Game Management for RPGs
Working with Role-Playing Games
Game Tools: are a group of posts about managing games and game assets. This includes managing electronic games and tools. This also talks about generic concepts such as choosing a new campaign when the old one is finished.
Game Management
- 2021 in Review (2021-12-20) I look back over the last three years.
- Choosing a New Campaign (2019-06-11)
- House Rules (2020-11-22) – Warning regarding an emotional post discussing how House Rules, Rules as Written and Rules as Intended can impact play, the games master and the games.
- Running Games over Skype (2020-04-21)
- Sandbox vs Linear Storyline (2020-11-24)
- Table Rules (2020-11-23) Why my gaming table has four core rules of play.
- Tracking Experience (2019-12-26)
- GM’s Luck Roll (2020-01-07)
Annotated Stat Blocks
- Dungeons and Dragons (2019-02-05)
- Pathfinder (2019-02-12)
- Pathfinder 2 (2019-09-17)
Creating Campaigns
- D&D Mystara Design (2019-12-17), continue in 2022 (2021-12-24)
- Genesys (2019-06-04)
- Pathfinder (2019-04-02)
- Pathfinder 2 TRAP Design (2019-12-19), continue in 2022 (2021-12-23)
- Shadowrun (2019-04-16)
- Star Wars (2019-04-09), the Mandalorian campaign (2021-04-01), continue in 2022 (2021-12-25)
Character Creation
- Dungeons and Dragons 5E (2020-06-29)
- Pathfinder 2 (2020-06-16)
- Star Wars (2019-01-08)
Concluding a Campaign
- Star Wars (2019-03-26)
Non Player Characters (NPCs)
- Talking to NPCs (2021-11-02)
- Working with NPCs (2021-11-14)
Virtual Table Top Software
Virtual Tabletop Software (VTT) are tool that assist in the running and management of table top games.
Discussing working with the following tools:
- d20Pro
- Hero Lab (currently being decomissioned as a tool due to moving to online only format)
- Realm Works (currently being decomissioned as a tool due to support bing dropped)
d20Pro
- Installation (2020-07-01)
Realm Works
- Players and their Characters (2016-01-12)
- Realms Created (2021-01-01)
- Using for D&D (2016-12-13)
Age of Steam Articles
Age of Steam: is talking about how gaming has evolved since the arrival of modern computers games and an online delivery system that does not require any human interaction.
- Board Games (2016-01-23)
- Card Games (2015-02-17)
- Video Games (2014-11-16)
Note: Most of these posts are going through content and format updates so feel free to check back and see what has changed.
Content Updates
- 2021-01-01 – Notes relating to decomissioning of tools from my teams due to changes in 2020.
- 2020-12-20 – Layout cleanup.
Game Management
GM – 2021 in Review, Choosing a New Campaign, Downtime Uses, GM’s Luck Roll, House Rules, Running Games over Skype, Sandbox vs Linear, Story RPGs, Table Rules, Tracking Experience
Annotated Stat Blocks: Dungeons and Dragons, Pathfinder, Pathfinder 2, Star Wars FFG
Creating a Campaign: D&D Mystara Design (2022), Genesys, Pathfinder, Pathfinder 2 TRAP Design (2022), Shadowrun, Star Wars (Mandalorian, 2022)
Character Creation: Dungeons and Dragons, Pathfinder 2, Star Wars Beta, Star Wars FFG
Concluding a Campaign: Star Wars
NPCs – Talking to NPCs, Working with NPCs.
Virtual Table Top (VTT) Software – d20Pro: Installation, Realm Works: Players and their Characters, Using for D&D, Realm Created
Age of Steam
Age of Steam Page: Board Games, Card Games, Video Games
Library of Books
B5, d20 System, Pathfinder, SW

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