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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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Nov 4, 2011 by 19

DNAphil’s Digital Campaign Toolbox

I recently started my new All For One campaign, and while I was preparing for its launch, I set up what is now becoming my standard collection of tools for my campaign group. These tools are a collection of various applications that I use to organize my campaign and to keep it running. In today’s article I thought I would dump the toolbox out and show you each tool ...
Aug 25, 2011 by 6

Learning The Game

Those who know me know that I am a polysystemist; a lover of multiple game systems (turns out poly-gam(e)-ist, means something else entirely). While I can remain faithful to a game system for about 6 months to a year, all games eventually are cast to the side for the “next game”. Those same friends also know that when it comes to game mechanics I am kind of lazy ...
Jun 12, 2009 by 20

A Thousand Words: Character Portraits

Since I was 10, there has been one part of the character sheet that has always eluded me…the Character Sketch.  I have never been able to draw, and so on all my character sheets, this box was left empty; mocking me with every character.  During my teenage years, I use to flirt with the idea of paying for a professional character portrait, from one of those ads in ...

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