Roleplaying Tips #299: 150 Benign Urban Encounters
Issue 299 of the Roleplaying Tips e-zine contains 150 non-combat urban encounters for your fantasy game. At one short sentence apiece, they’re the perfect length to get your creative juices flowing.
Free Stock Photos for GMs
On the heels of Using Flickr to Find RPG Images, here are 4 stock photo sites you might find useful: Image * After, morgueFile (”morgue” in the photo library sense, not the dead body sense), Picturestation and stock.xchng.
9 Lessons GMs Can Learn from World of Warcraft
I started playing World of Warcraft (WoW) at the end of 2005, and it’s been a blast so far.
Me being, well, me, I’ve been thinking about what lessons GMs can learn from WoW ever since I logged in for the first time, and here they are: 9 GMing lessons you can learn from World of Warcraft.
Dirty 30s!: A Free Pulp RPG Sourcebook
The excellent Dirty 30s! site covers a range of topic for pulp GMs, from fashion to ships and planes, with plenty of photos.
Knowledge (Current Events) for d20 Games
TT reader Roger Carbol publishes a free e-zine called Knowledge (Current Events), which takes real-world news and puts it into game terms.
It’s geared towards the d20 System, but the background material in each issue could apply to any game. There are 10 issues so far, and it’s good stuff. (See also: Adventures Ripped from the Headlines.)
Adventures Ripped from the Headlines
If you’ve ever seen a preview for the TV show Law & Order, you’ve heard the phrase “a case ripped from the headlines.” You can take the same approach when you write adventures for your game — even if your game isn’t set in the modern world.
Here are a few ideas for turning news (and “news”) into scenario plots for your favorite RPG.
TT Store: Lower Prices on All 42 Items!
I’ve given the Treasure Tables store a complete facelift: It now offers 42 different items, from our classic black G33k T-shirt and womens’ yoga pants to retro Rat Bastard GM shirts, ladies’ G33k baseball shirts and messenger bags.
Better still, I’ve dropped every single price in the shop — T-shirts now start at $15.99 (down from $17.99).
I’m trying to make everything about the shop better for you (so you’ll buy more stuff, of course!) — let me know how I’m doing.
Love is in the RPG
Happy Valentine’s Day! In the spirit of the day, you might consider running a game of Blue Rose, Green Ronin’s RPG of romantic fantasy — and fleshing out your romantic NPCs with Shards of the Heart, from Tabletop Adventures.
Do you ever include romance in your games? Or is it taboo for your group?
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Treasure Tables is dedicated to game masters, offering GMing advice and ideas and a community of GMs helping each other run great games since 2005. I'm Martin Ralya, and I've been GMing since 1989 and writing for the RPG industry since 2004.