We pick up where we left off in RPT#526, with more tips from readers about how to develop and manage game world details. A reader named Beleaguered in South Africa asked for help managing the details of his extensive game world. Here’s how GMs responded: From Blair Giles I recently started a new 4e D&D [...]
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8 Ways to Make Game World Management Easy
In RPT#524, a gamer called Beleaguered in South Africa asked for help managing the massive amount of details he has developed for his world. While he was looking for tips on a knowledge management and software and process solutions, I received lots of great advice on managing worlds in general. In today’s issue, we look [...]
Free Heists Deck Helps You Run Awesome Heists
In RPT#512, Robert Corrina offered us a tip about using a special heists deck. to add more fun to heist adventures. The idea was to offer additional inspiration for story twists and turns in your game using a deck of cards. Well, Robert now offers us his deck of cards you can use for any [...]
Hot Pursuit Tips
From Mark of the Pixie How you GM a pursuit depends a little on what sort of pursuit it is. Hot pursuit The enemy is always within sight, and you need to try every trick you can to get away. This includes cinematic chases with shooting and dodging, but can also include the more subtle [...]
Speeding Up Combat
From Len Henderson One of the most enjoyable parts of roleplaying for many gamers is combat. However, especially in large groups, players can wait for a considerable amount of time between turns. This sort of wait leads to boredom and cross chatter, annoying the GM and the player whose turn it is. Here are things [...]
A Trick For Easier In-Game Communication
From Joseph Rapoport Johnn, In regards to creating simple communications in games, I play in two campaigns and DM one in which we have all arrived at the same solution for communication. The solution is an item, a small hollow metal tube, which acts like a Message spell. The item comes in two forms: An [...]
When You Need To Cast In Secret
From Morgan Joeck One thing that bothered me when I first started gaming was identifying the spell I was casting when those around me would not have known what it was. My solution to that was to print out colorful fractals or other designs on index cards and fold them into little envelopes containing the [...]
Three Ways To Game With Casual Players
From Mark of the Pixie Johnn, I agree with your epiphany that we should play more. One way I am looking at to help facilitate this (as work, children, and other responsibilities reduce our time) is the logistics of how we play. Most of my games are fortnightly three hour face-to-face table top sessions in [...]
Organize Your Information With Evernote
From Jared Hunt http://www.jaredhunt.ca Evernote is a free service that I’ve used on Mac, iPhone, and iPad. There are versions for other mobiles and for Windows as well. It is a simple word processing program that incorporates online storage so you can share your notes across any number of your computers and devices. http://www.evernote.com One [...]