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Basic
Game Running Tips
How
to be a Better GM - Just the Basics - (by Riina) a few fundamental
tips New! (26/10/05)
Creating
Atmosphere
- (by Riina) some basic tips on creating atmosphere in games.
Story Creation Tips - (by Riina)
just as it looks, simple story creation tips! Rewritten (4/5/02)
Story Creation Tips (Two) -
(by Gareth) more story creation tips
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Some
Thoughts About Combat
Battle
Scenes and Large Scale Combat - (by Riina) some advice, examples,
tips and ideas on running battles, wars and large scale combat.
(19/5/02)
Some
interesting feedback concerning roleplaying combat and dispensing
with limiting mechanics. (23/5/03)
Making Combat Deadlier - (by
Gareth) sick of your PCs charging in to every situation with weapons
drawn? Try some of these to get them to reconsider. Rewritten (19/5/02)
How to Make Combat Seem More
Deadly - (by Riina) some ideas on how to encourage your players
to avoid charging into combat at every opportunity.
More Combat Issues in Gaming
- (by Gareth) more tips for making combat deadlier, and some thoughts
about why you would do so. Rewritten (19/5/02)
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Metagame
Tips and Ideas
Gender
in Roleplaying - (by Riina) some advice on how to avoid gender
stereotypes, and make interesting female characters & NPCs.
Character Death - (by Gareth)
some thoughts on how to handle character death, and when it should
occur.
Rewarding
Out of Game Effort - (by Gareth) Giving your players an excuse
to enrich the game.
(20/5/02)
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Dealing
with Players
Running For New Players -
(by Riina) some tips and advice for handling players who've never
roleplayed before New! (26/10/05)
Building
a Collaborative Gaming Group - (by Gareth) Some ideas on how
to improve the way your group interacts and works together.
(31/5/03)
Taking things Seriously - (by
Riina) hints on how to deal with it when players stop taking your
games seriously.
Absentee Players - (by Riina)
tips for dealing with players who consistently miss games.
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World
Background Stuff
Running
Cities - (by Gareth) a few tips on making your cities unique
and ways to deal with city specific GMing issues.
City
Based Games -
(by Riina) some tips for running city based campaigns, and how to
avoid common pitfalls. (4/5/02)
Crime and Punishment - (by Riina)
some ideas on maintaining a harsh world frame without killing the
PCs every time they do something wrong.
How to Create a Bureaucracy
- (by Gareth) how to make red tape fun (for the GM at least). Rewritten
(4/5/02)
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Non
Player Characters (NPCs)
Dealing
with PC's allies - (by Riina) how to deal with your PCs' guards,
servants and mercenaries.
NPC
Allies - On the Other Hand - (by Riina) the flip side of the
previous article, this is advice on how to avoid going overboard
with NPC allies. (23/9/03)
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General
Stuff
Some
Thoughts About LARPing - (by Riina) some advice on running Live
Action Games, with a discussion of major differences to tabletop
roleplaying New! (26/10/05)
Introducing
Games With Short Stories - (by Riina) some ideas on using short
stories at the start of games, with examples (4/5/02)
Using Props - (by Gareth) some
simple props that can be used to enhance games, and some reasons
why you should use them, plus some warnings on what to avoid.
General Descriptions and Encounters
- (by Riina) use predesigned general descriptions and encounters
to use as backups and to enhance continuity.
Using Stock Encounters and Descriptions
- (by Riina) a different spin on the "General Descriptions
and Encounters" article, drawing on Classical History and the
techniques of oral poets
Cryptography and Cryptanalysis in
Roleplaying - (by Gareth) codes and how to use them in your
game. Rewritten (19/5/02)
An Example of Using Code in
Your Game World - (by Gareth) a worked example of using books
as the basis for codes (using the New Testament) Rewritten (4/5/02)
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