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Suppose you had an opportunity to get paid to GM a campaign. How much would you have to be paid *per session* to make it worth your while? Consider the amount of time it takes to think up and plan the adventure up front, the time required to prep for each game, and the hours that you spend...

Here's a question for people who have sold RPG adventure modules to companies like WOC, Paizo and others: How long does it take you in both calender time and man hours to write a typical single game-session module? Don't count time making maps. I am asking this for planning purposes as...

I walked into the only remaining gaming store in my city after several months absence and found that they had expanded! Their games area spread into an 15' X 15' alcove at the expense of part of a LAN area. It was hard to judge what types of products were taking up more shelf space, because...

I was just looking at the Wikipedia entry for Gencon here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gen_Con If you scroll about halfway down there is an interesting graph showing attendance at Gen Con from 1967 to 2013. Attendance rose steadily, almost exponentially, up until 1995. Then it dropped...

Does anyone know what the three or four largest online forums devoted to MMORPGs are (not forums specific to one game, but general forums). In other words, the ENworlds of the MMO world. So far today from Googling I have found mmorpg.com which looks pretty big. Mmo-champion.com is big but...

I am looking for forums that are aimed toward Game Masters/Dungeon Masters and their needs, concerns, the art of running an interesting game etc. Does anyone know of any?

The RPGtonight online living game playtests are getting into full swing with almost nightly games now. We have 9 GMs with a few admins acting as extras when needed, and we've decided we need more players (though we won't turn you away if you are interested in being a GM). This is a...

I posted a version of this in the Gamers Seeking Gamers section, and thought I'd try posting here too in hopes that more people will see it...we need LOTS of players and GMs. RPGtonight (a virtual tabletop site RPGtonight Free Online Virtual Tabletop for Role Playing Games ) is looking for...

The first (almost) fully functional playtest of the RPGtonight Online Living Game is about to start. We are still accepting players and GMs. The more of each the merrier! Players are organizing themselves into parties now and GMs will soon start recruiting parties to perform adventurous and...

The first functional playtest of the RPGtonight Online Living Game is about to start up. We are still accepting players and GMs. The more of each the merrier! Players are organizing themselves into parties and GMs will soon start recruiting parties to perform adventurous and nefarious deeds on...

RPGtonight (a virtual tabletop site) needs 5 more GMs and an unrestricted number of players to playtest a unique online tabletop style living game. If interested please take a look at the information on the main page of our site ( www.rpgtonight.com ) and in the Living Game Playtests section of...

Our site (rpgtonight) is in need of 10 GMs and 50++ players to playtest on online tabletop style "living game" starting in March. I've just started posting notices on the major boards like this one, mostly in the games/gamers wanted sections, and we have a collection of people from our own...

RPGtonight (a virtual tabletop site) is looking for at least 10 more GMs and a large number of players to playtest an online tabletop style living game. If interested please take a look at the information on the main page of our site ( www.rpgtonight.com ) and in the Living Game Playtests...

RPGtonight (an online virtual tabletop) is hosting beginner's games on most Saturday nights from 8PM EST to (?). These sessions use D&D 4e are designed mainly for people who are new to tabletop roleplaying, but we do let people in who are just new to 4e. Players must generate characters and get...

Imagine that you are a first level character in a new campaign. Which of the following scenarios do you think would get you more hooked on that campaign, and why: 1) A "Lord of the Rings" scenario: you are suddenly thrust into a situation where your your actions can ultimately save the entire...

RPGtonight (a free online virtual tabletop) is once again sponsoring the May Mapmaking Challenge at Cartographersguild.com. This month's theme is "Cut to the Chase!" in which mapmakers vie to create a map, for use on virtual or real tabletops, that can be the scene of an exciting chase and...

There are currently several GMs and several players looking for games at rpgtonight.com. If you are either you might want to check us out. Look in the "games seeking players" and "players seeking games" links on the left side of the main page, and in the Forums. RPGtonight is free, and works in...

RPGtonight is co-sponsoring Cartographer's Guild's May Mapping Challenge, with first, second, and third prizes offered. The theme of this contest is "minimalist maps for virtual tabletops." When people use miniatures in their roleplaying games they love to use BIG lovingly detailed artistic...

Other than the various incarnations of D&D X.X going back to Gygax (RIP), what are the second, third, etc. most popular RPG role playing systems in terms of the number of people using them, or sales? Speculation is welcome, but I'm mainly interested in finding published sources that have that...

Fast forward to the Summer of 2009: Press Release: Wizards of the Coast June 28 2009: It is with regret that we inform our legions of loyal customers that as of July 1st of this year, Wizards of the Coast will end its long career as supplier and publisher of our venerable line of Dungeons and...