supernatural Weather, Part 2
Issue #361	Supernatural Weather, Part 1
Issue #360	9 Ways To Recruit New Players
Issue #359	GM Organization – 5 Tips
Issue #358	Know Your Players Part 2 – Building Your Session Checklist
Issue #357	9 Spheres Of Influence – My Broad RPG Planning Checklist
Issue #356	Inspiration For Your Games: Superstition Contest Entries
Issue #355	11 Monstrous Tips
Issue #354	How To Work With Crummy Character Backgrounds – 12 Options For Solving “X killed Y”
Issue #353	How To Leave Your Players Hanging – 4 Cliffhanger Tips
Issue #352	Know Your Players – Building Your Session Checklist
Issue #351	How To Craft And Use Superstitions To Enhance Your Game
Issue #350	7 Ways To Be A More Entertaining GM
Issue #349	Manage NPC Guides Carefully
Issue #348	Sneaky Tactics For Weak Monsters
Issue #347	Unusual Hiding Places
Issue #346	Scenario and Campaign Arc Building Tips, Part 2
Issue #345	Scenario and Campaign Arc Building Tips, Part 1
Issue #344	Holiday Adventures – Entries From The Holiday Contest
Issue #343	Maintaining An Online Game
Issue #342	Player Survey Tips
Issue #341	Idea Seeds: A Campaign Design Method
Issue #340	10 Monstrous Tips
Issue #339	GM Table: 222 Rumours
Issue #338	How To Awesome-Up Your Players
Issue #337	10 Tips For Crafting Adventure-Based Holidays, Part 2
Issue #336	10 Tips For Crafting Adventure-Based Holidays, Part 1
Issue #335	GMing Car Chases
Issue #334	Card-Based Tools For RPGs – Part 2
Issue #333	Card-Based Tools For RPGs – Part 1
Issue #332	Interesting Combats With Themed Skirmish Groups, Part 2
Issue #331	Interesting Combats With Themed Skirmish Groups, Part 1
Issue #330	NPC Name Tips and Resources
Issue #329	The NPC Factor, Part 1
Issue #328	The NPC Factor, Part 1
Issue #327	Meta-Game Organizations
Issue #326	7 More Monstrous Tips
Issue #325	Unusual Customs and Festivals
Issue #324	How To Get More From Your Monsters – Part 2
Issue #323	How To Get More From Your Monsters – Part 1
Issue #322	Making Magic Items Interesting, Part 3
Issue #321	Making Magic Items Interesting, Part 2
Issue #320	Making Magic Items Interesting
Issue #319	How To Build A Large Character Gallery
Issue #318	Military Tips
Issue #317	Lessons from the LARP
Issue #316	Maintaining Your GM
Issue #315	Tired Tavern: 25 Alternatives To Taking The Table In The Corner
Issue #314	Generating Books
Issue #313	Putting The Gods Back In Their Place
Issue #312	Take Ten: Bluff
Issue #311	More Waterborne Encounters & Events
Issue #310	Airborne Minis Tips
Issue #309	Myth Crafting
Issue #308	Baby Steps In Campaign Setting Design
Issue #307	100 Waterborne Encounters
Issue #306	Changing the Rules
Issue #305	Getting Player Feedback
Issue #304	Take Ten: Balance
Issue #303	Running Faster Combats
Issue #302	Why Go Diceless?
