game-running

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You Can’t Run Games in Anger

23 Mar, 2026  in Advice Column / retrospective  tagged game-running by Brandes Stoddard

I’ve been formulating this post in my head for years. I hope it helps someone run better, kinder games. Including me—I’m talking about lessons that I have learned the hard way and still struggle with at times. This is mostly for the LARP side, as I’m going to talk about […]

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How Do We Teach Game-Running?

25 Feb, 2017  in 13th Age / Advice Column / Dungeon World / powered by the Apocalypse  tagged DMing / game-running / GMing by Brandes Stoddard

A friend’s Facebook thread got me thinking about how the sweet science of game-running is taught and refined. Now, as you likely know, I’ve been writing for Tribality for more than two years, and helping GMs hone their craft is a central element of the Tribality mission statement. But I […]

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