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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 1,109 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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Aug 12, 2011 by 2

Tax-Free Gaming

It’s that time of year again. When the temperatures hit the triple digits, when downtown Indianapolis gets funky, and when kids are squeezing as much fun out of the last little bits of summer before school starts. That’s right, it’s time for tax-free weekends and back to school sales. Time to pick up another year’s worth of gaming supplies. Even if your state isn’t ...
Aug 14, 2010 by 6

Want Cheap Gaming Supplies?

It’s that time again, when summer starts to wind down and back-to-school sales start to spool up. In honor or celebration (or simple vote-whoring), many states in the US will have Tax Free Weekends. For two reasons, this is an excellent time to stock up on school gaming supplies (sorry, but Cheetos are still taxed). Reason Number One is simple: No sales taxes on school supplies. The ...
Mar 25, 2009 by 28

The Successor to Tact-Tiles: Battlegraph Dry Erase Boards, aka Battle Boards (the Stew Interviews their Creator)

Chances are good that as a GM, you've heard about Tact-Tiles (often mis-identified as Tac-Tiles): modular, interlocking dry-erase boards with built-in 1" grids suitable for use with miniatures. And if you're lucky enough to have bought a set while they were still being produced, you guard them with your life. I've used my set more or less constantly for over three years, and every single person I've gamed with ...

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