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The Elephant In The Gray Room, Pt 1 of 5: Introduction

Filed in Campaign Management, D&D / Pathfinder, Game Mastering, Mike, Zenith-3 (Original system based on Hero System 4th Ed), Fantasy Games, Horror Games, Pulp Games, Superhero Games, SciFi & Space Opera Games, Western Games, NPCs & Villains & Monsters, PCs, Planning & Preparation, Players, Tools & Techniques, Writing & Authoring & The Games Industry, Cyberpunk, Mystery & Detective Games, Opinion, Metagaming & Metagame Theory, Pirate/Swashbuckling Games, Spy & Secret Agent Games, Steampunk on Jul.07, 2017

This entry is part 1 of 4 in the series Elephant In The Gray Room

There are a couple of expressions that I frequently use as metaphors, simply because they express a concept in a really compact space and in a way that everyone can understand. One is ‘The Iceberg’ to indicate something that is a lot bigger or more important than it seems on the surface. Another is ‘The […]

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The Elephant In The Gray Room, Pt 2 of 5: Minor Repairs

Filed in Campaign Management, D&D / Pathfinder, Game Mastering, Mike, Zenith-3 (Original system based on Hero System 4th Ed), Fantasy Games, Horror Games, Pulp Games, Superhero Games, SciFi & Space Opera Games, Western Games, NPCs & Villains & Monsters, Planning & Preparation, Players, Tools & Techniques, Writing & Authoring & The Games Industry, Cyberpunk, Mystery & Detective Games, Metagaming & Metagame Theory, Pirate/Swashbuckling Games, Spy & Secret Agent Games, Steampunk on Jul.14, 2017

This entry is part 2 of 4 in the series Elephant In The Gray Room

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 not immediately obvious, but that once you see one, you can never forget that it’s there. This is a series about methods of […]

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The Elephant In The Gray Room, Pt 3 of 5: Significant Repairs

Filed in Campaign Management, D&D / Pathfinder, Game Mastering, Mike, Zenith-3 (Original system based on Hero System 4th Ed), Fantasy Games, Horror Games, Pulp Games, Superhero Games, SciFi & Space Opera Games, Western Games, NPCs & Villains & Monsters, PCs, Planning & Preparation, Players, Tools & Techniques, Writing & Authoring & The Games Industry, Cyberpunk, Mystery & Detective Games, Metagaming & Metagame Theory, Pirate/Swashbuckling Games, Spy & Secret Agent Games, Steampunk on Aug.11, 2017

This entry is part 3 of 4 in the series Elephant In The Gray Room

As long-time readers will know, I like to break up larger series, on the theory that any given subject will interest only part of the readership. On that basis, I’ve let this series lie fallow for a few weeks, but now it’s time to get back to it! The Elephant In The Gray Room is […]