Being Demoralized By Real-World Stuff; Being Uplifted By My Audience
This has been a wild week.
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Michael T. Christensen
- Feb 22
- 3 min
LOL This is Why I'm So Focused on Building Up My Content Buffer for 2023
Getting a stomach virus this week seems to have helped me gain some perspective.
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Michael T. Christensen
- Feb 15
- 7 min
How Do I Feel About Wizards of the Coast Right Now?
Short version: It's complicated.
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Michael T. Christensen
- Feb 8
- 2 min
We Made It Through January, Somehow
I'm still reeling.
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Michael T. Christensen
- Jan 4
- 4 min
How My Completionism Helps Me Procrastinate
There are so many things I've put off because my weird, bad brain makes checklists of prerequisites.
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Michael T. Christensen
- Dec 28, 2022
- 3 min
Carving Out Time for Yourself
It's not easy to keep a hard schedule and maintain a work/life balance, but I was able to articulate how *I* keep things running!
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Michael T. Christensen
- Dec 21, 2022
- 3 min
How I Get Everything Done Before the Holidays
I'm going to pull back the curtain somewhat, and share a bit of insight into how I get so much done every week.
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Michael T. Christensen
- Dec 14, 2022
- 4 min
How Much Do You Tell Your Players? Part Three: Motivations of NPCs and PCs
In the third and final installment of this series, I talk about how Insight, Deception and Persuasion checks can be used responsibly.
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Michael T. Christensen
- Dec 7, 2022
- 3 min
How Much Do You Tell Your Players? Part Two: How Magic Works
In part two of my three-part series about sharing info with players, we talk about handling questions about magic items and spells.
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Michael T. Christensen
- Nov 30, 2022
- 3 min
How Much Do You Tell Your Players? Part One: Entering a Room
This week, we kick off a three-part series of posts about giving information to players, starting with advice for describing environments.
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Michael T. Christensen
- Nov 23, 2022
- 4 min
Table Etiquette
In honor of Thanksgiving, let's discuss the table etiquette rules I laid out for my D&D groups, and the reasoning behind each one of them.
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Michael T. Christensen
- Nov 16, 2022
- 6 min
Fake It 'Til You Make It
This week, Mike reveals the greatest trick to running an RPG… pretending you already know all the tricks to running an RPG.
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Michael T. Christensen
- Nov 9, 2022
- 5 min
Plotting, Part 2: Playing in the Sandbox
Last week, we discussed the value of adventures on railroad tracks. This week, we discuss the opposite – the open world sandbox.
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Michael T. Christensen
- Nov 2, 2022
- 5 min
Plotting, Part 1: In Defense of the Railroad
Over the next few weeks, we discuss a few different approaches to running plots in RPGs – this week, we’re defending railroad tracks.
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Michael T. Christensen
- Oct 26, 2022
- 8 min
Old Group, New Faces
Let's talk about the challenges of joining an existing gaming group.
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Michael T. Christensen
- Oct 19, 2022
- 9 min
Location, Location, Location
Let's discuss the importance of memorable environments and locations in RPGs.
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Michael T. Christensen
- Oct 12, 2022
- 10 min
Creating Memorable NPCs
Let's talk about a few easy tricks to make your side characters more memorable and interesting.
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Michael T. Christensen
- Oct 5, 2022
- 5 min
What Makes a Campaign?
Let's discuss what we mean when we talk about a “campaign,” and how to find the right tone and style for your story.
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Michael T. Christensen
- Sep 28, 2022
- 6 min
How To Manipulate Your Players (Into Having Emotions)
I share some tips and tricks on emotional manipulation – in the service of storytelling, of course.
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Michael T. Christensen
- Sep 21, 2022
- 3 min
Unknown Armies
This week, I want to talk about “Unknown Armies,” the weirdest game I've ever played.
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