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Gnome Stew won the silver ENnie Award for Best Blog in
2011 and
2010 -- thank you for your support! Online since 2008, we've published
1,110 articles packed with GMing tips and advice, as well as
two books for GMs. Our
top 30 articles make a great starting point for new readers.
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This year, we're trying something new: A Cyber Monday sale, today only, on DriveThruRPG: $16.95 for the Masks + Eureka PDF bundle (normally $26.95, or $16.95 individually), and $9.95 for Masks or Eureka separately (normally $16.95).
This is the best price we've ever offered on Masks and Eureka in PDF, and it will only last until the end of the day
Here are the links:
Masks + Eureka PDFs for $16.95
Masks ...
With the conclusion of my most recent Corporation campaign, I have been working on the prep for my new All For One campaign. As with any new campaign I run, I like to try to shake things up, doing things differently from campaign to campaign. In my previous Corporation campaign there were very few reoccurring NPCs (largely because the players did not leave a lot of witnesses), and ...
I am likely the last blogger on the Internet to get their Gen Con recap posted, but a combination of work deadlines, Con Crud, generating some spousal karma, and my regularly scheduled game conspired against me. Overall it was a very good Gen Con, and I had a great time seeing old friends, meeting new friends, and doing some needed shopping. So here is my 2011 Gen Con ...
Hello. I wanted to let everyone know that myself, John Arcadian, and Matt Neagley were interviewed on the ENnie award winning podcast, Atomic Array (Episode 56), and the episode is now available directly from their site or on iTunes. Ed and Rone were great hosts and we had a great time chatting with them. So download the episode, break out your headphones, and give us a listen.
What? You ...
This coming Sunday (May 1st) after you have gotten over your Royal Wedding hangover, is Gen Con Event Registration. For those attending, this is the time for the mad scramble to get into events before your fellow dice monkeys grab all the free seats. For some there will be the sweet taste of victory and for others just a fist full of Generic tickets and a mass of ...
Our Black Friday/Cyber Monday sale went so well that we're bringing it back for the holidays: From now through December 31, 2010, you can get Gnome Stew's first book, Eureka: 501 Adventure Plots to Inspire Game Masters, for 29% off.
Buy Eureka now!
Free 19-page sample PDF
That's $11.95 for the PDF ($5 off) and $24.95 ($10 off) for the print + PDF bundle. Eureka has gotten rave reviews, is a ...
Want to buy a copy of Eureka: 501 Adventure Plots to Inspire Game Masters as a Christmas gift? Still haven't picked up a copy for yourself?
For the first time, we're putting Eureka on sale for four days -- Black Friday through Cyber Monday, November 26-29.
Eureka is normally $34.95 as a print + PDF bundle and $16.95 as a PDF, but during the sale you can get Gnome Stew's ...
Eureka has been nominated for a 2010 Golden Geek Award for Best Supplement!
Thank you VERY much to all of the Gnome Stew readers who voted to get Eureka nominated -- this is a huge and unexpected honor.
The Golden Geek Awards are given out every year by BoardGameGeek, one of the largest and best-known board gaming communities on the web. They recently began covering RPGs and video games, and ...
This year's Golden Geek Awards include RPGs and RPG-related products (as well as board games), and Gnome Stew's book, Eureka: 501 Adventure Plots to Inspire Game Masters, is eligible to be nominated.
It's a two-stage process: First folks can nominate products, and then the top 10 nominees in each category are voted on to determine the winners.
Eureka is our baby, and we'd love to win a Golden Geek Award ...
Today is the unofficial last day to post a Gen Con review, and I did not want 2010 to go by without saying a few things about my experiences at Gen Con. As always, it was an exciting time filled with new games, new ideas, and great friends. I will do my best to give you a high level overview of all the things that went on this ...
As the week of distilled geekery known as Gen Con comes to an end, I am sleep-deprived, mentally exhausted, and exhilarated. Much was achieved, much was learned, and much fun was had. The Good As probably know by now, Gnome Stew won a silver ENnie (and I jumped off the stage wearing a kilt – not one of my brighter moments). We’re honored to ...
Preorders for the print + PDF bundle of Gnome Stew's first book, Eureka: 501 Adventure Plots to Inspire Game Masters closed July 22, and after a bit of behind-the-scenes work, the PDF version of Eureka is now available in the Engine Publishing online store.
The PDF is 314 pages, DRM-free, fully hyperlinked and bookmarked, and costs $16.95. Orders are processed by our e-commerce system, so if you buy the ...
2010 ENnie Awards: Gnome Stew is nominated!
Gnome Stew was nominated for Best Blog in the 2010 ENnies, and we'd love to have your support. Vote for Gnome Stew here -- it's free, takes 30 seconds, and requires no registration.
Eureka
Today is the last day that you can preorder Gnome Stew's new book, Eureka: 501 Adventure Plots to Inspire Game Masters, in the Engine Publishing online store.
For $34.95, you'll get ...
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It's possible that by now you may have heard that we Gnomes wrote a book: Eureka: 501 Adventure Plots to Inspire Game Masters. You may also know that we Gnome love a good convention, and that we are big fans of GenCon. And if you have been a reader for any time, you ...
Preorders for Gnome Stew's first book, Eureka: 501 Adventure Plots to Inspire Game Masters, are now open:
Preorder Eureka now in the Engine Publishing online store!
Featuring a foreword by gaming industry legend Monte Cook, Eureka contains 501 complete adventure plots usable with almost any roleplaying game, plus GMing advice and tools for making the most of every plot.
Each plot includes a hook to draw your players in, an outline ...
