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		<title>GMs as Creators and Managers</title>
		<link>http://www.treasuretables.org/2007/10/gms-as-creators-and-managers</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2007 14:21:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[TT reader, RPG freelancer and author of Opening Credits via PowerPoint Walt C. emailed me about the most basic division of the GM&#8217;s roles. I thought this would be a good topic for discussion, and Walt gave me the thumbs-up on turning his email into a guest post. Thanks, Walt! - &#8211; - &#8211; - [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are You the Most Dialed-in Gamer in Your Group?</title>
		<link>http://www.treasuretables.org/2007/08/are-you-the-most-dialed-in-gamer-in-your-group</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Aug 2007 12:06:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the GM, are you the gamer in your group who is most up on new and upcoming releases, errata, web forums, blogs and news sites related to your game(s) of choice? And if so, is there any connection between being your group&#8217;s most dialed-in gamer and being the GM? In my case, I&#8217;d say [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Callbacks, YPAL Updated and GM Types</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jul 2007 14:58:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Approaches and Techniques]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Role of the GM]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Three GMing links, three completely different topics: &#8226; Young Person&#8217;s Adventure League: Bill Walton, who runs The Escapist, has updated the YPAL with The Tinkerer&#8217;s Toolbox, a collection of resources for GMing for kids, and The Navigator&#8217;s Notebook, which features convention reports about running Toon and Faery&#8217;s Tale for kids at Origins 2007. If you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bribing the GM</title>
		<link>http://www.treasuretables.org/2007/02/bribing-the-gm</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Feb 2007 12:06:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Role of the GM]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Back in high school, I gamed with a GM who openly encouraged us to bribe him with things (like snacks) for XP and other in-game privileges. Fifteen years on, man, that seems weird. Or is it? Is this secretly commonplace outside of high school? It&#8217;s got such a Knights of the Dinner Table vibe that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Game Master, Referee, Storyteller: What&#8217;s in a Name?</title>
		<link>http://www.treasuretables.org/2006/02/game-master-referee-storyteller-whats-in-a-name</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2006 14:03:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here on TT, I use &#8220;Game Master&#8221; (or more often, GM) to apply to everyone who runs RPGs, even if I&#8217;m talking about a specific game that uses a different term (like Referee or Storyteller). It&#8217;s the most common, most widely understood term, which makes it a good fit for this site. But many RPGs [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GM as Meeting Facilitator</title>
		<link>http://www.treasuretables.org/2006/01/gm-as-meeting-facilitator</link>
		<comments>http://www.treasuretables.org/2006/01/gm-as-meeting-facilitator#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2006 13:55:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Role of the GM]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Meeting Facilitation and Gaming is an absolutely fascinating post over at The 20&#8242; by 20&#8242; Room &#8212; &#8220;one of the problems with typical rpgs is the fact that the GM is usually the meeting facilitator for a gaming group.&#8221; I can&#8217;t believe I&#8217;ve never thought of it that way before!]]></description>
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		<title>How Different RPGs Define the GM&#8217;s Role</title>
		<link>http://www.treasuretables.org/2005/12/how-different-rpgs-define-the-gms-role</link>
		<comments>http://www.treasuretables.org/2005/12/how-different-rpgs-define-the-gms-role#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Dec 2005 13:21:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chris Chinn, of Deep in the Game (one of the best RPG blogs around), recently wrote a post entitled An exercise for the viewer at home. In it, Chris excerpts a snippet of text from the intro to Exalted that reveals a lot about the assumptions underlying that RPG. I love this idea (thanks, Chris!), [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>78</slash:comments>
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		<title>Professional GMing</title>
		<link>http://www.treasuretables.org/2005/09/professional-gming</link>
		<comments>http://www.treasuretables.org/2005/09/professional-gming#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Sep 2005 18:50:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had a chance to game with Tavis Allison, the president of Behemoth3, at this year&#8217;s GenCon, and after the con he asked me if I&#8217;d write about their latest project, Otherworld Excursions, here on Treasure Tables. I agreed, for three reasons: Tavis is a very nice guy, we swapped a bit of free PR [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>32</slash:comments>
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		<title>What Does the  GM Do?</title>
		<link>http://www.treasuretables.org/2005/08/what-does-the-gm-do</link>
		<comments>http://www.treasuretables.org/2005/08/what-does-the-gm-do#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Role of the GM]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Sounds like a pretty dumb question, right? Or at least a question with a very obvious answer: the GM creates scenarios, runs the game and plays the NPCs. That&#8217;s true, but those are pretty broad descriptions &#8212; particularly that middle one, &#8220;runs the game.&#8221; Let&#8217;s break those topics down into smaller chunks, and try to [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>10</slash:comments>
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		<title>GM by Default</title>
		<link>http://www.treasuretables.org/2005/07/gm-by-default</link>
		<comments>http://www.treasuretables.org/2005/07/gm-by-default#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Role of the GM]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever run a game because no one else will? I know I&#8217;ve done this in the past, and probably will again &#8212; and I&#8217;d be willing to bet you&#8217;ve done the same thing at least once. Why does this happen? You probably know the feeling: everyone wants to game, but no one wants [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>13</slash:comments>
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