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Continuing the archive of independent RPG Tips reporting (Archive Page 6).

Genre Police: High Esteem

February 18, 2024 by Ben Jackson-Ellery Leave a Comment

So let’s take a look at how we can boost players’ love of your game.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: genre police, rpg tips

When the GM needs to quickly correct a mistake

February 10, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

We see how this GM effortlessly re-did history to return to the current scene as planned. Was this the right thing to do?

Filed Under: Comics, Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: rpg tips, the immortal think tank

Stage actor offers tips on how to get better at non-combat roleplay

January 31, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

TR8R also encouraged Mean-Tie6199 not to worry about being wrong or even bad. There’s no Oscar at risk

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: reddit, rpg tips

Genre Police: I’m In Charge!

January 21, 2024 by Ben Jackson-Ellery Leave a Comment

I want to now look at a few other ways hierarchical structures in RPG groups can sometimes cause conflict at the table.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: genre police, rpg tips

Genre Police: Who’s In Charge?

December 31, 2023 by Ben Jackson-Ellery Leave a Comment

So often, a leadership position in an RPG can be a thankless task.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: genre police, rpg tips

Kobold Guides: Bundle deal your way to being a better GM and game designer

December 20, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The Kobold Guides bundle has more than 200 essays, although some appeared in previous Worldbuilder Toolkit offers. We’ve until January 2nd to take the discounts.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: bundle of holding, bundles, kobold press, rpg tips

Genre Police: Joining The Agency

December 17, 2023 by Ben Jackson-Ellery Leave a Comment

One of the idioms about GMing games is about making sure your players have agency. And in basic principle this a very good idea. 

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: genre police, rpg tips

Genre Police: Reading The Intent

December 11, 2023 by Ben Jackson-Ellery Leave a Comment

It might be obvious but I think it is worth mentioning that any roleplaying game ruleset are a ‘text’, much as we would look at any sort of media.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: genre police, masks, rpg tips, world of darkness

Genre Police: What’s For Who

December 3, 2023 by Ben Jackson-Ellery Leave a Comment

I recently had an interesting conversation about flow, and I want to share it because I think it reveals some things about RPG that we don’t talk about often. 

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dungeons & Dragons, feng shui, genre police, rpg tips

Genre Police: Over The Line

November 26, 2023 by Ben Jackson-Ellery Leave a Comment

Games become info dumps for new players and massive lore searches for existing players.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: genre police, rpg tips, star trek, Supernatural, the walking dead

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