Posts Tagged by deadline

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Today’s guest author is Jonathon Narvey, who blogs about RPG stuff over at Savage Games. Jonathon is a GM (and occasional player), copywriter and political propagandist. He is also the author of a Cthulhu-themed sci-fi novel with lots of tentacles in it, as well as a novel about Yiddish-spouting gangsters fighting for survival in the Middle Eastside. He drinks six cups of coffee a day, minimum. Thanks, Jonathon! Deadlines concentrate the mind. Giving your players the sense that if they don’t do something fast, “something…

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Your new campaign starts in a few hours, and you haven’t done half of the prep you’d planned to. How do you knock out the important bits in the time that’s left? Don’t Panic! No one ever has much prep done as they’d like– you’re just experiencing an extreme version of that common situation. Many wise authors, source book writers, and posters strongly suggest that you not waste your time working up beautiful maps and histories in advance. Let’s get down to brass tacks… Link…