One thing we've been wanting to do since we first launched Gnome Stew is have a contest for our readers -- and here we are with our first contest! Last week I promised that the prizes would be surprising. We've never seen a contest like this one on any other gaming site, and we're thrilled to be able to offer something this unique to our readers. World oF Twilights Studio Gnome ...

Welcome back, ye tired, ye broke and ye awesomed-out! Here's what you missed on Gnome Stew while you were in Indy (thanks for suggesting this, Troy!): Monday ('cause let's be honest: Mentally, you started GenCon at least this early) D&D Burgoo (4.0): Remaking the Realms IV: Adventure Hooks Along the Rauvin, Troy's adventure seeds for the re-imagined Realms, and The Best Break from GMing: Playing, my simple recommendation for recharging your ...

(8:55 pm MST) Since I couldn't be there this year, I've been tormenting myself by reading GenCon tidbits, and I just saw some awesome news: DungeonMastering.com won the gold ENnie for Best Fan Product! That's totally badass -- nice, nice work, Yax. You deserve it, and I think this will be an inspiration to RPG bloggers everywhere. I know it will be an inspiration for Gnome Stew next year. I was ...

Worldwide Adventure Writing Month ended yesterday, and we emailed our completed monstrosity to Jeff, the WoAdWriMo coordinator, with just a few hours to spare. "Gnomes Gone Wild" features six encounters by six different authors using six different game systems. It's every bit as playable as it sounds! The Greatest Encounters Ever Written It's like pissing gasoline into a volcano! Porno + gnomes + Fudge = Gnaughty Gnomish Gnurses in “Is That ...

Dungeon Mastering has been nominated for a 2008 ENnie Award for Best Fan Product, and I want to urge you to vote for Yax and his site. Back when I ran Treasure Tables, I supported Yax when he was just starting Dungeon Mastering. Since then, Yax's site has grown into a fun, exuberant and useful resource for D&D game masters, and in my opinion one of the best RPG ...

New here? Welcome to the Stew! I wrote this post to help you squeeze the most out of Gnome Stew. We're always working to make this site as easy to use as possible, and we've added a number of little features since our launch back in May -- even regular readers might find something useful on this list. Subscribe We post a lot of GMing articles -- over 100 in our ...

Yep: One hundred posts old. My custom dice tray review was our 100th article since we went live on May 12th, 2008. I expected us to have posted about half that many articles by now, so my first thank you goes to my fellow gnomes: John Arcadian, Patrick Benson, Walt Ciechanowski, DNAphil, Scott Martin, Adam Nave, Matthew J. Neagley, Kurt "Telas" Schneider and Troy E. Taylor (click on any ...

The second annual Worldwide Adventure Writing Month starts tomorrow, July 1st. Last year's WoAdWriMo generated seven free adventures that you can download or read online. The guidelines last year included a goal of 32 pages, but that suggestion is gone from this year's event -- you can write as little or as much as you like. The many lazy gnomes who write Gnome Stew will be climbing out of our ...

Before there was a Gnome Stew, there was Treasure Tables. Martin, resident Head Gnome of the stew, started Treasure Tables as a blog dedicated to articles on advice for GMs. He posted every weekday for over two years and racked up an impressive 779 posts! He also started a forum at Treasure Tables where many of the gnomes met online and discussed our current games, sought help for problems ...

We have a logo! It was created by my friend Darren Hardy, who is made of solid awesome. We hope you like it. Here's a closeup so you can see more of the details in the gnomes' faces (I love their little Xed out eyes). As an aside to WotC: See what happens when you take gnomes out of 4th Edition? See! They volunteered for stew duty -- you drove them ...

We've been floored by the level of response Gnome Stew has gotten since we went live in the wee small hours of the morning on Monday, May 12th, and we have a host of folks to thank. Dungeon Mastering, Musings of the Chatty DM and Tactical Studies Rules got things started by writing about the Stew before we'd even launched. With our sneaky "You've found Gnome Stew" teaser site in ...

Today is launch day on Gnome Stew, and we couldn't be happier to have you here -- welcome to the Stew! Gnome Stew is a brand new blog written by GMs, for GMs. We think about GMing in every waking moment (okay, GMing and hot, hot gnome sex meals), so we figured we'd put our obsession to good use. Here on Gnome Stew, it's all game mastering, all the ...