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Award-Winning GMing Advice

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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Troy’s Crock Pot: Growwwwl, hisssss, boooo! Monstropedia is the place for you

A recent online search for folklore information on Scandinavian-styled trolls for a future gaming session I was planning took me to a site I hadn't encountered before. Monstropedia.com turned out to be the proverbial pot o' gold at the end of the rainbow -- and there wasn't even a leprechaun guarding it. But there was an entry for leprechaun -- and those pesky trolls, too -- full descriptions of ...

D&D 4e: Answers to Gnome Stew Readers’ Questions

In Boss Around the Gnomes, I asked Gnome Stew readers what you'd like to hear about the 4e core books from a GM's perspective. I wrote a lengthy, detailed post about my first impressions, and now I'm ready to tackle the specifics. Rather than C&P large chunks of my other post, if a question was substantially covered in my review I just pointed thataway for a few answers. It ...

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