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
Lets face it, if you are a total improv GM or an uber-prep GM, game mastering is work; more work than being a player. Considering that most of us do not make a living GMing, and have other jobs and responsibilities, why would we want to take on more work in our lives? There must be a reason we accept the responsibility and work of creating a game ...
Welcome to the second digest of Gnome Stew's bite-sized game mastering tips, all of which were originally posted on Twitter (@gnomestew) from July 14, 2009 through February 7, 2010. (Punctuality: not always our strong suit...)
We archive our GMing tweets in this article series, making them searchable and collecting them for readers who don't use Twitter. Bite-sized tips can be a great source of inspiration, and can help keep ...
Back before GenCon, I asked you guys what game you would like me to review, and you chose HackMaster Basic. I picked up the book at GenCon and started reading it right away. I kept you up to date with my progress on Twitter with the tag #hmbreview .
Now, weeks later, summer breezes have turned to autumn chills, and I have finally gotten through the book and done ...
Welcome to the first digest of Gnome Stew's bite-sized game mastering tips, all of which were originally posted on Twitter (@gnomestew) from June 23 to July 12, 2009.
We archive our GMing tweets in this article series, making them searchable and collecting them for readers who don't use Twitter. Bite-sized tips can be a great source of inspiration, and can help keep you sharp and on your game -- ...
Yesterday, we decided to launch something new: Gnome Stew is now posting bite-sized game mastering tips on Twitter.
The Hook
It's a shared account, so all nine of us gnomes have the ability to post there. We'll be signing off with our initials so you know who wrote what, and it's not just an auto-feed of our articles (I don't have much use for those myself).
I've been enjoying Twitter for ...