Issue #301	120 Benign Wilderness Encounters
Issue #300	Q&A With Johnn Four
Issue #299	150 Benign Urban Encounters
Issue #298	Face Off – How To Get Your Group Emotionally Involved
Issue #297	Tactical Tips For Over-Resting PCs
Issue #296	31 Questions To Define A Culture
Issue #295	5 Tips For Crafting Party Names
Issue #294	Customizing Common Races, Part 3: Tooth & Dagger
Issue #293	Tips For Setting Up PBeMs & PBPs
Issue #292	6 Monstrous Tips
Issue #291	Customizing Common Races, Part 2
Issue #290	Customizing Common Races, Part 1
Issue #289	Rhyme Clues For Your Campaign
Issue #288	Inspired By Song: Use Song Lyrics To Generate Adventure Ideas
Issue #287	Take Ten: Appraise
Issue #286	7 Tips On Crafting Dynamic Relationships For NPCs
Issue #285	Ignorance And Fear
Issue #284	Blogging Your Game Sessions
Issue #283	Rebooting Your Campaign – 7 Tips
Issue #282	Get Rid Of The Grid (What I Learned From The Strategic Miniatures Player)
Issue #281	7 More Monstrous Tips
Issue #280	Readers Write In
Issue #279	Online (Forum) Role Playing
Issue #278	6 Ways to Create Paranoia
Issue #277	Prophets and Prophecy
Issue #276	Battlefield Design Tips For D&D 3.5
Issue #275	Take 10: Gather Information
Issue #274	6 Monstrous Tips
Issue #273	5 Tips For Co-GMing Games
Issue #272	A Simple Method For Campaign Creation: Managing Complex Systems Over Time In A Campaign World
Issue #271	Systems Of Attraction: The Interpretation and Roleplay of Charisma, Part 2
Issue #270	Systems Of Attraction: The Interpretation and Roleplay of Charisma
Issue #269	Core Stories In D&D
Issue #268	Special Equipment Tips
Issue #267	Game World Organisations, Part IV
Issue #266	A Guide to Session Notes
Issue #265	Crafting NPC Interaction Plans: Designing Encounters With Your Players In Mind
Issue #264	Conducting GM Surveys
Issue #263	Epic Weekend Convention Gaming: A Tale From The Trenches
Issue #262	Tips From Da Pit Fiend
Issue #261	6 More Description Tips
Issue #260	Looking Good, Feeling Great – Visual Aids
Issue #259	Creating Basic Character Personalities
Issue #258	12 More Tips For Internet GMing
Issue #257	9 Dwarven Forge Tips (Using 3D Terrain)
Issue #256	A Treatise On Humor, Part 2
Issue #255	A Treatise On Humor, Part 1
Issue #254	“On The Other Hand, Don’t Get A Horse” Facts and Data On Historical, Alternative Mounts, Part 2
Issue #253	“On The Other Hand, Don’t Get A Horse” Facts and Data On Historical, Alternative Mounts, Part 1
Issue #252	Viking Leadership Structure For RPGs
Issue #251	12 Steps To An Epic Campaign, Part 2
Issue #250	12 Steps To An Epic Campaign, Part 1
Issue #249	5 Description Tips
Issue #248	4 Reader Tips
Issue #247	Supervermin! Making Old Hat Critters Fun Again
Issue #246	4 Tips On Encouraging Roleplay
Issue #245	7 Tips On Creating Moments Of High Drama
Issue #244	5 Tips On Managing Player Choice
Issue #243	Bad Gamemasters I Have Known And Loved: Part Two, The Favoring GM
Issue #242	Gaming The Horse, Part 2
Issue #241	Gaming The Horse
Issue #240	How To Track PC Stats? 7 Tips.
Issue #239	Game World Organisations, Part III
Issue #238	5 More Tips For GMing A ‘Local’ Campaign
Issue #237	4 Tips For GMing A ‘Local’ Campaign
Issue #236	When Things Fall Apart: Finding a New Gaming Group
Issue #235	Readers Respond: Helping Workaholic GMs
Issue #234	Bad Gamemasters I Have Known And Loved: The Workaholic GM
Issue #233	Roleplaying Quest Contest Entries
Issue #232	Creating Past Lives For PCs
Issue #231	Brawn and Stealth — Oil and Water?
