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I use Campaign Cartographer 3. I have an architectual background, so the CAD interface makes sense to me. My recomendation to anyone thinking of getting a map maping program is to remember that map making is an art and a skill, and that both take time, patience, and lots of practice. No...

When you can't watch a movie without thinking how your players would have torn up that plot, wouldn't have fallen for that trap, or would never let you get away with that in a session. Or maybe that just means I DM too much.

On the subject of the DM mask: I can't think of any player I've ever had that would take that seriously, even if you were playing an NPC who wore a mask. LARP would be the only exception. Frankly, if you were running games in am ask at my FLGS, I would give you a lot of extra distance. On the...

I used to run RPGA games at my FLGS back about 2 years ago. I was not in charge of the RPGA unit here, just a DM. Based on my personal experience, I don't know that I would ever run for RPGA again. First, the modules were of questionable quality. I had about a dozen modules all told. There...

When I used to run RPGA games at the local gaming shop, I had to bring a number of books, a collection of miniatures, battlemat, maps, modules, and all the various handouts/paperwork for new members, plus enough pencils and dice to share. The local RPGA is very disorganized, so I often didn't...

In general, I find most licensed property gaming books to be a disappointment. The problem is that they tend to take a very limit scope thing, such as a single TV show or movie, and turn it in to a wide tapestry. It just doesn't work. I think the staying power of Star Wars and Star Trek is...

For me, it was holidays 1983. I had bought a comic book of some kind that had an ad in the back where you could sell holiday cards. One of the things you could earn was the Basic D&D red box. I signed up to receive a catalog for selling (which probably cost me a couple of bucks), and sold...

It's a good symbolism, but the problem with that one is that the custom in the world is for every priest to be tattooed on the forehead, no matter the god. There's already an eyeball symbol god. :) I probably should have mentioned in the OP about every priesthood doing this.

In my current game, the PCs are in service to Jican, god of knowledge. I had originally had his holy symbol be a silver quill. The players were all less than enthusiastic about this choice. Since it's tattooed on the forehead in this setting, I can understand they want something they can...

Three Different Load Types For starters, I prefer to run at my house. That way, I have everything available. I'm a very seat of my pants type DM, so I don't always know what I'll need. Unfortunately, right now my living situation doesn't have enough space for a table full of people. My...

"This space for rent."

Thanks for the suggestions so far. I will do some research into some of the games mentioned here. I know people with Seven Seas, Traveler, and (I think) Reign, so those will be the easiest to look at (plus the Window download provided). FATE I already have and it's on my short list. One of...

I am doing some research into game systems to run my next campaign in. I've got some months before my current game ends, but I want to start looking into the game systems so that I have time to read several and then learn the one I choose. I am looking for some recommendations of systems that...

I have run a pseudo amnesia campaign before and got it to work quite well. (I say pseudo because they all have the memories up until about when they went off to adventure and then lost years after that.) There are two elements I used in the first fifteen minutes that really helped tie...

Two words: Pastry Golem. :) We now return you to your regularly scheduled discussion. My biggest problem with the whole "station squatting" thing is that I tend to have a couple of players station squatting, a couple driving the plot, and one off chasing butterflies somewhere. I've actually...

Frankly, I love it when my players stop to build a business or otherwise add to the game world. (As long as they're not doing it when they have a limited time to get something done, like save the world.) I had one campaign where the businesses the party created ended up driving most of the...

You have to click on the download icon. It's the three crossed arrows on the left side.

Now that you've had a number of people tell you how a large group should not be a problem, let me give you some advise on how to solve your large group problem. I have had to cut players before, due to games being too large, so perhaps I can help. First I'll recommend how to pick people to...

I have had several players who crossed the line in the name of "roleplaying". Generally, they annoy me. In at least one player's case, it means I will never play with them again because they did it repeatedly and always managed to screw over the rest of the party when they did. I've also had...

I'm pulling up Dumpshock now. On the subject of maps, if you are a AAA member, you can get maps for places you are planning on taking a trip to. I got two sets of maps that cover the Seattle area, one for players and one for GM. I marked out the districts on the maps. A great resource for...