Francois DesRochersNov 28, 202314 min readGM Field GuideGM Field Guide #16: Player Immersion and EngagementINTRODUCTION This is going to be another one of my omnibus posts; a holding site for several related articles. In the GM Field Guide #4:...
Francois DesRochersJul 4, 202312 min readGM Field GuideGM Field Guide #15 - Law of Armed Conflict in RiftsINTRODUCTION Every once in a while, topics of conversation come from the most unlikely source. I was reading a Discord thread and the...
Francois DesRochersApr 11, 20239 min readGM Field GuideGM Field Guide #13: Session ZeroINTRODUCTION The following is a combination of personal thoughts and summarized information from a variety of online sources. To be...
Francois DesRochersFeb 14, 202310 min readGM Field GuideGM Field Guide #10: Convincing Players to Try RiftsINTRODUCTION With the relatively dramatic implosion of the D&D community over the proposed changes to the Open Game License (OGL) at the...
Francois DesRochersFeb 7, 202312 min readGM Field GuideGM Field Guide #9: Topography & TacticsGENERAL In my previous article, The Bazaar #40: Geography & Distances, we discussed geography-related issues more inclined for the GMs,...
Francois DesRochersJan 24, 202310 min readGM Field GuideGM Field Guide #8: Geography and DistancesA Macro-Level Discussion GENERAL There really are two factors to this discussion. At the macro-level, this is more inclined for the GMs...
Francois DesRochersMay 3, 202212 min readGM Field GuideGM Field Guide #5: GM Sessions (Players' Psychology)GENERAL This is very much a more “high-brow” aspect to the GM Sessions posts, in that it isn’t directly attributable to the crafting,...