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One of the things I love about Blades in the...
Read Moreby Phil Vecchione | Nov 26, 2025 | Game Mastering, GMing Advice
One of the things I love about Blades in the...
Read Moreby Josh Storey | Nov 21, 2025 | Game Mastering, Tools for GMs
The perfect game notebook doesn’t exist. That said, out of all of the notebooks I’ve tried—physical, digital, or otherwise—I’ve yet to find an option as close to perfect as Obsidian. I love it a lot, and what’s the point of writing for a TTRPG blog if you can’t share that nerdy love with others? So here’s a rundown of why I think you should try Obsidian with some tips for how you can use it to organize your campaigns, improve your prep, and evolve the way you run sessions.
Read Moreby Poddy Gnomington | Nov 19, 2025 | Gnomecast
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Read Moreby J.T. Evans | Nov 14, 2025 | Game Mastering, GMing Advice, Player Advice
Session zero is packed. Like, really packed,...
Read Moreby Poddy Gnomington | Nov 5, 2025 | Gnomecast
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Read Moreby Phil Vecchione | Oct 29, 2025 | Game Mastering, GMing Advice
In my current Blades in the Dark game, I started...
Read Moreby J.T. Evans | Oct 24, 2025 | Game Mastering, GMing Advice
How large is your RPG group? Small? Large?...
Read Moreby Poddy Gnomington | Oct 22, 2025 | Gnomecast
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Read Moreby Jesse Edmond | Oct 17, 2025 | Game Mastering, GMing Advice
The problem isn’t the mechanic. It’s the framing. Rerolls are inherently dramatic — a refusal to accept failure, a desperate second chance — but most games treat them as paperwork.
The solution is simple: give rerolls a ritual.
Read Moreby Jared Rascher | Oct 13, 2025 | Reviews
Kobold Press sent me a review copy of The Art of...
Read Moreby Josh Storey | Oct 10, 2025 | Game Mastering, GMing Advice
“Everything’s a reboot....
Read Moreby Poddy Gnomington | Oct 8, 2025 | Gnomecast
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Read Moreby Drew Bassett | Oct 3, 2025 | Game Mastering, General, GMing Advice
Your weapons are more than just damage dice.
Read Moreby J.T. Evans | Sep 29, 2025 | Game Mastering, GMing Advice
NPCs in your RPGs come in all shapes, sizes,...
Read Moreby Phil Vecchione | Sep 26, 2025 | Game Mastering, General, GMing Advice
Every week, I run a game on Sunday evenings....
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