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The Elephant In The Gray Room, Pt 5 of 5: Critical Repairs

Filed in Campaign Management, Tools & Techniques, The End Of The Rainbow, Planning & Preparation, NPCs & Villains & Monsters, Mike, Game Mastering, D&D / Pathfinder, Adventures, All Genres, Metagaming & Metagame Theory, Tales from the front line on Jul.14, 2026
This entry is part 5 of 5 in the series Elephant In The Gray Room

Some problems are so serious that they threaten the viability of the entire campaign. All is not lost – here are your choices. The Elephant In The Gray Room is a metaphor that I have created to represent Plot Holes. These are matters of huge significance or importance that everyone is overlooking because they are […]

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Worldbuilding Through Encounters

Filed in Adventures, All Genres, Metagaming & Metagame Theory, D&D / Pathfinder, Combat, Beginners, Game Mastering, Writing & Authoring & The Games Industry, World Design, Tools & Techniques, The End Of The Rainbow, Players, Planning & Preparation, PCs, NPCs & Villains & Monsters, Mike on Jul.09, 2026

GMs can take a lot of the strain off by worldbuilding within their encounters. It’s easier than it sounds! Any genre. I’ve been increasingly frustrated lately by dramatic headlines that offer two choices, neither realistic, only for the whole of the content that follows to knock down one of the two and assert that this […]

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When it’s NOT time to Railroad

Filed in Adventures, All Genres, The End Of The Rainbow, Mike, D&D / Pathfinder on Jun.11, 2026

This quick post offers an adventure idea that works with almost ANY campaign, almost ANY genre. 2 1/2 weeks ago, I started a quick little article, 5-10 paragraphs long. For the last 10 days, every day, I’ve thought “It’s almost finished, any day now it will be done”. The last time I checked, it had […]

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