Issue #230	4 Tips For Spotlighting PCs
Issue #229	Story Sparks Part II: More Ways To Begin An Adventure & Bring The PCs Together
Issue #228	The GM As Master Of Ceremonies
Issue #227	Story Sparks Part I: New Ways To Begin An Adventure & Bring The PCs Together
Issue #226	7 Tips For Dealing With GM ADD
Issue #225	6 GM Organisation Tips
Issue #224	Mission-Style Roleplaying Part II
Issue #223	Mission-Style Roleplaying
Issue #222	4 Tips For Whipping Up Scenarios For Conventions
Issue #221	Something Dark, Something Evil, Something Bloody: Adding Elements of Horror to Your Game
Issue #220	7 Tips For Roleplaying Encounter Locations
Issue #219	I Like The Way You Move
Issue #218	Drag & Drop World Game Organizations Part II
Issue #217	Crossing A War Torn Land
Issue #216	Traps Are People Too
Issue #215	Ideas For Involving Fantasy Phenomena
Issue #214	Prison!
Issue #213	Paranoia: Shattering The Trust Part III: Minor In-Game Events
Issue #212	Paranoia: Shattering The Trust Part II: Major In-Game Events
Issue #211	Paranoia: Shattering The Trust Part I: Meta-Game Events
Issue #210	Drag & Drop Game World Organizations – Contest Entries
Issue #209	Types Of Game World Organizations
Issue #208	You Can Always Say “Thanks!”
Issue #207	Conversations In Roleplaying: Agenda
Issue #206	6 Bard Tips
Issue #205	Character Sheets As GM Tools
Issue #204	6 Ways To Enhance Your Descriptions
Issue #203	Political Campaign Tips Part II
Issue #202	Preparing To Run A Commercial Module
Issue #201	Political Campaign Tip: Create A Social Ladder
Issue #200	Scaring Players: 8 Tips
Issue #199	The Session Checklist: Ingredients To A Successful Game Session, Part II
Issue #198	The Session Checklist: Ingredients To A Successful Game Session, Part I
Issue #197	Tips On Designing General Sci-Fi Locations
Issue #196	When You Need To Stall – 9 Tips
Issue #195	Running Single Player Campaigns, Part II
Issue #194	Running Single Player Campaigns, Part I
Issue #193	8 Tips For Improving Random Encounters
Issue #192	Tips On Managing Mundane Equipment
Issue #191	20 Tips On Managing Campaign Time
Issue #190	6 Ideas To Encourage Roleplaying
Issue #189	12 Tips For Using Nobles In Your Games
Issue #188	5 Tips For Roleplaying With Younger Children
Issue #187	My Experience on The Picture Side of The Screen: 6 Tips for Players
Issue #186	8 Campaign Starter Tips
Issue #185	Innkeeper Intrigue
Issue #184	Cool Planning Tool: The Campaign Survey
Issue #183	11 Point Checklist For Creating a Better Sci-Fi World
Issue #182	“Help, Help, I’m being Oppressed!” Rights And Privileges In A Campaign Setting
Issue #181	5 Tips For Sci-Fi Campaign Preparation
Issue #180	The Potential Of The GM’s Screen
Issue #179	The Logic Death Guide to Players
Issue #178	5 Post-Session Player and Campaign Development Tips
Issue #177	The 10 Commandments Of The RPG Player
Issue #176	Role-Playing And Giant Robots
Issue #175	3 Tips For Writing And Running Adventures
Issue #174	The Ten Commandments Of The Gamesmaster
Issue #173	6 Techniques For Maintaining Player Interest
Issue #172	Talking The Talk: NPC Speech Patterns
Issue #171	12 World War II GMing Tips
Issue #170	Creating A Sci-Fi Setting With Depth: 5 Tips On Creating Sci-Fi Locations
Issue #169	8 City NPC Tips
Issue #168	Two Guest Articles: Valentines For Your Valentine & Ritual Sacrifice
Issue #167	The Principles Of Gaming Etiquette: A Real Document That Helped A Real Campaign
Issue #166	Contest Results: Cool Conflict Scenes
Issue #165	Prophetic Double-Whammy: Special Two Article Issue About Using Prophesies In Your Games
Issue #164	9 Ways To Bring Town Guards To Life
Issue #163	When Players Attack: Tips For Encouraging PC Co-Operation
Issue #162	Creating And Using Omens
Issue #161	Revisiting The Dungeon-Crawl: 29 Dungeon Tips!
