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Worlds of Design: Not-So-Friendly Fire
What are some pros and cons of including friendly fire in RPGs?
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Worlds of Design: The Problem with Magimarts
I dislike magic item stores ("magimarts") in my games. Here's why.
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Worlds of Design: How Original Is Your Homebrew?
As GM do you need to worry about originality in your adventures?
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Worlds of Design: The Improv Imbalance
GMs with more experience can improvise better than those with little experience. That doesn’t help the GM shortage.
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Worlds of Design: The Art of Improv
There’s been a surge of interest in GMing by improvisation rather than preparation, as in the “old days.” What are the ramifications?
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Worlds of Design: “What’s My Motivation?”
What is a player’s motivation when they first play an RPG? What do they think is going to happen, what do they want to happen, what do they want to BE?
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Worlds of Design: A Worthy End?
Is combat an end in itself, or is it a means to an end; and is that a worthy end?
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Worlds of Design: Artifacts of Cosmic Power
I avoid Artifacts of Cosmic Power that are likely to destroy the world in the long run.
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Worlds of Design: Reassessing Tolkien’s Influence
J.R.R. Tolkien’s work is a strong influence on RPGs, but is that bad?
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Worlds of Design: There is No Spoon
What should the "spirit" of a game be?
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Worlds of Design: You're Playing it Wrong!
Does it matter if you play a game “wrong”?
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Worlds of Design: Single RPG Conventions
It’s hard out there for new RPGs. Specialized conventions can help.
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Worlds of Design: Searching for Mechanics
Do you search (the Internet, RPGgeek, enworld?) to find a mechanic that will solve your game design problems?
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Worlds of Design: Modus Operandi
In each instance of lengthy adventure fiction (and games), there’s usually a standard mode of operation.
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Worlds of Design: All Your Base
Where's your party’s base of operations?
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Worlds of Design: Goal-Oriented Play
There was a time when finishing the mission was core to RPG play.

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