Your game can have more encounters and challenges than just fighting monsters. By utilizing skill challenges, you give your players a new way to look at their skills and prioritize creativity and problem-solving.
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How to Share Information with Your Players
If you want to run an exciting and engaging game, it's important to know how to communicate with your players and keep them invested. We discuss how to be an effective communicator and a great Game Master!
5 Encounter Templates for any Dungeon
Stuck on building out your dungeon? Use these templates to build out your encounters for an adventuring day.
Your Guide for Becoming an Encounter Mixologist
Create exciting and unforgettable encounters by mixing these 5 key elements!
Are You a Fan of Your Players?
Are you a fan of your players? Do you celebrate their successes? Or do you announce their defeat with glee?
The 10 Commandments of Game Design (as told by Warren Spector)
These are the only 10 commandments you need to run games like a legend.
4 Lessons to Run an Open World like Fallout: New Vegas
Want to create a world as interesting as Fallout: New Vegas? Follow these 4 key lessons to create an open world filled with interesting factions and people.
Why Is That Trap There? 10 Reasons For Traps, Puzzles, and More
The real justification for traps and puzzles are the friends we made along the way.
Learning to Play as a Forever GM
It can be hard as a Forever GM to become a player, here are some lessons I’ve learned.
You're Mapping Your Dungeon Wrong
Dungeon mapping doesn’t have to be a slog of endless hallways!