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  • SnD episode 003 – Con Etiquette: Don’t Poke the Geeks

    SnD episode 003 – Con Etiquette: Don’t Poke the Geeks

    Posted on 5 September 10 | No Comments
    The Ladies of Gaming start with a story and move straight into how to make the most of conventions with the voice of experience as organizers, exhibitors and fans attending major events mixed with news of a major upcoming release and this episode’s web comic...

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  • DM/GM 101: SURPRISE!

    DM/GM 101: SURPRISE!

    Posted on 1 September 10 | No Comments
    There was no one worse than my best friend Buck when someone thwarted him through silliness.  I’m not implying that he’d get cranky, irritable and vindictive, imply nothing I’m outright saying it as a fact. In this instance we’d spent hours setting everything for an...

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  • SnD Episode 002 – In the Box: Con Prep and Randomer Swear Words

    SnD Episode 002 – In the Box: Con Prep and Randomer Swear Words

    Posted on 16 August 10 | No Comments
    The Sugar and Dice GameCast is a podcast created and produced by the ladies of gaming with post-production and distribution by Red Zone Gaming. The first two episodes are to test and tweak the format before its release under its own podcast feed on iTunes....

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  • SnD Episode 001 – Those Gamer Stereotypes Come From Somewhere!

    SnD Episode 001 – Those Gamer Stereotypes Come From Somewhere!

    Posted on 16 August 10 | No Comments
    The Sugar and Dice GameCast is a podcast created and produced by the ladies of gaming with post-production and distribution by Red Zone Gaming. The first two episodes are to test and tweak the format before its release under its own podcast feed on iTunes....

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  • FARPWG GuildCast Episode 1 – L.E. Modesitt, Jr.

    FARPWG GuildCast Episode 1 – L.E. Modesitt, Jr.

    Posted on 15 August 10 | No Comments
    GuildCast #1 from our sister site, the Fantasy Artists, RolePlayers & Writers Guild, where Shae Dravenmore sets the bar high in the Guild’s first Video ‘cast, interviewing acclaimed author L.E. Modesitt, Jr. at Fandemonium 2010 in Nampa, Id. Normally we embed the YouTube video with...

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  • DM/GM 101: Railroading

    DM/GM 101: Railroading

    Posted on 15 July 10 | No Comments
    Railroading by DrunkenMonk Boise Gaming Group http://www.mattkunzman.com/rpg What is railroading and why should GM’s avoid it? I think this website says it best: DEFINITION Railroading is a term used to describe the imposition of a predefined set of resolutions onto the choices and conflicts that...

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  • DM/GM 101: The Pickpocketing Player

    DM/GM 101: The Pickpocketing Player

    Posted on 5 July 10 | No Comments
    DM/GM 101: The Pickpocketing Player by DrunkenMonk Boise Gaming Group http://www.mattkunzman.com/rpg Everything can be fun in your game if you turn it that way. Even the annoying rouge player that HAS to pickpocket everyone they see. It’s not that difficult to make it interesting without...

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  • DM/GM 101: NPC-ing the Good Guy…

    DM/GM 101: NPC-ing the Good Guy…

    Posted on 30 June 10 | No Comments
    NPC-ing the Good Guy (aka avoid it at all costs) by DrunkenMonk Boise Gaming Group http://www.mattkunzman.com/rpg The Non-Player Character (NPC) is one of the most abused parts of Roleplaying. Often the greatest mistakes a new GM can make has nothing to do with setting, story,...

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  • Gameviews: Superiority, or my favorite is better than yours.

    Gameviews: Superiority, or my favorite is better than yours.

    Posted on 17 May 10 | No Comments
    There’s only been one way I’ve ever seen a version or system war resolved conclusively, and that was in Dragon Magazine in 1997, when Wizards of the Coast bought out TSR (or T$R to the haters.) Until the buy out Magic: the Gathering was the...

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  • DM/GM 101: NPC-ing the Bad Guy…

    DM/GM 101: NPC-ing the Bad Guy…

    Posted on 17 May 10 | No Comments
    As I’ve mentioned in a previous article, its tempting to look at the bad guy and write him off as like that because “Dude, he’s the frickin’ bad guy.” That’s a pretty easy trap to fall into these days, because if we really face facts...

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