Robin's Laws of Good Game Mastering

by Laws, Robin D.

• ISBN13: 9781556346293
• ISBN10: 1556346298
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-02-01
• Publisher: Psi

Summary

Has your game got the blahs? Are your players spending more time thumbing through your book collection than hunting down clues, more energy heckling one another than in crushing their cruel foes? Never fear, o beleaguered Game Masters, for Robin D. Laws, noted game designer (Feng Shui, Hero Wars, Dying Earth, Rune) and columnist (Dragon magazine, The Play's The Thing) has sojourned long in the gaming wilderness to bring you the techniques required to take your mastery of Game Mastering to the next level. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

The Great, Immutable, Ironclad Law	2	(1)
Knowing Your Players	3	(4)
In-Game Preferences	3	(3)
Getting To Know New Players	6	(1)
Picking Your Rules Set	7	(5)
Winning Converts	7	(1)
Theme and Tone	8	(1)
Accessibility	9	(1)
Power Balance	9	(3)
Campaign Design	12	(4)
The Setting	12	(3)
Mission	15	(1)
Adventure Design	16	(6)
Dungeons and Other Unstructured Adventures	17	(1)
Common Structures	18	(3)
Adventure Worksheet	21	(1)
Preparing To Be Spontaneous	22	(3)
Names	22	(2)
Dialogue	24	(1)
Overcoming Other Blocks	24	(1)
Confidence, Mood, and Focus	25	(5)
What Is the Focus On?	26	(4)
Improvising	30	(2)
Making Choices	30	(2)
Pacing	32	(1)
A Final Word on the Ultimate Dilemma	32	(1)
About the Author	33