Issue #160	6 Techniques For Maintaining Player Interest
Issue #159	6/666 Tips For GMing An Evil Group
Issue #158	Irony Is A Great GM Tool – 9 Tips
Issue #157	6 Tips On How To Bring Disparate Characters Together
Issue #156	6 Methods For Making Dungeons More Interesting
Issue #155	14 Elements Of Starship Design For Newbie Sci-Fi Gamers
Issue #154	5 Tips On Using Dreams In An Adventure
Issue #153	The 10 Essentials Of A Swashbuckling Campaign
Issue #152	Humanizing Your Enemies ? A Powerful GM Tool
Issue #151	11 Tips For Creating Character-Centered Subplots
Issue #150	Celebration Of 150 Issues: Reader’s Tips Special
Issue #149	A Touchy Subject: Political Incorrectness In RPGs
Issue #148	135 NPC Side-Plots
Issue #147	6 Tips For Creating Aliens For Sci-Fi Games
Issue #146	City Features And Flavors
Issue #145	10 PBEM Etiquette Tips For Beginner Players
Issue #144	5 Ways To Harness Game Master Assistants
Issue #143	8 Game Etiquette Tips
Issue #142	Challenge And Response: Designing Cultures For Your Game World Using Toynbee’s Principles
Issue #141	City Services, Landmarks And Businesses In A Fantasy Setting
Issue #140	14 MUSH Tips
Issue #139	The Art Of The Poker Face
Issue #138	11 Dice Rolling Tips
Issue #137	4 Tips From Your Fellow Subscribers
Issue #136	The Art Of Providing Evasive Answers
Issue #135	12 Tips for Internet GMing
Issue #134	When Powerful PCs Adventure With Weak PCs
Issue #133	7 Tips For Sci-Fi Burn-Out
Issue #132	11 Town Design Tips
Issue #131	8 Tips For Recovering From GM Burn-Out: GM Burn-Out Tips Part II
Issue #130	9 Symptoms of GM Burn-Out: Avoiding GM Burn-Out Part I
Issue #129	Old Campaign, New PCs: Creating New Characters For Existing Campaigns
Issue #128	Different Ways Of Kinging It: A Quick Look At Alternative Traditions Of Monarchy
Issue #127	Using ‘Top 7 Lists’ To Help Assimilate Published Game Worlds
Issue #126	Building & Playing A More Unique & Memorable Character
Issue #125	From One Tyrant To Another: Villainous Tips Inspired By A Real World Dictator
Issue #124	Religions In RPGs – Designing Religions For Your Game-World
Issue #123	Running A Sci-Fi Game Setting Well: 8 Tips For Newbie GMs
Issue #122	5 Poisonous Tips
Issue #121	8 Ways To Spice Up A Campaign With Religion
Issue #120	5 Firewalling Tips For Game Masters
Issue #119	19 Tips For GMing Powerful Characters
Issue #118	7 More Tips For GMing Weak Characters
Issue #117	6 Tips For GMing Weak Characters
Issue #116	9 Tips For Enhancing Treasure To Improve Your Campaigns
Issue #115	Quick-Start Sci-Fi RPG Tips For Newbies
Issue #114	Practical Methods for Making Your NPCs Come Alive
Issue #113	6 Tips For Making Monsters Meaner
Issue #112	Making Music An Effective Part Of Your Roleplaying
Issue #111	10 Tips For Roleplaying Rulers
Issue #110	The Woes Of Rulership
Issue #109	Ten Ways To Enrich Your Campaign With Lists Of Rulers: Part II
Issue #108	Ten Ways To Enrich Your Campaign With Lists Of Rulers: Part I
Issue #107	Tips On Making Creative And Informative Player Handouts
Issue #106	Company’s Coming! – A Recipe For Great Gaming In 2 Hours Or Less
Issue #105	Romance In RPGs: 6 Tips
Issue #104	5 Ways To Work Information Into Your Game
Issue #103	8 Ways To Make Your Campaign World Come Alive
Issue #102	Roleplaying & GMing Servant NPCs, Part II: Tips From Subscribers
Issue #101	Roleplaying & GMing Servant NPCs, Part I
Issue #100	Nitty-Gritty Villain Tips
