Your superiors trust you with a crucial mission: retrieve an ancient artifact from ruins occupied by the Dark Lords. Beat them to it, or darkness may consume Magnamund. No pressure!
Integrating Combat into Role-playing and Literature
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Retired Major General Rich Staats, decorated combat commander and 45-year gamemaster, offers insights and advice on incorporating combat scenarios and military deployments into games and stories.
The prophecies came true; glaciers forced all races south. At your dwarvish, mid-winter celebration, a gnome challenges your liege to a quest to restore warmth. You're in the party. Lucky you!
Your fun-loving chimp fraternity, BAN, joins Advanced Primates for Preservation of the Environment (APPE) to learn from humans living harmoniously with nature. What could possibly go wrong?
Recruiting, Retention, and Retirement for Gaming Groups
Summary:
Dr. Rich Staats, GM for over 45 years, shares tips and tricks on how to recruit quality players, make gaming groups last, and retire gaming groups. Come for the stories, stay for useful advice.
World Building for Game Masters, Game Designers, and Authors
Summary:
Join veteran GM, Dr. Rich Staats, as he describes world design for game masters, game designers, and authors. This classic seminar started as a for-credit course at MIT.