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Campaign Mastery

http://www.campaignmastery.com/blog/

Tips, tricks, and advice for game masters of tabletop RPGs. The official blog of the Roleplaying Tips e-zine featuring entertaining and informative gaming thoughts by Mike Bourke and Johnn Four.

• Added on: Jan 6th, 2009
• Country: Canada
• Language: English

• Author: Johnn Four
• Listed in: Gaming Entertainment
• Tags: rpg dnd roleplaying games dungeons and dragons game master dungeon master

Recent Posts

• A Grand Conclusion: Thinking about a big finish

  Posted on Tuesday December 1st, 2009 at 07:23 in Mike, inspiration, campaigns, players, rewards, campaign management, pcs, game mastering, planning & preparation, adventure-prep, dm-advice, behind-the-screen

  I know I’ve written about this before (An Epic Confusion, Or How To Stage A Blockbuster Finish), but I’ve been thinking some more about big finishes to campaigns, prompted by the fact that my superhero campaign is currently in what I hope...

• Two ways to play: Roleplaying and Rollplaying

  Posted on Thursday November 26th, 2009 at 10:56 in Mike, philosophy, advice, players, rewards, pcs, game mastering, game-mastery

  This is always a controversial subject, and one that I was already contemplating a blog post discussing, when Johnn added the following to last week’s Roleplaying Tips: RPT reader Brock writes: I enjoy good role-play and developing my characte...

• Create the Perfect Turn and Results Will Take Care of Themselves

  Posted on Monday November 23rd, 2009 at 13:38 in philosophy, game philosophy, game mastering, johnn, encounter-design, at-the-table

  No one likes a sore loser I like games and I enjoy competing. Years ago, after getting riled up during one too many board games, I realized my competitive emotions were ruining the fun for me and others at the game table. I reflected for quite awhile...

• Flavours Of Neutral – Focussing On Alignment, Part 4 of 5

  Posted on Thursday November 19th, 2009 at 22:00 in Mike, inspiration, philosophy, pcs, d&d, 3.x, 4e, d&d 4e, game philosophy, house-rules, game mastering, planning & preparation

  In part one of this 5-part examination, we presented a guest article by Garry Stahl, The Conundrum Of Alignment. In Part two, I discussed the justification for alignment being part of the rules, looked at the arguement against oversimplified moral ar...

• Dark Shadows – Focussing On Alignment, Part 5 of 5

  Posted on Thursday November 19th, 2009 at 22:00 in Mike, inspiration, philosophy, campaigns, players, pcs, d&d, 3.x, 4e, tools & techniques, d&d 4e, game philosophy

  This post is the end of a long road! It started with a guest article by Garry Stahl, The Conundrum Of Alignment. Parts two and three highlighted what I believe to be the causes of the problems Garry identified, and provided an alternative perspectiv...

• Mage Guild Mastermind Survives Pirate Haven

  Posted on Wednesday November 18th, 2009 at 08:16 in npcs, d&d, 3.x, campaign creation, johnn, dm-advice, npcs & villains & monsters, campaign-background, d&d 3.x, riddleport campaign

  Riddleport and the Cypher Gate How does a mere mage survive in the world’s most infamous pirate’s den? And how does a leader of mages protect himself from the incredible powers his followers might weild against him? Here are a few of my t...

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Jack Crow

Excellent site.

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