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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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Jul 14, 2011 by 11

Martin’s Mentions: Golden Hells, the RPGBA, GMing Links, and Inspiration

Gnotes from Gnome Stew HQ Now that I've resurfaced from working on our second book, Masks, one of the things I want to get back to is posting Gnome Rodeos (link roundups) -- but I think the format could use a shakeup and a fresh coat of paint, so I'm relaunching this old regular series as "Martin's Mentions: Gnotes from Gnome Stew HQ." I want Martin's Mentions to feel more ...
Mar 18, 2011 by 1

Kobold Quarterly Sale and Stories in the Ether

I received two emails recently about items I think will interest Gnome Stew readers, both from friends of the Stew: Shelly Baur of Kobold Quarterly and Open Design and Jonathan Jacobs of Nevermet Press. Kobold Quarterly Anniversary Sale This Sunday is the 5th anniversary of Open Design, the company behind Kobold Quarterly and numerous Open Design projects, including Midgard, and to celebrate the filthy lizards kobolds are having a sale. Specifically, ...
Jan 10, 2011 by 4

Midgard: A New Open Design Campaign Setting from Wolfgang Baur, Jeff Grub, and Brandon Hodge

A couple of days ago, Shelly Baur, the other half of Wolfgang Baur's Kobold Quarterly and Open Design empire, emailed me to ask if I'd be interested in running a piece on a project they'd be announcing on the 9th, and I asked what I always ask: "Will it be of interest to GMs?" She said yes, and that in fact GMs in particular would be interested. That was ...
Nov 5, 2009 by 13

D&D Burgoo (3.5): A Fox Swiped Our Experience Points

There's a fox in the henhouse over at Open Design, Wolfgang Baur's design project that produces d20 OGL and 4E materials for its patrons. This particular fox is games designer John Wick, who was the principal designer for 7th Sea and Legend of the Five Rings rpgs and has recently released Houses of the Blooded through his Wicked Dead Brewing Co. Wick's been taking aim at some d20 sacred cows, ...

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