The Inside Scoop on Gaming

Regular Columns
Action Scenes Lights, camera... by Dan Bayn
Advent Methods of campaign and adventure design by Paul Mitchener
Behind The Counter The retailer's perspective by Marcus King
Close to the Edit An amalgam of ideas by Ross Winn
Critical Hits A writer's POV by Dave Smith
The Culture Beneath the Stairs: deeper issues of player culture A look at how issues as people affect us as gamers. by Conan McKegg
DMing By Dummies Dungeon Mastering By (not for) Dummies by NotMousse
Geek's Eye View Geek and gamer culture and community by Jukka Sarkijarvi
Hack For More Running Hackmaster by Ed McNeely
Keeping Kosher Keeping things fair in gaming by Walt Ciechanowski
The Play's the Thing Player advice for gaming by David Goodner
Playing Dice With The Universe Religion in games by Bill Kte'pi
RPGnet Soapbox Peeks at the industry by Sandy Antunes
Speculative Physics The physics of gaming by Mendel Schmiedekamp
View From the Big Chair The art of Game Mastering by Matthew Webber
Irregular/Fill-In Columns
Gaming for Grown-Ups Gaming for grown-ups by Tim Kirk
GlovE A different take on RPG design by Sergio Mascarenhas
No Good Experimental gaming and game theory by Juhana Pettersson
Push Rethinking RP from the ground up by Jonathan Walton
Interviews
Industry Interviews	China Mieville by Gareth-Michael Skarka (April 24, 2002)
Science Fiction (and other) Interviews of RPG/game authors, by James Maliszewski	Wolfgang Baur and Monte Cook on Dark*Matter (December 23-24, 1999)
The Outside Scoop
Buzz a pre-release kit for an upcoming game, provided by (various companies)	Starchildren: Velvet Generation (02jan02)
Counter Talk game retailer perspectives, by various retail experts	Jumping the Grand Canyon with Pikachu and Friends by Guy McLimore (December 21, 1999)
Guest House visiting gamers on gaming culture and game issues, by (various authors)	The Ten-Minute Guide To Becoming a RPG Transvestite (02sep03)
Hero for a Day superheroic gaming columns, collected and edited by Tomas Skucas	Capes & Spandex: What Costumes Mean to the Super Hero Roleplaying Genre by Storn Cook (June 8, 2000)
Industry Voices industry insiders speak up!, by (various authors)	Condensation of All Game Fiction by lizard (18apr02)
The Mighty Eye of RPGnet a different focus each time on rpger projects, chosen by Sandy Antunes	Investment Pick (31jan02)
The Vault (older column runs)
52 Pick Up (Reshuffled) A complete new game every month (or so) edited by Chris Czerniak	FTL (20aug02)
Ack no sarcasm allowed, by Jeff Freeman	The One True Way to Roleplay, Online (July 20, 1999)
Archetypology 101: Fact, Fiction, & Fallacies Exploring the character archetypes in gaming. by Aeon	Episode 11 - In Closing... (April 30, 2002)
Aural Sects game music reviews, by Remy Verhoeve	The Campaign Soundtrack part II, plus Reviews (December 19, 2001)
Bag o' Nifties Tricks for GMs by Dan Bayn	Sci-Firearms - The Bottom of the Bag (04jun03)
Behind the Curtain Starting and running a small press gaming company by Patrick Sweeney	Part VI: End Game (24sep02)
Bell, Book and Candle horror insights, by Peter Devlin	Science-Horror Part 2 -- Everything Is Not As It Seems (August 24, 1999)
Bells and Thistles about humor, by Meera Barry	Not What It Says It Is (July 27, 2001)
Bent Pages The Indie Scene by Tim Denee	InSpected (30oct02)
Binary: Computer RPGs Looking at computer RPGs from a roleplaying perspective. by Wes Johnson	All I want for Christmas (December 18, 2001)
The Bitter Guide to SF book and SF reviews, by Justin Mohareb	Because it's been too long (15jan02)
Bleeding Edge Real science for gamers by Cy Ance	Fusion Dreams (16jan04)
Campaigning at the Con All about Davenford by Mike DeSanto	Conclusion (29may03)
Chop Shop Rule tweaks by Eric Brennan	Genre-Bending (16sep03)
The Contract GM tools by J. S. Majer	Equating Real (16dec02)
Convocation Creating a Convention by Mark A. Santillo	Another Opening, Another Show (26aug02)
Dice Club Our first gaming comic! by Graveyard Greg and WebTroll	Gifts (December 31, 2001)
Elements of Gaming Elements of gaming by Brian Gleichman	Elements of Strategy (11feb03)
Extra Experience Points satire, by Greg Chatham	The Final Battle Between Greg and Evil (April 1, 2002)
Facts and Fancies: Information to Myths Taking a set of facts and spinning a backstory. by Liz Rich	Seriusly Fishy (April 12, 2002)
Faith and Steel Warriors in gaming by Steve Bergeron	Downtime (26feb03)
Fantasy Rising looking at fantasy roleplay, by Matt Snyder	Heroes real and imagined (November 16, 2001)
Fiddly Bits II Game archaelogy, game university by Larry D. Hols & Co.	FID 223: Analysis of die-roll methods (18jun02)
The Fine Art of Role-Playing The basics by Jonathan Walton
Firesparks Information just wants to play by Sam Chupp
Foaming at the Mouth social critique, by Erich S. Arendall	Hanging Up the Dice Bag (February 7, 2001)
