Roleplaying Tips 2.0

Issue 412 - 6 Quick Game Master Organization Tips

Sat, 16 Aug 2008 22:24:01 -0700

This Weeks' Tips: Laminate Your Maps
Create A Landing Strip
Poker Chip Hit Point Counters
Use Duo-Tangs
Customized Shortcut Icons
Pencils for Alll
What's Your Favorite RPG?: Wushu
Reader's Tips: Creating New Cleric Domains (D&D 3.5)
One Shot Idea - Let Players Play Future Villains
Holiday Adventure Idea: Celebration of the Kitchen Wall
GURPS Religions And The Mythopoets Manual
UltraCorps: New Recruits Open Beta
Free d20 Modern Setting: Dreamwalker Revised
Online Tools & Generators: Exalted, Scion, Car
What's On Johnn's Bookshelf?: Watchmen

Sat, 16 Aug 2008 20:42:45 -0700

This Weeks' Tips: Gaming Garage
Gaming Cottage
Playing in a Public Place
Outdoor Gaming
Space and Lighting
Low-Tech Locations
Seating Levels
Arrangements Around the Table
Decreasing Distractions
Atmospheric Environment
Group-Specific Environment
How to Host the Perfect Game
Reader's Tips: Campaign Cartographer 2
Switch Your Binders For Web Pages

Sat, 16 Aug 2008 22:22:19 -0700

This Weeks' Tips: Player and Character E-mail
Productive Competition
Managing Finances
Dispersion of Duties
Table Control
What's Your Favorite RPG?: Savage Worlds
Reader's Tips: Player Character Quiz
How I Organize My GMing
5 Room Dungeon Index
RPG Music Suggestions
How Often Do I Play D&D?

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 21:45:21 -0700

This Weeks' Tips: Food
Dice
Music
Maps and Scrolls
Miniatures
Quick Tips
What's Your Favorite RPG?: My Life With Master
Johnn Recommends: GM Aid: 1" Square Easel Pads
Reader's Tips: Painting Without Primer?
Prop Idea: Tavern Food = Real Food
20 Combat Complications

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 19:29:48 -0700

This Weeks' Tips: Innovation And Degeneration
Familiar And Unfamiliar Realities
Alternate Present
Campaign Scenarios
Potential References And Resources
Monthly Musing of the Chatty DM: Teaching An RPG To New Players
Reader's Tips: City Descriptor Macro
Vault Of The Wiglord Playtest
GM Binder
More One Sentence NPC Contest Entries

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 17:57:30 -0700

This Weeks' Tips: Power Base
Goals, Motives, Dreams
Traits, Quirks
Jealousies, Fears
Occupation
Appearance
Stat Or Ability Score
Interests, Knowledge
Relationships
Secrets
Example One Sentence NPC Contest Entries
Reader's Tips: Tracking Conditions in D&D 4E
Game Scheduling Tool
Lessons Learned From DMing 4th Edition D&D

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 16:23:05 -0700

This Weeks' Tips: Create Three Traits
Create A Contradiction
Make One-Sentence NPCs Interesting But Generic Until Used
Use Traits That Affect Encounters
Reader's Tips: Roleplaying Tips Issue Reference
Using The 5 Room Dungeon To Get The PCs A Job
Use Paper Grocery Bags For Cool Map Paper

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 16:23:01 -0700

This Weeks' Tips: The Age of Heroes
The Persian Wars
The Peloponnesian War
The Punic Wars
The Last Days of the Roman Republic
The Civil Wars
Reader's Tips: Body Language Tips
More Body Language Tips
Free Virtual Mixer Board For Sound Effects
Maintaining Party Cohesion

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 16:22:57 -0700

This Weeks' Tips: Creating Memorable Enemy Groups
Monthly Musing of the Chatty DM: Monthly Musing of the Chatty DM: The 10 Word Pitch
Reader's Tips: Removable Adhesive For Token Storage
Dictionary Tip
Sound Effects
Military Hardware for Real-World Games
The Big List of RPG Plots

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 16:22:50 -0700

This Weeks' Tips: The Great Eel-Culling
The Time-Travelers' Heptennial
The Lyres' Testament
Remembrance of the Seed
The Great Races
Marketsfront
Humanity's Memoriam
Feats of the Queenlings
Day Of The Storm
The ACME One-Day Super-sale
Atonements' Day/Atonements' Eve
The Milking
Dawn of the Coming
Shutters Close
K'klam
Reader's Tips: Spice Up Your Items
Name Resource: Plato's dialogues