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Science Fiction For Fantasy GMs II - Waiter, There's A Magic Sword In My Space Soup

Jens Alm wrote 2 weeks ago: To say that the posting on this blog has been infrequent lately is akin to saying that Palin for vic … more →

Tags: Generic, Fantasy, Gming, RPG, Science Fiction, Worldbuilding

My roleplaying history9 comments

Olorin wrote 3 weeks ago: A roleplaying active and a rising name in the finnish scene, Sami Koponen, encouraged a handfull of … more →

Tags: Games, RolePlaying

Feedback, the other other white meat

hortum wrote 1 month ago: Its amazing really, how we indulge ourselves in our civilization, our music, Ipods, we are on the in … more →

Tags: divine inspirations, Player´s Divan, Gaming, GM, GM Tips, RolePlaying, RPG, tabletop games, TRPG

Observation and body language: The other speech

hortum wrote 1 month ago: Being a psychologist is no easy task let me tell you, when you sit in front of a person for an inter … more →

Tags: campaign journals, Gamemastering Laboratory, Player´s Divan, Gaming, GM, GM Tips, RolePlaying, RPG, Tabletop

Sterotypes, tropes, baits and switch1 comment

hortum wrote 1 month ago: For those who have enjoyed the blog so far sorry that I haven´t been around, between college classes … more →

Tags: campaign journals, divine inspirations, Gamemastering Laboratory, Player´s Divan, Gaming, GM, GM Tips, RPG, Tabletop

Template: The GM´s best friend

hortum wrote 1 month ago: I´m a highly improvisational GM, I´m always thinking on my feet and barely keep notes or prepare for … more →

Tags: Gamemastering Laboratory, Pre-adventuring, Fantasy, GM, GM Tips, RolePlaying, RPG, TRPG

The freedom of railroading, part 3

moredice wrote 2 months ago: Now, what exactly is railroading? As a term in tabletop roleplaying games it is somewhat similar to … more →

Tags: gamemastering, tabletop RPG, Railroading, role playing game

The freedom of railroading, part 2

moredice wrote 3 months ago: (click here for the first part of this series) I used to believe that one of the ways to inspire dra … more →

Tags: gamemastering, tabletop RPG, Dungeons and Dragons, Mage: the Awakening, Railroading, role playing game

The freedom of railroading, part 1

moredice wrote 3 months ago: The last couple of years I’ve gamemastered a few role-playing games, including Mage the Awaken … more →

Tags: tabletop RPG, gamemastering, Mage: the Awakening, Dungeons and Dragons, role playing game, Railroading

Science Fiction for Fantasy GMs I, aka Orcs in Spaaaaaace!!!3 comments

Jens Alm wrote 4 months ago: I’m not very much into fantasy literature. The little non-work-related reading I manage tend t … more →

Tags: D&D 4E, Generic, Fantasy, Gming, RPG, Science Fiction, Worldbuilding

DM'ing: day one update

fergusonfinn wrote 4 months ago: So as I mentioned I haven’t DM’d in many years, so we set aside some time to run some te … more →

Tags: D&D, DMing, Dungeonmastering, Dungeons and Dragons, RPGs

Chilling Heat, part 4

Olorin wrote 4 months ago: Dick lying lifelessly in a puddle of blood and Megan sobbing in the corner, Derek and Osmon were scr … more →

Tags: Chilling Heat, RolePlaying, Unknown Armies

Chilling heat, part 3

Olorin wrote 4 months ago: Okay, so I was thinking of commenting the contents of the previous post, but I realized that there r … more →

Tags: Chilling Heat, RolePlaying, Unknown Armies

DM'ing: Day One Approaches

fergusonfinn wrote 4 months ago: Finally kicking off the mechanics phase of DMing a campaign. Basically, in an effort to not screw up … more →

Tags: D&D, DMing, Dungeonmastering, Dungeons and Dragons

Planning, Planning ... oh, damn--forgot about the players! 2 comments

fergusonfinn wrote 5 months ago: So, straight up–the adventure  I’m working on is not supposed to be just a crawl.  And a … more →

Tags: D&D, DMing, Dungeonmastering, Dungeons and Dragons, Pathfinder Setting, RPGs

Chilling heat, part 2

Olorin wrote 5 months ago: So, let’s get this show on the road again. From now on this might get kinda ruminative, but at … more →

Tags: Chilling Heat, RolePlaying, Unknown Armies

The Dwarven Gate Puzzle1 comment

Jens Alm wrote 5 months ago: Edit: There’s a follow-up to this post here. The other day, my group of players were encounter … more →

Tags: D&D 4E, Generic, Traps and Puzzles

Thoughts on Skill Challenges

Jens Alm wrote 5 months ago: With Skill Challenges, Wizards made perhaps the most experimental change in D&D 4E. For a high-p … more →

Tags: D&D 4E, 4E, Skill Challenges

campaign creation: of poodles and hoops

fergusonfinn wrote 6 months ago: We were talking today about the balance between the pleasure and pain of crafting a campaign or adve … more →

Tags: D&D, DMing, Dungeonmastering, Dungeons and Dragons, Pathfinder Setting, RPGs


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