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• Trade In Fantasy Ch. 3: Routine Personnel, Pt 4
• Looking At A Bigger Picture, Part 2 of 2
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• The Bounds Of Invention Let Loose
• Trade In Fantasy Ch. 3: Routine Personnel Pt 2
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• Trade In Fantasy Ch. 3: Routine Personnel Pt 1
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• A Roll Of Six Modifiers

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The Best of 2014 Pt 1

• 3 Feet In Someone Else’s Shoes: Getting in character quickly
• Ask The GMs: My table runneth over (too many players)
• Brick By Brick: Base Rules Made Easy
• Creating Partial NPCs To Speed Game Prep
• Domino Theory: The Perils and Practicalities
• Dream A Little Dream – using Dreams in RPGs
• Ergonomics and the Non-humans
• Growing Plot Seeds Into Mighty Oaks
• I See It But I Don’t Believe It – Convincingly Unconvincing in RPGs
• Inversions Attract: Another Quick NPC Generator
• Quantum Entanglement and the Tech of Tomorrow
• Stream Of Consciousness: Image-based narrative
• Swell And Lull – Emotional Pacing in RPGs Part 1
• Swell And Lull – Emotional Pacing in RPGs Part 2
• The Application Of Time and Motion to RPG Game Mechanics
• The Blind Enforcer: The Reflex Application Of Rules
• The Envelope Is Ticking: Insanity In RPGs
• The Fields Of Magic
• The Hierarchy Of Receipt: How and when to lie to your players
• The Personal Computer analogy and some Truths about House Rules
• The Pillars Of Assumption: A Source of Plot Ideas
• The Premise Of Falsehoods – Luck Vs Skill in RPGs
• Vampire’s Creep and other stories: Working With Places

The Best Of 2014 Pt 2

• 11 types of Plot Twist for RPGs, Part 1 – Pretzel Thinking
• 11 types of Plot Twist for RPGs, Part 2 – Let’s Twist Again
• A Population Of Dinosaurs and the impact on RPG ecologies
• Alien In Innovation: Creating Original Non-human Species
• An Experimental Failure – 10 lessons from a train-wreck Session
• Ask The GM: Seasoning The Stew
• Ask The GMs: Buzz and Background
• Flavors Of Victory: Why do good GMs fail?
• Gifts In Gaming: Overlooked Seasonal Plot Hooks
• Layers Of Mis-translation: RPGs and Dubbed TV
• Memorials To History – an ‘a good name’ extra
• Pieces of Ordinary Randomness: Random Techniques Of Chance
• Race To The Moon – a lesson in story structure
• Seven Circles Of Hell – Creating Politics for an RPG
• Shades Of Suspense Pt 1 – Eight Tips for Cliffhanger Finishes
• Shades Of Suspense Pt 2 – Fourteen Types of Cliffhanger Finishes
• Stormy Weather – making unpleasant conditions player-palatable
• Studs, Buttons, and Static Cling: Creating consistent non-human tech
• Thatch and Confusion – creating a village
• The Expert In Everything?
• The Flunkie Equation – quick and easy Hors d’Combat
• The Secrets of Stylish Narrative [series]
• The Thinking Man’s Guide to Intelligence for Players and GMs
• The Unexpected Creeps Up Behind You
• The Wandering Spotlight Part One of Two: Plot Prologues
• The Wandering Spotlight Part Two of Two: Shared Stories
• There’s Something About Undead
• “I know what’s happening!” – Confirmation Bias and RPGs

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