For Granted A closer exploration of the basic things gamers overlook by Aeon	For Thwith (29aug02)
From the Trenches chicks in roleplaying and other stuff, by Jo	Sparklies (March 28, 2000)
Game Design: Step by Step A game built, right before your eyes... again! by Gareth-Michael Skarka	Redux Sux (June 7, 2001)
Gamers and the Real World Gaming and mainstream entertainment by Josh Epperson
The GGGames Dozen Complete boardgames, pocket games, and neat tactical stuff by Kris Havlak and Rick Heggie	Monkey Pit Fighting (March 8, 2002)
The Growth of a Campaign Watch a campaign evolve by Et Al	The First Session (18sep03)
Hard Science SF coverage, by David Martin	Esprit de Temps (January 30, 2002)
The Head of Vecna: Women in Gaming and Other Myths by Hilary Doda	Planting the Seed: Fertility Then and Now (May 2, 2002)
Heroes What is a hero? by Sean Hillman	Part 7: Laying Heroes To Rest (10jun03)
Hi-Fi Psi-Fi Cybernetic Samurai Cafe Roleplaying Movies by Scott Yohman	Dune (June 8, 2000)
Household Name Publishing a game by Mike Pohjola
Idea Factory by Carl Cravens	"Pick a Card, Any Card" (October 27, 2000)
Idea Mine Gaming Culture by Mike Mearls	The Life and Times of a Freelance Game Designer (January 10, 2001)
The Impossible Dream The game design dilemma by Hunter Logan	#8: True Death (17jul03)
In Genre RPGs and genres by RJ Grady
Inklings Ideas for role-playing by Dan Norder
The Last Dark Art Gaming as art form by Dan Layman-Kennedy	Ten: If Only: Great Roles, Great Players (23oct03)
Let Me Tell You About My Character A new character every month by Chad Underkoffler	Mark Meadowbrook, Evil Twin (20feb03)
Live Wires LARP by Scott Lynch	The Live Wires Holiday Study Guide (December 29, 2000)
Looting the Bodies Ethics and Decision Making by Eric Swanson
Mix-O-Tronic Creating Game Seeds by Brian Hollenbeck	The Grimm World (26jun02)
Music in Gaming Music in gaming by Damon Bradshaw	Deconstructing Composers: Reverse Choreography (06jan03)
Musings of a Would-Be Game Designer Designing Spacebuckler by Mike Martinez
It's Not Just a Game A metaphysical look at gaming by Coilean Caiside	(The Final) Conflict (20sep02)
Opening Moves cliche-revamping, by Lonnie Ezell	A Weapon for all occasions (July 13, 1999)
Phobia Horror in games by Matt Cowger	Timing, Placement and Horror (02jul02)
Planet of the Paper People Purely Paper People by P.D. Magnus
Quality Control: Creating the New Look of the Game A look into the layout process of game design. by Joshua Brain Jaffe	Ante Up: The Cover (March 2, 2001)
Roleplaying with Clio historical gaming, by Martin Lloyd	Clio's Memory (February 24, 2000)
Ruleslawyer For Free rule design and free-RPG evaluation, by Sergio Mascarenhas	Experience: From Fiction to Roleplaying Games (September 11, 2000)
Run with It Effective GMing, by Michael T. Richter	Unseen Details #1 ; How Not to Describe (August 22, 2000)
Screaming Jackass 21st century gaming, by Scott Shafer	Addiction (August 3, 2001)
Small Talk miniatures and wargames, by Robert E. Allen	Mini Reviews of Minis (March 14, 2000)
The Spider's Den internet gaming, by David Rowe	What Do You Mean You Don't Own Word98? (August 24, 1999)
Star Dragon Writing a novel by Mike Brotherton
Stray Thoughts bringing the everyday into RPGs by Michael B. Erb	Music in Gaming, Part 2 (30may03)
Take the Lead Advice on winning players and influencing parties by David Bareford	Leadership in the Star Wars Saga (16may02) Leadership in the Star Wars Saga (May 16, 2002)
Tempus Fugit History in games by Mithras	The Gygax - Arneson Tapes (12nov02)
Thematic Voyage: The Unseen Art of Gamemastering The use and exploration of themes. by Jocelyn Robitaille	Of Dread and Wonder (part 2) (March 21, 2002)
Thinking Virtually Role-playing in the computer age by Shannon Appelcline and crew	#70: Strategic Coda: The Web Connection (06jun03)
This Gaming Life Looking at gaming as an adult by Ian O'Rourke	The Rise and Fall of 3E (February 14, 2002)
Tips for the Beginning RP'er Tips for newbies by Devon Mannix
The Travels of Mendes Pinto Interactive rule design by Sergio Mascarenhas	Not Dead Yet (18jul03)
Virtually Adventurous Exploring electronic publishing by Guy McLimore and Matt Drake	Part the Sixth: In which the Humble Narrator hears the voice of (07oct02)
Wanna Fight? Combat in roleplaying by Bryan Jonker	Fifth Commandment (14oct02)
Ways To Play New ideas for role-playing by Chris Chinn	Modifiers and Rewards (14jul03)
Well Met! scenario starts, by Dan Armstrong	And So The Adventure Begins... (April 11, 2000)
We're Misguided! Syndicated comics lives! by Darren Calvert	Planet Basement (August 20, 2001)
Wind in the Flowers The mad art of revising an existing game, subtext Noblis by R. Sean Borgstrom	Editing, Development, and Production (March 27, 2002)

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