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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.

"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

Aug 25, 2010 by 13

Going Digital: Using Obsidian Portal to Prep for, Run, and Document a Campaign

I'm no Luddite, but I've always been more of an analog campaign management kind of guy. I type up adventures and notes on my desktop, but print them out to use at the table; I've used Google Maps to create a custom "living" map for a modern game, but that game also ended with a two-inch thick binder of material on my shelf. Having been out of the GM's ...
May 13, 2009 by 12

Spotlight Review: EpicWords

Are you one of those gaming geeks who loves to mix your RPGs with your technical savvy? Like to have all of your resources available to you from anywhere in the world via the Internet? Do you like loot? Then this review is for you. EpicWords is a content management system (CMS) designed for GMs and their gaming groups. EpicWords offers both a free account plan and ...

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