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Product Review – “Prepared” from Kobold Press – Pt 1

7Sided — Sat, 25 Mar 2017 13:29:40 +0000

Emergency! Within the first ten minutes of your four-hour game session, the players have already managed to completely nullify the plans that you had made for where the story was going to go. Now what do you do? Recently, I’ve been thinking about pulling together my own GM Toolkit that will have everything I need […]

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Free Map – “Guard Room”

7Sided — Fri, 18 Nov 2016 16:53:41 +0000

One-Page Battle Map The guards are relaxing at the table. They laugh as they finish a round of cards, unaware of the approaching adventurers. There’s no way to sneak past them to the small cell. This jailbreak is about to get interesting… “Guard Room” is a one-page dungeon room that would work well for a quick […]

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How To Have Fun As A Fighter

7Sided — Tue, 08 Nov 2016 12:53:18 +0000

(Who Misses on Most Attacks) True story… I was GMing the Lost Mines of Phandelver adventure from the Fifth Edition Starter Set and I had two brand new players at the table. It was literally their first time playing 5e and the first time playing any RPG for one of them. We were using the preteen […]

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Free Map – “Bone Pit”

7Sided — Fri, 04 Nov 2016 11:41:22 +0000

You enter a new room and the torches on lining the walls flicker. The floor steps down into a bone littered pit. As you slowly proceed into the room, your foot sends a pebble tumbling down the steps and echoing off the walls. The room returns to silence for a moment and then you hear a low growl. It's getting closer...

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Experienced Players & New Players at the Table

7Sided — Wed, 02 Nov 2016 12:28:37 +0000

How do you deal with new and experienced players at the same table? This is the exact scenario that I was facing as the GM at my last game session...

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7 Ways to Speed Up Your Game

7Sided — Tue, 25 Oct 2016 11:11:21 +0000

Do you feel like you never have enough time in your gaming session to get to "the good stuff?" Does every combat last three hours? Do you feel like the entire session was spent making decisions about unimportant things? Has your adventure been hijacked by crafting, purchasing supplies, or pursuing one PC's pet project? Hopefully these quick and easy ideas will help your next game be a bit more exciting as the story moves along at breakneck speed...

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Steal Your Backstory from Shakespeare

7Sided — Sun, 03 Jul 2016 21:11:00 +0000

To help you develop a rich and compelling back story for your awesome character, here are seven back story ideas drawn from the plots of the master storyteller, William Shakespeare...

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