This week we interview Chris, a free flowing GM who enjoys using a variety of game mechanics, from dice to jenga blocks, to bring his adventures to life. Please introduce yourself Your name: Christopher Burdett – Not the same one that does art for WotC, however. Do you have a blog, website or campaign wiki? I [...]
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GM Interview: Rebecca
This week we interview Rebecca, a fan of D&D 4th edition from Ireland, a lover of Forgotten Realms and enjoy’s creating her own story arcs. Please introduce yourself: Hey, I’m Rebecca Maguire. From Ireland, studying to be an English teacher. Do you have a blog, website or campaign wiki? http://www.sites.google.com/site/forgottenrealmsdnd It is currently under construction. I’m not [...]
GM Interview: Adrian
Today we interview Adrian, a GM who plays mostly one-on-one games and is a master of improvisation, enjoying a cinematic approach to gaming. Please introduce yourself: Your name: AD Do you have a blog, website or campaign wiki? Nope How long have you been a GM? Damnation, its been 10 years. What are your favourite [...]
GM Interview: Trevor Wiley
This week we interview Trevor, a GM who enjoys AD&D, WEG Star Wars, and has a love for creating his own worlds and adventures. Please introduce yourself: Your name: Trevor Wiley Do you have a blog, website or campaign wiki? http://worldcrafters.blogspot.com , the home for my D&D campaign as well as some of my other [...]
Assassin Blog Carnival Wrap-Up – September 2011
Assassins were the theme of Sep’s RPG blog carnival. They were several excellent blog posts about this killer topic: The Assassination Game @ Lungfishopolis – How to do assassins well as PCs or NPCs. My Home Brew Old Hack: What about Assassins? Need them or not? @ The Geek Life Project – Grogtard talks about [...]
GM Interview: Rory Klein
This week we interview Rory, a GM from Cape Town who’s a huge Greyhawk fan. If you have any questions about his campaign feel free to post them below. Please introduce yourself Hi, I am Rory from South Africa, Cape Town. I am 39 years old and I work as an IT Consultant. “Online,” I go by [...]
How To Turn A Haunted House Into An NPC
From the GMMastery Yahoo Group A GM asked for help making a haunted house become an interesting NPC. Lots of ideas poured into the thread, which I thought I’d highlight here. I fully support giving locations personality. And as you’ll see below, creative GMs can also make places interactive and dramatic. The Initial Request From [...]
Assassins – September’s RPG Blog Carnival
Assassins are tantalizing. They fill the books and movies we love. They dangle the potential of great gaming in front of our noses. They are this month’s killer RPG Blog Carnival topic. How Do I Participate in the RPG Blog Carnival? To participate in an RPG Blog Carnival, just write a blog post that matches [...]
GM Tip Request – How Do You Track All the Details of a Living World?
O Wise Sage of the Northern Hemisphere, I come to you with an all-consuming question and have emptied my cup and am eager to learn. There’s a world that’s been created and lovingly populated with all manner of things. There are continents with plate tectonics and zones of subduction and hotspots and rift valleys. There [...]
What is a Campaign?
In RPT#519 Cunning Cohorts Build Character: Four GM Tips I pondered about what a campaign actually is. I see the term used ubiquitously, and the RPG community seems to know what’s being talking about when someone uses the word. However, as I thought about a definition, I realized there are many variances and parts tricky [...]