Issue #99	5 Meta-Gaming Tips
Issue #98	A Bunch More Tips From Your Fellow Readers
Issue #97	6 Tips For Starting & Planning A Campaign
Issue #96	8 Tips To Help You Wing-It
Issue #95	Subscribers’ Challenge: Green Dragon Blood Bath
Issue #94	9 Ways To Increase Player Heroism In Your Game
Issue #93	Handling Large Groups Part I: Keeping Players Busy
Issue #92	Giving Better Descriptions, Part II
Issue #91	Captivate Your Players With Better Descriptions: 10 Tips
Issue #90	Cities Tips III
Issue #89	Using Tarot Cards To Help Plan & Inspire Your Games
Issue #88	Designing NPCs: 6 Miscellaneous Tips
Issue #87	Using Assassins In Your Games
Issue #86	10 Ways To Use Traps To Enhance An Adventure, Part II
Issue #85	10 Ways To Use Traps To Enhance An Adventure, Part I
Issue #84	Observations From A First-Time Game Master – 10 Tips For Beginner GMs
Issue #83	Comparing Play By Email (PBeM) With Other RPGs
Issue #82	7 City Tips From Your Fellow Subscribers
Issue #81	15 Tips For Making Cities In Your Games Come To Life
Issue #80	Creating NPC Voices: 6 Techniques & Tips From Subscribers
Issue #79	Using Limericks To Spice Things Up
Issue #78	GM Schizophrenia: Tips For Holding Conversations Between Multiple NPCs
Issue #77	10 Tips On Passing Notes During Games
Issue #76	How To Deal With Absentee Players, Part II
Issue #75	7 Plot Twisting Tips, Part I
Issue #74	7 More Ways You Can Make Travel Interesting Or Important
Issue #73	6 Ways You Can Use Names To Enhance Your Campaign, Part II
Issue #72	6 Ways You Can Use Names To Enhance Your Campaign, Part I
Issue #71	5 Ways You Can Make Travel Interesting Or Important
Issue #70	How To Deal With Absentee Players, Part I
Issue #69	Putting Together The Ultimate DM Binder
Issue #68	Character Questionnaires Tips & Techniques, Part II
Issue #67	Character Questionnaires Tips & Techniques, Part I
Issue #66	How To Get New People Hooked On Roleplaying
Issue #65	How To Introduce New People To Roleplaying
Issue #64	How To Multi-Task Better During Your Games: 6 Tips, Part II
Issue #63	How To Multi-Task Better During Your Games: 6 Tips, Part I
Issue #62	9 Ways You Can Use Fiction Books As A GM Tool
Issue #61	Using Figures & Maps While Roleplaying: 11 Tips
Issue #60	6 Miscellaneous Map Tips
Issue #59	8 Tips For Creating Good Clues In Your Stories
Issue #58	13 Tips For Finding New Players
Issue #57	6 Ways To Perfect Your Gaming Environment
Issue #56	5 Tips On Using Bureaucracy In Your Game World
Issue #55	A Highly Effective Gm Self-Improvement Tool: Setting Roleplaying Goals
Issue #54	6 Story-Making Tips
Issue #53	8 Deadly Combat Tips
Issue #52	5 Ways To Help Your Players Roleplay More
Issue #51	5 Meta-Game Tips About Rewards
Issue #50	Rewards: 6 Ways To Help Your Players Develop Compelling Characters During Play
Issue #49	10 Ways To Find Inspiration
Issue #48	5 Things To Do When Your Players Aren’t Taking It Seriously
Issue #47	How To Keep Your Butt In One Piece While Adventuring In The Wilderness
Issue #46	7 Tips For Fast & Effective Note-Taking, While Game Mastering, Part II
Issue #45	7 Tips For Fast & Effective Note-Taking, While Game Mastering, Part I
Issue #44	How To Maintain Game Consistency, While Winging-It, For Left-Brain Game Masters, Part II
Issue #43	How To Maintain Game Consistency, While Winging-It, For Left-Brain Game Masters, Part I
Issue #42	9 Game Master Tips From Valdron Inc.
