Crowdsourcing: How it is Working

Jeff quietly pointed out that the community at large made some great material that he’d used himself and dismissing it all as not working wasn’t quite the best route.

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Cooking Up the Big Show

Gaming is like cooking, you have to be prepared, have all the rights ingredients and a little TLC goes a long way (that way they really don’t expect the traps).

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My Favorite Job: The Holy Man

I love playing Clerics; Paladins; anything with a bent towards the higher calling. For me it’s always added depth to characters.

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How to Build a One Sheet Adventure

While I was writing Game Mastering on the Fly I started thinking about Savage Worlds One Sheets and what it would take to design one.  Most of them are written like fleshed out hooks with images and fleshed out enemies. For example in “Feast of Famine” a Deadlands: Reloaded Savage Worlds One Sheet (really guys [...]

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Game Mastering on the Fly

I’ve previously discussed organizing your hooks but what if your new to Game Mastering and don’t really know what a hook is and don’t know why you should keep them all organized. A hook is a couple of sentences that give you a jumping off point to begin an adventure. You should keep them easily [...]

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Organizing your Hooks

Adventure hooks are a must have for every GM’s arsenal. A list of quick plots to get you going is amazing when used at the right time, but how do you organize such a beast? Use Evernote.

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