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3 Round Combat Plans for Lightning Combats - Part I From Johnn Four | Published March 8, 2021, updated May 16, 2021 Roleplaying Tips Newsletter #1,148 In Faster Combat, a Three Round Combat Plan is how your combat will end after your side has had three licks against the other side. Why would...

Ripping Up Adventure Drama With a Saw Blade From Johnn Four | Published July 24, 2021 Roleplaying Tips Newsletter #1,166 Make your adventures wondrous with terrific drama. We want tension in our plots and gameplay that escalates as players get close to the climactic ending. To increase drama...

3 Quick Horror Tips For Your Halloween Game From Johnn Four | Published October 26, 2021, updated October 28, 2021 Roleplaying Tips Newsletter #1,177 RPT GM Bruce M. asked me for tips on how to scare players during a special Halloween one-shot he's prepping. Alas, I don't have a ton of...

The First 15 Minutes – How to Kickoff Great Game Sessions From Johnn Four | updated May 24, 2021 Roleplaying Tips Newsletter #581 RPT GM Juaquine Silveira offers this great tip and tip request: I am a fairly new GM, and while I have some skill I still have a lot of questions. We all know...

10 Ways to Surprise Your Players & Enjoy the Fun From Johnn Four | published 2000, updated May 20, 2021 Roleplaying Tips Newsletter #021 For The Players Give them each a chocolate bar or homemade cookies halfway through the session. Buy each player a toy that costs under two bucks. Recently...

Ten Tips For Stress-Free Gamemastering From Kevin Davies | updated May 20, 2021 Roleplaying Tips Newsletter #020 Like many gamers, when I first entered the hobby, I thought that it was desirable and even necessary to have rules to account for the outcome of every possible Character action or...

Never Forget Your Dice Again From JohnnFour | updated May 20, 2021 Roleplaying Tips Newsletter #019 What’s in your portable game master kit? Except for a few strategic digital replacements, my kit is the same as 17 years ago when I wrote the article below! These days I have a game after...

10 Ways To Make Your Ogres More Intimidating From JohnnFour | updated May 20, 2021 Roleplaying Tips Newsletter #018 Make them cunning Help the players make overconfident mistakes by playing up ogres as dumb and slow Attacking ogres focus on spell casters first–with ogre-size rocks hurled at...

Great Campaign Journals - 6 Tips From JohnnFour | updated May 20, 2021 Roleplaying Tips Newsletter #017 Reward Contributions Although campaign journals are their own reward in the long run, an immediate incentive from the game master can help a player get over the short term hump for keeping...

Campaign Structure Part I From Peter Maranci | updated May 20, 2021 Roleplaying Tips Newsletter #015 This is the first in a two-part series on campaign structure. Read Campaign Structure Part II. Fundamental to any roleplaying campaign is the conceptual structure which controls it. That...

5 Tips To Creating A Truly Evil Villain From JohnnFour | updated May 20, 2021 Roleplaying Tips Newsletter #014 Numerous, Non-Lethal Attacks My new villain does not have the resources to completely wipe out the character party and still keep her other plots and plans going. So, like the...

5 Time Management Tips For Busy Roleplayers From JohnnFour | updated May 20, 2021 Roleplaying Tips Newsletter #013 One of my biggest challenges as a game master today is time management. There’s just too much to do in my professional and personal life to devote as much time as I really want...

Top 6 Ways To Use Encounters to Build a Compelling Campaign From JohnnFour | updated January 9, 2020 Roleplaying Tips Newsletter #012 Encounters are like pieces of a grand jigsaw puzzle that you build with your players over time into a story. Imagine then, if some of the pieces didn’t fit...

Top 6 Ways To More Compelling Encounters From Da'Vane | updated February 21, 2019 Roleplaying Tips Newsletter #011 I believe encounters (some roleplayers also call them “scenes”) are the workhorses of roleplaying. Campaigns are simply the sum total of all the individual encounters that you...

Romance In Games - It's The Chase That's Fun From JohnnFour | updated February 21, 2019 Roleplaying Tips Newsletter #010 I had the opportunity to have a very enjoyable roleplaying discussion with a few Roleplaying Tips Weekly subscribers this past weekend. And the topic of character romance in...

Top 7 Tips For Developing The Voice That Wins By Dr. June Johnson From JohnnFour | updated February 17, 2020 Roleplaying Tips Newsletter #009 The voice is your most powerful means of communication. How you hear yourself is not necessarily how others hear you. Successful professionals have...

Imaginary Languages Excite the Brain and Add Depth to your Campaign From JohnnFour | updated February 21, 2019 Roleplaying Tips Newsletter #008 Table of Contents Imaginary Languages Excite the Brain and Add Depth to Your Campaign Help Request: Campaign Journals Imaginary Languages Excite the...

Save Time & Get More Planning Done Through Campaign Newsletters From JohnnFour | updated August 4, 2019 Roleplaying Tips Newsletter #007 I don’t know how I lived without my roleplaying campaign newsletter, “The Redblade Crier”. A newsletter is such a fast and easy way to keep your players...

Use "In-Character" Feedback To Encourage Roleplaying From JohnnFour | updated February 24, 2019 Roleplaying Tips Newsletter #006 Introduction Thanks to the intense Politically Correct environment in this city I’ve taken more conflict resolution, active listening, customer service and employee...

How to Turn Brain Teasers into Amazing Roleplaying Opportunities From JohnnFour | updated December 10, 2020 Roleplaying Tips Newsletter #005 Table of Contents The Wise King The Two Brothers Death Meats the Squire Introduction Puzzles are an essential part of roleplaying. Even in groups where...