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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Tag: Dungeons and dragons
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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Ask The GM: Midseason Addition
Colette asks - Hi! I’m DMing a campaign for three friends, and one of those friend’s girlfriends is interested in joining. I like her and think she’ll be fine, but I’m having trouble thinking…
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Ask The GM: Making A Wizard Wizardy
Tim asks - I currently play a wizard in my D&D 5e campaign. Folks listen to our game so the advice I am looking for is - what are some fun things to make…
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Ask The GM: Time To Die
Claudio asks - My players and I are in the middle of a long campaign. There are five players in the group and the rest of the campaign is probably going to deal with…
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Ask The GM: Rooting Against Us
Beth asks - I'm in a campaign with a GM I generally like, but one thing he does is really grating. Whenever we’re in combat and he’s rolling for an enemy, he’ll curse if…
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Ask The GM: New Friends, Old Gamers
Max asks - I'm running a short adventure for some friends, some of whom know each other well and some who haven't met each other. All of them are experienced role players. How do…
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Ask The GM: How To Build A World
Beth asks - I love being a GM and I want to challenge myself. I’d like to use the D&D 5th edition rules but create my own world to run a campaign in. What…
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Ask The GM: What About Silly Rules?
Ben asks - What is the silliest or most absurd rule that you enforce as a GM? Ben, let's first define "silly." There are plenty of bad or cumbersome rules (see my column about encumbrance), but…
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