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Wow, I cannot imagine someone trying that at an AL table. And then trying a "Speak to the Manager" move! I knew a player that would do...

I just follow the central message of Buddhism: "Every man for himself!"

Usually I will too. If I'm running a module, I will just be up front with the players about what it expects. Like here, when I ran it...

I will give a bye to the actual start of a campaign. When I started my current Traveller campaign, the players started by waking up in...

The 5e Spelljammer adventure Light of Xaryxis has a similar start. The PCs are in a coastal town when twig blights start bursting up...

I think we are agreeing. I think you would be happy with a reasonably statted mob that reasonably arose from the fiction and reasonably...

Of course you can! How do you plan to get there? You've heard there's a Gate of Infinite Worlds, and it happens to be located in the...

When creating materials, I have always broken this stuff down into three categories: Quests, Explorations, and Adventures. Quests are...

I don't know if I agree. "Well, I'm Altherian. I'll just go to the Altherian embassy; I'm not a Big Damn Hero, after all. I should...

I had an AL table, where one of the player characters literally one-shotted the patron as soon as he showed up. No preamble, using his...

It has been my experience that most tables of players are pretty accommodating with the scenario they've shown up to play. They...

This is from experience running many Star Fleet Battles scenarios years ago but much should be useful for RPGs. 1. Verify from the con...

Gary: "Everybody in the world should be an absolute schlub except for the PCs and the occasional Evil High Priest or Antipaladin; i.e...

Agreed. I consider there to be a difference between a Railroad and a regular road. When I take the train, I have to follow the railroad...

VERY good points, especially about the differences between home play and play with mostly strangers in a public venue. At a home game...