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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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Aug 11, 2011 by 11

RPGGeek: The Most Useful Tool You’re Not Using

This past week, I finished entering and rating my entire RPG collection on RPGGeek, something I've been putting off for two years. I first posted about RPGG -- which is part of Geekdo, the umbrella site that also includes BoardGameGeek and VideoGameGeek -- almost exactly two years ago: Geekdo.com: Pure, Distilled Awesome. RPGG is an amazing tool, and one that many GMs -- and gamers in general -- could ...
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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