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A Quick Example of Expected Utility

October 27, 2018 Stephen Dunscombe

A friend was wisting after math that aids with decision-making, so I thought I’d whip up a quick worked example…

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Learning Vocabulary with a Spreadsheet

April 17, 2017 Stephen Dunscombe

I’ve spent a lot of time and energy over the last 15 years or so studying various languages.  Welsh in…

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How Do You Solve A Problem Like No Healer?

July 25, 2016 Stephen Dunscombe

5e is an especially lethal RPG, even compared to, say, Pathfinder.  One friend dubbed it “rocket tag”. The game definitely…

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GMing Rule #3. Don’t invalidate the players’ efforts.

April 26, 2016 Stephen Dunscombe 4 Comments

All of my GMing rules posted so far are collected here. GMing Rule #3. Don’t invalidate the players’ efforts. PCs…

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GMing Rule #2. You are not here to tell your story.

April 20, 2016 Stephen Dunscombe

All of my GMing rules posted so far are collected here. Rule #2. You are not here to tell your…

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GMing Rule #1. If everyone is having fun, you’re doing it right.

April 12, 2016 Stephen Dunscombe

This is the first of what’s intended to be a semi-regular series of posts, about my rules of running a…

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How I Write an Adventure, part 6 – Putting it All Together

December 5, 2015 Stephen Dunscombe

So I’ve talked a lot about four main ingredients for adventures: an Objective, a Motivation, three Obstacles, and Supplementary Information.…

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How I Write an Adventure, part 5 – Supplementary Information

December 4, 2015 Stephen Dunscombe

Confession: this category is pretty broad. For a lot of GMs, especially new GMs, one issue they run into is…

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How I Write an Adventure, part 4 – Three Obstacles

December 3, 2015 Stephen Dunscombe

So you know what the PCs are trying to accomplish, and you know why.  Now you need to make that…

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How I Write an Adventure, part 3 – Motivation

December 2, 2015 Stephen Dunscombe 1 Comment

So, we’ve taken an overall look at my process for adventure construction, and we’ve drilled down a bit on Objectives.…

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