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Religious Ceremonies

In this Monday’s episode we talk about how you can use religious ceremonies in your RPG session:

5 Things to Include in Your GM Pack

In this Monday’s episode we’re discussing what we consider to be five essentials to include in your GM pack.

Maps as Visual Story/World-building Inspiration

In this recording Hannah is explaining a visual method of map and world creation that she has used to provide her with inspiration in the past when it comes to creating campaign worlds for RPGs.

Gaming Prep – Part 2

The second part of our conversation with Johannes Paavola about all things gaming prep.

How I Manage Events & Clocks in My Game

I’m an unashamed fan of the idea of clocks within RPGs, if you’re not familiar with this concept the clock (a concept I encountered first in Apocalypse World) is simply a method of tracking how many intervals of time have to pass before an event occurs. Clocks tend to be represented in Apocalypse World and other such games as a circle divided into segments.

In the clock to the left there are eight segments, each time certain criteria were met you–as the GM–would fill in one or more segments, when they are all filled in the event (whatever that might be) occurs in your games.

Multiple Plotlines

Spurred on by an idea from Hannah and the discovery of a cache of old Dragon magazines in our garage, this episode we’re talking about running games with multiple plotlines.

5 Tips for Staying In-Character

In our first episode of 2021 myself and Hannah are looking at five simple tips you can use to encourage people to stay in-character during your games.

Wishes

In this episode we discuss how you can use that most powerful of all magics, wishes, in your D&D game.

5 Tips for Running NPC Heavy Scenes

Running NPC heavy scenes can be very challenging for both GMs and players, in this episode we’re offering some tips to help lighten the load a little.

Wednesday Wisdom – Top 10 Tips for Running a Game When You’re Short of Inspiration

It’s been a long day here at Red Dice Diaries, so I thought that–whilst Hannah is running her Star Trek game on my desktop upstairs–I’d offer some advice on running a game when your well of creativity has run dry or you’re feeling low in energy.

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