EN World’s Online Gaming Toolbox

Need to create a fantasy game element on the fly? Try the EN World Online Gaming Toolbox.

It includes generators for dungeons, names treasure and more — my favorite is the General Person Generator, which provides random NPC descriptions.

Recent Comments Link

I’ve created a page that lists the 30 most recent comments here on TT, and linked to it in the sidebar.

If you’re looking for an easy way to keep track of ongoing discussion (but prefer not to subscribe to the comments feed), this is the page for you!

Tools of the Trade: Index Cards

Index cards are one of the GM’s best friends — they’re useful, cheap and versatile.

Here are 7 12 ideas for making the most of index cards as a GM.

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RPTips: 31 Questions To Define A Culture

Roleplaying Tips offers up 31 Questions To Define A Culture, a neat checklist for creating and rounding out a detailed fantasy culture.

See also: A Modular Approach to Worldbuilding and Worldbuilding Questions here on TT.

72 Links for GMs, and the GMing Q&A Forum is Here to Stay!

When I launched the Treasure Tables GMing Q&A Forum back in December, I mentioned that it was going to be up for a one-month trial period. As of today, that trial period is officially over — and the forum is here to stay!

In just one month, the GMing Q&A Forum has become a solid resource for GMs, as well as a friendly, informal place to share GMing advice.

To illustrate that, I’ve compiled 72 links to nifty GMing resources from all of the forum threads to date.

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Wing It at Least Once

At least one time in your GMing career, run a whole session completely by the seat of your pants — no adventure, no prep. If you’re worried about the outcome, let your group know in advance and make it a one-shot with new characters.

Chances are, you’ll learn some interesting things about GMing, and your players will look at future games a bit differently.

I Was Weaned on THAC0

There’s a thread on the GMing Q&A Forum right now about social contracts in gaming groups, and it got me to thinking about roots.

Where you’re born and how you’re raised have a lot to do with how you view the world — and the same thing is true in gaming. Your early RPG experiences influence your thinking on RPGs in general, and they have an impact on your GMing.

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RPG WikiProject Launched

Headed up by Jonas Karlsson (and previously mentioned on TT), the RPG WikiProject has just launched.

This project aims to whip WikiPedia’s RPG-related entries into shape — which could be very handy for GMs — and it’s off to a good start.

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