Table for Two: Running Cypher System for One Player
What does it take to run a Cypher System game for a single player? The Cypher System is extremely flexible—I’ve …
Introducing Numenera to Players
One of the things I love about Numenera is that it’s easy to play, which makes it a great roleplaying …
Playtesting The Stars Are Fire
A science fiction tabletop RPG might be thought of differently than a fantasy game. And by differently, I mean implicitly …
Matt Colville’s Essay from Your Best Game Ever
The awesome Matt Colville, one of numerous consulting experts on Your Best Game Ever, wrote this essay for the book: How …
Giving a New Player the Best Possible First Impression
Advice about the game group comprises a whole chapter of Your Best Game Ever, with topics like group size, advice …
Rules Lawyers
Knowing the rules is a good thing. Constantly, pedantically correcting everyone else’s knowledge of the rules, or arguing with the …
Strife Among the Players
This article is an excerpt from Your Best Game Ever, on preorder now and coming this summer! Strife Among the Players …
Pacing Encounters and Sessions Together
This article is an excerpt from Your Best Game Ever, on preorder now and coming this summer! Pacing Encounters and Sessions …
Ensuring Player Agency
This article is an excerpt from Your Best Game Ever, on preorder now and coming this summer! Ensuring Player Agency Players …
Tips for Running a One-Shot Game
Happy January! Here at MCG we’re starting to think about the summer convention season (because the event submission deadlines start …
January Is New Gamemaster Month!
Join Us in January and You’ll Be a GM by February! What do you call someone who’s thought about GMing—who’s …
Numenera Crafting Made Easy
Numenera Destiny introduces robust salvaging and crafting rules that let characters convert the remnants of the prior worlds into beneficial …