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Simple Sandbox Economics – 4 Tips

A GM had this tip request: Any ideas of emulating/tracking a robust economy in osr style sandboxes? Good question. Here are a few tips and then I’ll end with some resources. Create a Treasure Budget I call this Treasure Crawl in my sandbox creation checklist. Forecast at each level or tier, to the projected end […]

Turn Travel Into Fun Setbacks – 3 Ways

Roleplaying Tips Newsletter #1219 Brief Word From Johnn We played session #5 of Basilica yesterday. The old memory muscles for Basic D&D slowly return, as does the OSR mindset, which I’m really enjoying. It’s wonderful not turning to the rulebook every time to figure out what to do or how to adjudicate a player action. […]

Special Equipment Tips

From Johnn Four Roleplaying Tips Newsletter #0268 A Brief Word From Johnn Gamer Classifieds Are A Go – Contact Me For Details I received dozens of positive responses on the issue of including Gamer Classifieds at the end of the e-zine, and one negative one, so we’ll give them a whirl. In case you missed […]

Fun Facts and Data On Historical, Alternative Mounts – Part II

From Paul Cardwell Roleplaying Tips Newsletter #0254 Fun Facts and Data On Historical, Alternative Mounts – Part II Please note: Terminology, chronology, and movements are taken from Mythworld Bestiary, and used by permission. This is the second half of an article focused on providing real data and information on alternative types of mounts to help […]

Fun Facts and Data On Historical, Alternative Mounts – Part I

From Paul Cardwell Roleplaying Tips Newsletter #0253 Fun Facts and Data On Historical, Alternative Mounts – Part I Please note: Terminology, chronology, and movements are taken from Mythworld Bestiary, and used by permission. I will readily admit that this essay was inspired by Garry and Susan Stahl’s superb articles, RPT#241 – Gaming The Horse and […]

Gaming The Horse – Part II

From Garry & Susan Stahl Roleplaying Tips Newsletter #0242 A Brief Word From Johnn #0242 Skipped A Week Last week slipped through my fingers and there was no issue. My apologies! Hopefully you’ll find this week’s issue full of useful facts about horses and GMing tips. Best Quote This Issue This line from Ryan’s Leadership […]

Gaming The Horse – Part I

From Garry & Susan Stahl Roleplaying Tips Newsletter #0241 A Brief Word From Johnn First Game Of A New Campaign! Well, this week I finally got my first game session under my belt after almost a year hiatus from the GM seat. It felt good to be the old windbag again, though it’ll take a […]

Tips On Managing Mundane Equipment

From Johnn Four Roleplaying Tips Newsletter #0192 A Brief Word From Johnn GM Mastery Yahoo! Group A few subscribers have written in recently about info on the Yahoo! group I sometimes draw tips from (with permission, of course). It’s a moderated group (thanks Neil Faulkner, Bill Hein, and Joachim Schipper for being great moderators!) that […]

Running A Sci-Fi Game Setting Well: 8 Tips For Newbie GMs

From Jonathan Hicks Roleplaying Tips Newsletter #0123 A Brief Word From Johnn Supplemental #7: City Places now available! Remember my request waaay back in Issue #81 for buildings and places ideas for cities? Well, I’m finally making good on that promise and I have a whole bunch of lists and ideas ready for you, all […]

5 Poisonous Tips

Roleplaying Tips Newsletter #0122 A Brief Word From Johnn Thanks For The NPC Ideas! Thanks to the 100+ Tips readers who sent in their ideas and feedback for my NPC eBook! I was surprised by the kind of requests that came in, and because of your feedback I have completely changed a major portion of […]