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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 1,109 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.

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Oct 31, 2010 by 5

Special Halloween Edition: Turn That Dial To 11!

Today is Halloween here in the United States, and of all of the holidays Halloween is my favorite for gaming!  Even non-gamers get into the act of imaginative play and storytelling around Halloween.  Halloween is a holiday that makes it easy for adults to let down their guard and indulge their childish and mischievous natures without fear of embarrassment.  This makes it easy for people who consider RPGs ...
Oct 23, 2009 by 36

Dread – Play It This Halloween (Trust Us)

Recently fellow gnome John Arcadian and I attended “Con on the Cob” where we hung out with the crew from Windmill Game Co. They are the creative power behind the new Dread: Tales of Terror series which are supplements that provide wonderful scenarios and questionnaires for the fabulous game Dread. Now every year I run a very simple RPG for non-gamers around Halloween time. In the past I have ...
Oct 31, 2008 by 7

Halloween – The Perfect Holiday To Turn Non-Gamers Into Gamers!

Ah Halloween! Jack O'Lanterns, candy, kids in costumes, and everyone is just itching for something to scare them! But you, oh dear GM, should be thinking of more sinister thoughts. Like a zombie crawling from its grave to feast on the living and bring them into the folds of the undead, you too should be turning your ravenous eye towards those non-gamers and scheming as to how you will ...
Oct 3, 2008 by 6

The Witching Hour is upon us! Time to get your witch on, or I’ll witch you in the witch!

October is upon us (by which I mean I'm writing this on the 1st, not that you'll necessarily see it on the 1st). While I haven't had to deal with one in well over a decade, I have no doubt that the "DnD* is a tool of the Devil" crowd are still out there and going strong, if a tad less vocal, and that one of the oddball bits of our hobby ...

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