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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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Jul 9, 2010 by 5

Read The Book, Meet The Gnomes

[caption id="attachment_7171" align="alignright" width="300" caption="No Red Bull For Kurt in 2010"][/caption] It's possible that by now you may have heard that we Gnomes wrote a book: Eureka: 501 Adventure Plots to Inspire Game Masters. You may also know that we Gnome love a good convention, and that we are big fans of GenCon.  And if you have been a reader for any time, you ...
May 26, 2010 by 8

27 Uses for the Common Halfling

Here at Gnome Stew we pride ourselves on providing the best GMing advice available. That because gnomes are a sturdy and hard working race. Not halflings. Recently we hired a halfling to do some work on one of our many projects, and making that lump earn his pay was worse than tunnel fighting goblins with a sharp stick and “baked beans McGee” as backup. At the time, ...

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