Sometimes, you only have one player available to play. Sometimes, one player in your campaign wants to split off and pursue hi...

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PragmaticFix_PuzzleBroken02 by Monica Fischer on FlickrPragmaticFix_PuzzleBroken02 by Monica Fischer on Flickr

In most traditional RPG campaigns, PCs face broadly three kinds of cha...

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Cover from West End Games' Cover from West End Games’ “Wretched Hive of Scum and Villainy” book by Chris Trevas

This week, only 2 of my players showed up...

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'water drops' by Vanesser III‘water drops’ by Vanesser III

You roll dice to find out what happens, right?

OK, how do you determine the parameters for €..

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Art from Lord of the Dragons card game; artist unknownArt from Lord of the Dragons card game; artist unknown

Dungeon World includes a wonderful mechanic called fronts, which d...

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The classic DM PC. 'Julia' by  Magdalena RoeselerThe classic DM PC. ‘Julia’ by Magdalena Roeseler

Let me introduce you to Dale. Dale’s a new Dungeon Master, six sessions int...

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by Frederic C81by Frederic C81

What does a loss of Hit Points mean?

Some of you already “know” the answer to this, but it bears repeati...

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mashup by Alex Sacuimashup by Alex Sacui

Ben has a concept he wants to run as a tabletop RPG, but it doesn’t fit any system he knows. It’s a w...

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