AtGMs Closed For Awhile

Thank you to all the GMs who have emailed in their Ask the GMs questions.

We have built a large queue of questions to answer, so we have paused on the question submissions. We’ve privately answered everybody who had an urgent submission, and we’ll follow through with public, more thorough advice as we work our way through the backlog.

Upcoming entries

  • Players who disagree with GM calls

  • How can you accellerate the introduction of a new PCs?

  • How can you have substantial time pass within a campaign?

  • GMing Large Groups

  • Making Drow (and other races) Feel Different

  • Feeding Campaign Background to the Players

  • Creating cool spell componants

  • Making big dungeons interesting

  • Writing characters out of the plot when players leave the game

  • On the use (and abuse) of Handouts in games

  • Gathering GMs to conspire together

  • When characters put down roots – handling strongholds and bases

  • Massive plot arcs in RPGs

  • Digital Maps and Minis for SciFi

  • Debating Ressurection Penalties

  • GMing large groups revisited – which games work best?

  • Incorporating music into your game

  • Handling Travel in RPGs

  • Shared Worlds and Co-GMs

  • Equipment Issues

  • When undead go stale

  • Regaining control of Undead PCs

  • Reluctance to try a new Game System

  • Equitable Face Time when roleplaying

  • What’s the best session length?

  • Long term planning and alignment shifts under multiple GMs

  • Big-scale gaming – Making & GMing Cities and Nations

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