Issue #41	Law, Crime & Punishment in Fantasy Role Playing Games
Issue #40	7 Quirk Tips & 40 Quirks For Your Reference
Issue #39	6 More Ways To Use E-mail To Help Your Game
Issue #38	How To Use E-mail As A Super Campaign Management GM Tool
Issue #37	5 Ways To Make Your NPCs Better & More Memorable
Issue #36	Adventure Writing Tips: The Goal Reversal & The 9-Act Format
Issue #35	7 Great GMing Tips From Your Fellow Readers
Issue #34	6 More Exciting Ways To Create Tension
Issue #33	5 Exciting Ways To Create Tension
Issue #32	How To Create Powerful Plot Hooks, Part II
Issue #31	How To Create Powerful Plot Hooks, Part I
Issue #30	14 Great Villain Tips
Issue #29	Vile Villain Servants: 6 Flunky Tips
Issue #28	Exit Stage Left: How To Plot Your Villain’s Demise
Issue #27	5 Devious Villain Tactics
Issue #26	A Quick & Dirty Guide To Creating Great Villains
Issue #25	8 NPC Parley Tricks
Issue #24	Unlucky GM Syndrome: What To Do When You’re Rolling Horribly
Issue #23	Multi-Media In Roleplaying: 3 Experiments That Went Very Well
Issue #22	Seven Tricks to Save Time
Issue #21	10 Ways To Surprise Your Players & Enjoy The Fun
Issue #20	Guest Article: Ten Tips For Stress-Free Gamemastering, by Kevin Davies
Issue #19	Never Forget Your Dice Again
Issue #18	10 Ways To Make Your Ogres More Intimidating
Issue #17	6 Tips For Great Campaign Journals
Issue #16	Guest Article: Campaign Structure Part II, by Peter Maranci
Issue #15	Guest Article: Campaign Structure Part I, by Peter Maranci
Issue #14	5 Tips To Creating A Truly Evil Villain
Issue #13	5 Time Management Tips For Busy Roleplayers
Issue #12	Top 5 Ways To Use Encounters To Build A Compelling Campaign
Issue #11	Top 5 Ways To More Compelling Encounters
Issue #10	Romance In Games: It’s The Chase That’s Fun
Issue #9	Top 7 Tips For Developing The Voice That Wins
Issue #8	Imaginary Languages Excite the Brain and Add Depth to Your Campaign
Issue #7	Save Time & Get More Planning Done Through Campaign Newsletters
Issue #6	Use “In-Character” Feedback To Encourage Roleplaying
Issue #5	How To Turn Brain Teasers Into Amazing Roleplaying Opportunities
Issue #4	The Game Master As Public Speaker
Issue #3	How To Develop A Compelling Voice The Gamemaster’s Hall Of Shame: Monty Haul’s Top Ten Cousins
Issue #2	The Time Bomb Solution
Issue #1	Mapping Dilemma: How To Stop Your Players From Yawning

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