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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 1,109 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.

"I check Gnome Stew every day." -- Monte Cook
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"If you aren’t reading Gnome Stew, you’re missing out." -- Wolfgang Baur

Nov 3, 2010 by 12

Donate to the Bagram AFB Gaming Community: Help Our Troops Game

A few days ago, we got an email from Jason, who writes The Action Point, asking if we'd help spread the word about the Bagram AFB Gaming Community and help drive some donations. He's since put up that page and created a process for folks who are interested in helping out, and I'm here to tell you about it. "Bagram AFB" is Bagram Air Force Base in Afghanistan, where ...
Jan 22, 2010 by 3

A Community of Gamers

I recently volunteered to run a couple of sessions for the new con in town this upcoming weekend on Saturday and Sunday. I already know the organizers from their previous efforts, where they coordinated game days at local library. In many ways this is just a bigger version of their library game days- though much more ambitious, including an attendance fee, five time slots with six games apiece ...
Jul 6, 2009 by 10

Johnny’s Five – Five Things To Learn From Gaming Conventions

I just got back from my most recent trip to the Origins Games Fair. While we Gnomes will be at Gencon en masse, Origins has always been my home convention. Its about 2 hours away from me, has a lot of people I know and they think we’re the source to go to for game mastering advice. Besides the 2 big name gaming conventions and a few big ...
May 28, 2009 by 7

RPG Blogs and Websites: Enter the 2009 ENnies

From 2009 GenCon EN World RPG Awards ("the ENnies") judge Jeramy Ware's blog, May 26: Our only real worry at this point is the Website category, which is sorely lacking. So, if you know anyone that has a site or blog that you'd like to see considered, please ask them to enter. It's easy for people to see all the great books and services that publishers put out, but forget ...

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