Ask The GM: Overpowered Player
Gene asks - I’m running a fifth edition D&D campaign that’s been going on for about two and a half years. We have five players but average three or four per session. One player,…
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Ask The GM: New To Gaming, New To Nerd Stuff
Larry asks - I'm pretty familiar with D&D via the computer golden age of Black Isle Studios, but just recently started playing PnP this year. So far I've been having a blast and I'm…
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Ask The GM: NPC Distrust
Greg asks - The game I’m running has gone off the rails. Two of my players are certain that an NPC that they are supposed to like and trust are going to betray them.…
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Ask The GM – Staying Organized
Katherine asks - So when I plan for a campaign I have an overall end goal for the party (that sometimes changes depending on the circumstances), but I tend to only plan in small…
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Ask the GM: Pay for Play
Joe L asks - I’ve been running games for a while and was thinking that I could probably charge people to run a campaign for them. How do you think running a paid campaign…
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Ask The GM: Ambiance Boosters
Dylan asks - I sometimes feel like I’m losing the players’ concentration. What can I do to make sure players stay interested in the game even when they’re not the center of attention? Dylan,…
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Ask The GM: Fully Improvised Adventure
Mike C. asks - How tough would it be to run a campaign (or even just a session) with no notes at all? Mike, I love this question because it comes from a place…
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Ask The GM: Working With Rookies
David asks - I've been running a campaign with a group for a little over a year. For the majority of them this has been their first exposure to pen-and-paper games, so I have…
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Ask The GM: Breaking Up With The Game
Von asks - How can I break up with my DM? I’m about 18 months into a weekly campaign and my life is just getting too busy. I still have time to play but…
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Ask The GM: Big Bad In Absentia
Mike J. asks - I’m running a Traveller campaign, and the party is the crew of a spaceship. I had planned to have them get involved in a big interplanetary war and eventually come…
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