Posts Tagged by gm’s day
| March 4, 2013 | Posted by Martin Ralya |
Happy GM’s Day! GM’s Day started on EN World back in 2002, and is now in its 11th year. The date, March 4, sums it up: March Fo(u)rth for GM’s Day. Today is also the anniversary of Gary Gygax’s death in 2008, and in my mind the coincidence of those two dates, while not a happy one because I’d much rather still have Gary in the world, is fitting. He gave us a tremendous amount, gamers in general and GMs in particular. So sláinte, Gary,…
| March 4, 2012 | Posted by Martin Ralya |
Happy GM’s Day! This most excellent holiday rolls around every year on March fourth, hence the slogan “March Fo(u)rth for GM’s Day,” and I believe this will be the 10th anniversary of GM’s Day. (You can read about the history on GM’s Day on EN World.) In keeping with 2012′s “more meat, less meta” approach here on the Stew, we’re going to share some of our favorite cross-game-applicable (IE, not necessarily system-neutral, but usable with more than one game) resources. Resources, in this case, means…
| March 4, 2011 | Posted by Martin Ralya |
Happy GM’s Day! To celebrate this, the Earth’s finest holiday, I wanted to highlight some resources we’ve posted that relate to seven specific topics: Setting up your gaming space Props and materials Technology Prep-light GMing and improvisation Adventures First-time GMing Treasure With over 850 articles, these aren’t the only seven topics we’ve covered in depth, but they offer a good cross-section of the Stew and its 10 current authors, and they all feature evergreen articles — the kind you can come back to in six…
| March 4, 2010 | Posted by Martin Ralya |
It’s March fourth, and you know what that means: we all march fo(u)rth for GM’s Day! Happy GM’s Day from all of us gnomes, from the bottom of our grubby gnomish hearts* — GMs of the world, you rock! This year, we’re officially lame: We’re so insanely busy getting all of our ducks in the row for the upcoming release of our first book, Eureka: 501 Adventure Plots to Inspire Game Masters (announced last weekend), that we’re pulling long nights after long days and have…
| March 4, 2009 | Posted by Kurt "Telas" Schneider |
In honor of GM’s Day, I’d like to help out the beleaguered GMs out there with some universal advice on how to be polite. Players, this applies to you, too! The Golden Rule: Treat others as you would have them treat you. There’s a reason this formula shows up in almost every human culture. Some general guidelines: Bathe daily, even if you’re at Gen Con. Hell, especially if you’re at Gen Con. Wear some kind of deodorant. If you think you don’t smell, you’re wrong;…
| March 4, 2009 | Posted by Matthew J. Neagley |
You think you know a little something about a genre, then you uncover a fact that turns everything on it’s ear. Here’s a little sample: In 1968, John A. Russo and George A. Romero pioneered a new genre in film with Night of the Living Dead, generally accepted to be the progenitor of the Zombie Survival Horror genre. In addition, this was the first instance of the word zombie being used to describe the shambling risen corpses we understand zombies to be today. Prior to Night of the Living Dead, zombies were mindless victims…
