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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 1,110 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.

"I check Gnome Stew every day." -- Monte Cook
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"If you aren’t reading Gnome Stew, you’re missing out." -- Wolfgang Baur

Jan 24, 2012 by 2

2012 New Year, New Game Blog Carnival Roundup

Yesterday marked the end of Gnome Stew's first annual New Year, New Game (NYNG) challenge and blog carnival, and today I'm here to share a smorgasbord of excellent blog posts from all over the world about running new games. This was our first blog carnival, but it won't be our last -- and with 14 participants (15 with us), I'd say it was a great first outing. A big ...
Aug 20, 2010 by 0

Giving The Gnomish Link Love

Dislcaimer--This is not some Legend of Zelda fanfic.  If you want that stuff, go to the experts. While we Gnomes work tirelessly at making our stew and serving up great GMing advice, when we are not tending the giant cauldron, we are like you: out on the Internet surfing for drow p0rn RPG blogs and podcasts. We wanted to share some of our current favorite ...
Oct 16, 2008 by 0

At Will Grills Gnomes for the d12 Interviews Series

D&D 4th Edition blog At Will recently interviewed several of the gnomes -- DNAphil, Matthew, myself, Patrick, Scott and Telas -- for their d12 Interviews series, and that interview has been posted today: d12 Interviews: Gnome Stew. The focus of the interview is on D&D 4e, and the hook, of course, is that we were asked 12 questions. We're all felt hats and hot air, so naturally we had ...

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