Gnomecast 236 – Real Life Interruptions
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GM/Player Interactions, Part 1
The tabletop role playing experience is a...
Read MoreGnomecast 235 – Short Campaign Considerations
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Read MoreGnomecast 234 – Positioning the Narrative
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Read MoreIntroducing Gnome Stew’s new AGI – Artificial Gnome Intelligence
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10 Years Wow. I’ve been roaming these...
Read MoreGive ’em A Little Free Play
My Blades in the Dark campaign is due for some...
Read MoreGnomecast 233 – Player Types: The Pros and Cons
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Read MoreGnomecast 232 – The Art of the Con Game
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Read MorePrep is Aspirational
Last month, I talked about When Play Does Not Go...
Read MoreGnomecast 231 – Running Published Adventures
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Read MoreFlirting With the Homies
This Valentine’s Day, if you want to add a little romance to your games, you should be armed with the knowledge of what goes into creating a satisfying romance arc. The ingredients and…techniques…required to bring two (or more) characters to their…narrative climax. So sit down. It’s time we have The Talk.
Read MoreGnomecast 230 – The Points of Metacurrency
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Read MoreGiants Deserve Better
In many TTRPGs, giants have become a simple, escalating challenge: bigger and bigger versions of essentially the same thing, to encounter in tactical fights as your characters progress. A scalable threat, with a side serving of elemental power.
Read MoreWhen Play does not go to Prep
A few weeks ago, I was running my Blades in the...
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