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  1. Stephan Hornick

    RPT Newsletter #1,034 | Campaign’s Pillars: How to Pacing Your Game’s Exciting Moments

    Campaign’s Pillars: How to Pacing Your Game’s Exciting Moments By JohnnFour | Published March 21, 2022 Roleplaying Tips Newsletter #1,034 Manage pace during sessions instead of scripting it. This lets you react to your game as it unfolds and is one less strict plan you must track. But...
  2. Stephan Hornick

    RPT Newsletter #1,149 | 3 Round Combat Plans For Lightning Combats – Part II

    3 Round Combat Plans For Lightning Combats – Part II From JohnnFour | Published March 30, 2021 Roleplaying Tips Newsletter #1,149 How do you make your next combat fast and exciting effective 3 Round Combat Plans? And what are we supposed to do in each round? What is our strategy here? That’s...
  3. Stephan Hornick

    RPT Newsletter #1,200 | When Players Go Feral — How to Clarify Actions of Misunderstood Players

    When Players Go Feral — How to Clarify Actions of Misunderstood Players From Jonathan Hardin, sojournersawake.com | Published April 25, 2022 Roleplaying Tips Newsletter #1,200 A Brief Word from Johnn Today's tips from Jonathan cover a problem I've experienced many times, especially at...
  4. Stephan Hornick

    RPT Newsletter #965 | 7 Great Mapping Apps You Might Not Have Heard Of Before

    7 Great Mapping Apps You Might Not Have Heard Of Before By JohnnFour | Published August 2018, updated June 18, 2021 Roleplaying Tips Newsletter #965 Mapping software is a personal thing. I know what I like. Within moments of opening software I know if I’m going to be in for a rough time...
  5. Stephan Hornick

    RPT Newsletter #1,182 | Encounter Mapping Software - 3 Tips For Choosing The Best One

    Encounter Mapping Software - 3 Tips For Choosing The Best One By JohnnFour | Published November 29, 2021 Roleplaying Tips Newsletter #1,182 A great conversation came up in the monthly Wizard of Adventure chat Saturday on what encounter mapping software to choose. (Wizards of Adventure who...
  6. Stephan Hornick

    RPT Newsletter #1,186 | Highlights and Hopes — How to Get Valuable Feedback From Your Players

    Highlights and Hopes — How to Get Valuable Feedback From Your Players From JohnnFour | Published January 3, 2022 Roleplaying Tips Newsletter #1,186 Happy New Year! May 2022 be a year full of happy gaming and dice rolling for you! I hope to get back behind the screen this year after taking...
  7. Stephan Hornick

    RPT Newsletter #1,182 | Encounter Mapping Software - 3 Tips For Choosing The Best One

    Encounter Mapping Software - 3 Tips For Choosing The Best One From JohnnFour | Published November 29, Updated December 3, 2021 Roleplaying Tips Newsletter #1,182 Brief Word From Johnn A great conversation came up in the monthly Wizard of Adventure chat Saturday on what encounter mapping...
  8. Stephan Hornick

    RPT Newsletter #1,037 | The Dangling Description Mystery Method Formula — The Secret Sauce To Riveting Descriptions

    The Dangling Description Mystery Method Formula - The Secret Sauce To Riveting Descriptions From JohnnFour | Published June 7, 2019, Updated June 9, 2019 Roleplaying Tips Newsletter #1,037 I was working on a new Faster Combat lesson about the Action Economy last weekend and a lightbulb went...
  9. Stephan Hornick

    RPT Newsletter #1,176 | How To Start Every Session With A Bang!

    How To Start Every Session With A Bang! From JohnnFour | Published October 18, 2021 Roleplaying Tips Newsletter #1,176 I was excited to play but bored within minutes. It became difficult to focus. I noticed other players starting to zone out too. We were on Zoom, making it even harder. Ideas...
  10. Stephan Hornick

    RPT Newsletter #1,173 | Use This Clever Tool To Herd Your Cats - Plot Factories

    Use This Clever Tool To Herd Your Cats - Plot Factories From JohnnFour | Published September 28, 2021 Roleplaying Tips Newsletter #1,173 A Brief Word From Johnn Today's tips are about one of my favourite GM techniques. But before I share my ideas on Plot Factories, I wanted to let you know...
  11. Stephan Hornick

    RPT Newsletter #1,148 | 3 Round Combat Plans for Lightning Combats - Part I

    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...
  12. Stephan Hornick

    RPT Newsletter #1,166 | Ripping Up Adventure Drama With a Saw Blade

    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...
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