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Award-Winning GMing Advice

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.

"I check Gnome Stew every day." -- Monte Cook
"fantastic blog for game masters, dungeon masters, and rpg fans" -- Wil Wheaton
"If you aren’t reading Gnome Stew, you’re missing out." -- Wolfgang Baur

May 27, 2011 by 13

State Of The Stew: We Are Listening

Hello, DNAphil here.  Normally articles about the direction of Gnome Stew are done by our Gnome In Chief, Martin.  This week starts the big layout crunch for Masks and Martin is sequestered away helping to put the final touches on what we are expecting to be a worthy sequel to Eureka.  So while Martin is locked away pouring over text, I am going to take a few hundred ...
Jan 24, 2010 by 7

Gnome Stew Crushes Facebook Under Our Diminutive Felt Boots

We just created another way to connect with Gnome Stew: our Facebook page. There you can become a fan of the Stew, post weird photos of your butt on our wall, and generally help make our wives wonder even more what the hell we do all day when we're "working on Gnome Stew." Like all gnomes, we're obsessed with a) connecting with our fans and readers, and b) CRUSHING THE ...
Jul 31, 2008 by 16

Troy’s Crock Pot: Goodbye Gleemax, we hardly got to know each other through you

What’s the Crock Pot? Just a simmering bowl of lentils and herbs, with a dash of DMing observations. Don’t be afraid to dip in your ladle and stir, or throw in something from your own spice rack. Gaming brains don't belong in jars Wizards of the Coast will pull the plug on the gaming social networking site Gleemax in September. The site was difficult to navigate — a crippling factor for a ...

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