Adding extra sensations to your game

There’s an important rule in GMing: show, don’t tell. Now, when you put a setting together, you of course tell the players various things, but once the game is in full swing, it’s obviously much more im[...]
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Images as RPG Inspiration

  A picture is worth a thousand words. We have all heard that phrase many times over. Not only can they be worth a thousand words, pictures can sometimes be just the thing to get you over a hurdle when developing yo[...]
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Beyond the Game III: Learning to Become a Better GM

Written by Michael Beck, with contributions and editing by Da’Vane. GM’s Toolbox, looks at tools, tips, and techniques you can use to improve your games. Toolbox offers you a skeleton for running a campaign, rather t[...]
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How to make combat interesting – two suggestions

Go read Zak's great post on the subject from a short while back, and check out Dan Bayn's series on actio scenes on big purple. Why don't I remember all that cool shit when behind the screen?[...]
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Review: The Game Master by Tobiah Panshin

  I thought I’d do something a little different and review something slightly more out of the ordinary. I’d originally planned to have this up and online in November when I first heard about it, but I[...]
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An Overdue Introduction

Hello everyone. I think it’s about time I introduced myself, since it’s been three months since my last post here on Troll. My name’s Benedict, used in full to be less confusing with Mr. Troll himself, [...]
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Beyond the Game II: Roleplaying and Reality

Written by Michael Beck, with contributions and editing by Da’Vane. GM’s Toolbox, looks at tools, tips, and techniques you can use to improve your games. Toolbox offers you a skeleton for running a campaign, rather t[...]
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In Defense of 4e

  Wizards of the Coast announced this week they are working on Dungeons & Dragons 5th edition. Unlike previous releases they are now courting player input. Many long-time players were upset by 4th edition. They[...]
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Ultimate glory: destination or journey?

As a DM returning to the table from a long absence I’d have to say it’s both. The journey is its own self-same reward, but there’s a lot to be said for the accolades and loot you find at the end of the road. Striki[...]
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Beyond the Game I: Handouts and Props

Written by Michael Beck, with contributions and editing by Da’Vane. GM’s Toolbox, looks at tools, tips, and techniques you can use to improve your games. Toolbox offers you a skeleton for running a campaign, rather t[...]
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If you don’t want to suck in older edition D&D…

… and don’t want to up the beginning level at which you start playing the game, then according to some you’re probably out of luck. Is that really the case? Is that the only solution? Is that the best s[...]
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The Echo Of Events To Come: foreshadowing in a campaign structure

The Campain Structure series: Back To Basics Part 1: Adventure Structures Back To Basics Part 2: Campaign Structures Back To Basics Part 3: Example: The White Tower Back To Basics Part 4: Example: The Belt Of Terra In my[...]
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UnderDiscussion 63: WDR’s Pathfinder Campaign Year end review

Welcome to the first episode of the new year and the third calendar year of the podcast. We start things right with an actual episode this year (instead of the bonus boardgame review like last January) with a full house[...]
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Dressed for the occasion

Today I took a trip to the royal castle in Stockholm with my family. The kids loved the suits of plate armour on display, and loved trying helmets on and stuff like that. Looking at these royal and upper class outfits I [...]
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The Nuances of computer use in a simulated world

In Roleplaying Tips #536, Johnn ran a tips request (reproduced below) asking for tips on how to GM computer hacking. I decided that simply offering a few tips wasn’t quite going to cut it, and that the subject dese[...]
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Taking everyman skills to the next level: The Absence of an Alibi

Introduction to ‘Everyman Skills’ As GMs develop in experience, and begin to develop their campaign worlds more extensively, they generally arrive at the idea of everyman skills. Typically, this idea will fir[...]
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Dynamic Affiliations 4E

I mentioned a while ago that I was thinking about adapting the rules for dynamic affiliations from D&D 3.5′s Player’s Handbook II for use in my 4E campaign. My goal is to help differentiate paragon tier[...]
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Back To Basics: Campaign Structures

A short time ago, we received an ATGMs question that made me stop and think for a minute. The question was straightforward; Angeline wrote, “I need some help, I’m a starting DM and I just have so much trouble com[...]
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Back To Basics Part 1: Adventure Structures

A short time ago, we received an ATGMs question that made me stop and think for a minute. The question was straightforward; Angeline wrote, “I need some help, I’m a starting DM and I just have so much trouble com[...]
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Gaming With The Family – Lessons from yesteryear

Today I’m going on a journey a long way down memory lane, in support of the Kids In Gaming initiative at RPGNow. Specifically, I am trying to remember what it was like GMing for my brothers Paul and David. It must [...]
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UnderDiscussion 61: Pathfinder Beginner Box

This week Kat, Hooligan, Slacker, and Freebird join WDR and myself to discuss, review and play with the new Pathfinder Beginner Box from Paizo. We spend the first fifteen minutes or so is a discussion of the contents of[...]
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