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Acclaimed Advice
My wife attended a running school that gave out a running shirt to all new students. Every shirt had a phrase printed on it: first name is all in. The power of the phrase stuck with me. Apocalypse World did the same with to do it, do it. There is no better advice I could…
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Peerless Player
Life is doing a bit on me, so another late to the party post for RPG a Day 2024. This time around a peerless player. To me, no such thing. Playing these games is my hobby and my giving me life answer nine times out of ten. Any player who brings their best and makes…
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Notable Non-Player Character
Very long time ago I played a random villager NPC by blabbing local gossip. In a fit of crazy inspiration I went on for a good while. The players moved from shock to laughter. Next time they encountered her – they ran away as I opened my mouth. It’s hard creating a good NPC, and…
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Classic Campaign
Talking about a classic campaign for RPG a Day 2024 is pretty hard – not that I haven’t played any of them, I have barely seen any. Once I flipped through a fe Dragonlance adventures, and I’ve seen new The Enemy Within on a shelf for a minute. So I need to turn and talk…
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Amazing Adventure
Day twenty of RPG a Day 2024 asks us about an amazing adventure. An amazing adventure is the one that sets itself up honestly, but still manages to surprise you. Delta Green: Last Things Last Last Things Last by Bret Kramer was a shotgun scenario submission, that latter on got included as the introductory adventure…
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Sensational Session
A sensational session is a hard thing to accomplish. I think it always takes a little bit of a fortunate event to push it over the edge of greatness. In today’s post I’ll write about one of each – a sensational session I GMed, and one I played in. Mage: the Ascension – The Italian…
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Memorable Moment of Play
After playing for so long singling one memorable moment for RPG a Day 2024 is impossible. Moment to moment there were so many that I am sad to know how many I forgot about. But I’ll restrict myself to stuff that has an easy and short setup. Band of Blades Our Band of Blades campaign…