GMing

Your very words, the very fact that such issues have become such a recurring issue for you are proof of the wretchedness of the GMing you so arrogantly hold up as sterling.

I Hate the RAW « Geek Related 2010

It goes much deeper than that to a my Dad GMing an X-Men RPG with me and my siblings in the early 90s.

2009 February 2009

If I were GMing a paragon tier party, I would house rule most reasonable request and turn down the rest.

Why Complain About 4e? Stop the Edition Wars! « Geek Related 2009

It goes much deeper than that to a my Dad GMing an X-Men RPG with me and my siblings in the early 90s.

It’s true, Cyclops is my favorite X-men 2009

James said GMing a game is a skill like any other.

Rough Edges James Maliszewski 2008

On the flip side of the coin, I've had that sort of "old school" GMing in it's most asshat-like form - the GM who gives you NOTHING unless you feed him EXACTLY the right sort of question or description, and uses the slightest vagary or slip-up in your communication with him as a means to stick it to you sideways at the first opportunity.

Kids James Maliszewski 2008

As to their use as a GMing tool, Stephen Marsh, writer of the Random Thought Table over at SJG's Pyramid magazine, once wrote an article about RPG mechanics where he stated one of the things he likes in certain RPGs is the ability to use the "Roll the Dice and See How Pretty They Look" method of conflict resolution.

On the Oracular Power of Dice James Maliszewski 2008

Anyone who thinks that sort of GMing style is the right kind of "Hardcore Old School Awesomeness" is more than welcome to keep it, cuz I don't want it.

Kids James Maliszewski 2008

But if you're planning to be at Dragonmeet, in addition to doing proper obeisance to the mighty robin_d_laws, and buying a Rare Preprint of our new Trail of Cthulhu adventure book, Shadows Over Filmland, and watching us divagate on GMing Tips and Investigative Game Design in seminars, and playing wonderful other games run by wonderful other people, ask me about Iowa State A&M.

Kenneth Hite's Journal princeofcairo 2008

Item #1: Beer 'n' Pretzels RoleplayingRather than try to get the tortuous continuity of the previous Planescape campaign up and running from scratch, I'd like to start GMing again with something simple: isolated one-off canned scenarios where I hand you a character at the beginning of the evening and we do our damndest to wrap it all up by the end.

In Which The Ferrett Takes His Life Back yuki_onna 2006