The Hard and Soft Skills of GMing
For the past few weeks, I have been in a kind of low-energy state in regards to gaming. Usually during these times, is when I do some soul searching and explore what gaming means to me, my philosophy...
View ArticleMy Path to GM Mastery
So last week, I talked about the Hard and Soft Skills of being a GM. This week, I am going to look at my own path of GM Mastery and see how my recent understanding of hard and soft skills has given me...
View ArticleHome Cookin’ Some Rules
Normally I don’t get into making houserules or my own custom rule sets. Having rarely mastered the Hard Skills of GMing, I tend to shy away from making too many of my own rules, and am content to stick...
View ArticleThe Passing Of Another Master
I am sad to report, that Erick Wujcik, the great game designer, has passed away. It was made public, months ago that he was diagnosed with cancer. I am a great fan of Erick’s work, and when I first...
View ArticleMy Gamer Resume
As part of my Secret Project, I needed to create a document that listed my gamer credentials. A document that detailed my better campaigns, game systems I am familiar with, blogs that I have written...
View ArticleGM-Fu For The Masses!
Early this morning, my fellow GM-Fu master, Vicki Potter, at Tabletop Adventures, announced that our PDF version of our workbook, from this year’s GenCon talk, Mastering Your GM-Fu: Session Prep had...
View ArticleSession Writing– Taking It One Step At A Time
This post was originally published a year ago, but at the behest of some of my fellow bloggers, I am bringing this post, and the two that followed it back over the course of this week. Enjoy. One of...
View ArticleSession Writing– Tools of the Trade
This post was originally published a year ago, but at the behest of some of my fellow bloggers, This is the second in a series of three articles, that will run this week. Enjoy. Last week I discussed...
View ArticleSession Writing- It’s All In The Notes
This post was originally published a year ago, but at the behest of some of my fellow bloggers, This is the last in a series of three articles, that will run this week. Enjoy. Over the past two weeks,...
View ArticleMy GM Definition
A few years ago I read an article on Treasure Tables about How Different RPGs Define the GM’s Role. It was interesting to see how different games, as well as games from different time periods, defined...
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