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Aug 16, 2010 by 19

Bottling Lightning: Coming Up With the Core Idea for a Campaign

In le Pot de Suggestiones, Gnome Stew reader scoopsy asked this excellent question: I’m fairly good at coming up with adventures and adventure hooks (and Eureka! is there for those times when I’m not), but I frequently find it difficult to tie them into a larger, compelling campaign. If we spend more than 2-3 sessions on a villain or plotline, it seems I start losing people and then it’s ...
Oct 21, 2008 by 17

Waypoints: Shorten Your Game Prep with This Conceptual Tool

I have no idea if this concept has been floated before, but it's new to me -- and it's been enormously helpful over the past couple of weeks. As my Mage game draws to a close, I'm working towards a specific ending scene. I don't know what'll happen in that scene -- more to the point, what the PCs will do -- but I know what I want it ...

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