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23 July

Burst of Insight—Ask the Experts Returns, Competitive Game Mastery

Written by Andrew Marlowe

For a cooperative hobby we’re still a pretty competitive bunch whether it’s old school tournament modules scoring a party’s progress through an adventure, the American Idol styled RPG Superstar (and its successors) helping the industry find new designers or...

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11 July

Behind the Screens: The Best Seat in the House

Written by Jefferson Thacker

I don’t think that most GMs sit at the right spot at the table. As a GM I’m always trying to think of ways to keep my players more engaged in our games. Besides storytelling and funny voices, I...

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10 June

Burst of Insight—Don’t Steal the Spotlight from the PCs

Written by Andrew Marlowe

Keeping with the plan from two weeks ago I thought I’d hit and expand on the next short piece of advice from my bullet point list: Spotlight the PCs. Your player’s characters should reside at the center of your...

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28 May

Burst of Insight—Break Rules. Split the Party

Written by Andrew Marlowe

This week I thought I’d survey a few short tips for GMs to use in their games. But as I began writing my first entry about splitting the party I discovered I had a lot more to say than...

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14 May

Burst of Insight—Flash-forward Scenes that Won’t Break Your Campaign

Written by Andrew Marlowe

Stories can be told in a wide variety of ways using flash-backs, flash-forwards, skipping to the side to tell a part of the narrative from a different character’s point of view but in RPGs we often only tell stories...

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19 March

Burst of Insight—Crowd-Sourced World Building

Written by Andrew Marlowe

Or Friends Don’t Let GMs World Build Alone. I hate to use the phrase crowdsourcing in terms of world building but it’s mostly appropriate. Maybe better would be player-sourced world building. Well whatever we decide to call it I...

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