My crystal ball tells me you need…more gaming blogs to read…or…more players. Either way, I’ve got you covered: • Game On: Aleph Gaming: TT reader Aleph recently started a gaming blog with a twist: He covers a different aspect of gaming each weekday, from video games to...
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Link roundups like this one make me feel like I’m behind… • Deeper in the Game: Chris Chinn has been back since July, and I didn’t find out until this week! Chris wrote the now-defunct RPG theory blog Deep in the Game, as well as the TT post Social Contracts for RPG Groups....
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For today’s roundup, four markedly different GMing links: • RPG Blog II: After closing the original RPG Blog due to time constraints, Zachary Houghton is back with a new incarnation of his site. This time around, he’s focusing not only on general RPG-related stuff but on being a...
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In today’s link roundup, tips for new GMs, and maps, maps, maps: • Four Common Pitfalls for New GMs: Kit Reshawn’s excellent Roleplaying Tips article covers GMPC issues, spotlight time, clues and PC deaths — all great topics for folks who are just getting started on their...
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Via EN World, I was just reminded that John Kim maintains an amazingly comprehensive list of free RPGs that are available online. The full list includes over 500 titles, ranging from well-known games like FUDGE to quickstart rules (like the Alternity Fast Play books) and engaging oddballs, like...
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Congratulations to Peter Seckler for being the first person to complete the first ever Worldwide Adventure Writing Month challenge! Peter finished his scenario, The Maze of Cherno, a D&D 3.5e adventure for low-level PCs, with 13 days to spare — no mean feat. I’ve added “The...
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The Wizards of the Coast website offers a free utility called Dungeon Tile Mapper for GMs. Starting with a blank grid, you drag and drop tiles from WotC’s various Dungeon Tiles products (which are quite pretty). Once they’re on the map, you can move them around, rotate them, etc. You...
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Happy GM’s Day! Whether you’re running a badass session in your current campaign, taking a day off from GMing or didn’t realize that today was a holiday at all, I’d like to invite you to pause for a moment and celebrate GM’s Day with TT. As we March Fo(u)rth for...
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Megastructures, an article in Strange Horizons, is all about fantastically large objects in science fiction — “any single artifact that challenges human preconceptions of size,” from Dyson spheres to space elevators and Halo’s ring. The best of these are awe-inpsiring...
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Via a news item on Gaming Report, I just saw that KenzerCo is offering many of their out-of-print titles as print on demand (POD) books on Lulu. Several larger RPG publishers already sell their OOP products in PDF form (White Wolf and Wizards of the Coast, for example, each have hundreds of PDFs...
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