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Mar 2, 2009 by Martin Ralya9

White Wolf Preludes, Round-Robin Style

Last night, my group kicked off a Ghouls chronicle set in 1983 (Ghouls being a subset of White Wolf's Vampire RPG -- mortal thralls with minor supernatural powers, each bound by blood to a specific vampire), and our GM put a spin on the traditional prelude mechanic: He ran the session round-robin style. Preludes: Nuts and Bolts In WW games, preludes are solo (one player, one GM) mini-sessions that take ...
Oct 3, 2008 by Martin Ralya10

So You Want to GM a Roleplaying-Intensive Game, Part 4

This is the fourth and final article in this series -- the home stretch. My definition of "roleplaying-intensive" is in Part 1, along with tips 1-3; tips 4-6 are in Part 2 and tips 7-9 are in Part 3.) 10. Driftable Mechanics (This topic was suggested by Gnome Stew reader Irda Ranger -- excellent suggestion, IR.) "Drift" just means taking an element -- usually a mechanic -- from one RPG and ...

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