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.
"I check Gnome Stew every day." -- Monte Cook
"fantastic blog for game masters, dungeon masters, and rpg fans" -- Wil Wheaton
"If you aren’t reading Gnome Stew, you’re missing out." -- Wolfgang Baur
Happy GM's Day! To celebrate this, the Earth's finest holiday, I wanted to highlight some resources we've posted that relate to seven specific topics:
Setting up your gaming space
Props and materials
Technology
Prep-light GMing and improvisation
Adventures
First-time GMing
Treasure
With over 850 articles, these aren't the only seven topics we've covered in depth, but they offer a good cross-section of the Stew and its 10 current authors, and they all feature evergreen articles -- ...
Before there was a Gnome Stew, there was Treasure Tables. Martin, resident Head Gnome of the stew, started Treasure Tables as a blog dedicated to articles on advice for GMs. He posted every weekday for over two years and racked up an impressive 779 posts!
He also started a forum at Treasure Tables where many of the gnomes met online and discussed our current games, sought help for problems ...
