Comments on: Origins 2009: Monte Cook "Being A Better Game Master"

By: Gnome Rodeo: The Garden of Gnomish Delights - Gnome Stew, the Game Mastering Blog

Thu, 23 Jul 2009 14:56:37 +0000

[...] Monte Cook on being a better GM: ENnie-nominated blog Critical Hits liveblogged Monte Cook’s Origins Game Fair talk on how to be a better GM (can you tell I save up links for these rodeos?), and it’s awesome. [...]

By: Tradução do Seminario de Monte Cook: “Sendo um Mestre melhor” [Parte 1] - PARAGONS

Sat, 11 Jul 2009 15:01:42 +0000

[...] Dave do ótimo Critical HIts esteve esta semana na Palestra sobre dicas para Mestre feita por ninguém mais do que Monte Cook, [...]

By: Origins 2009: Monte Cook “Designing A Better Dungeon” | Critical Hits

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 05:01:42 +0000

[...] last bit from Origins 2009: guest of honor Monte Cook, in addition to his seminar on game mastering, also did a seminar on designing dungeons. Here are my notes from that [...]

By: Origins 2009: Exhibit Hall in Words, Pictures, and Sounds | Critical Hits

Origins 2009: Exhibit Hall in Words, Pictures, and Sounds | Critical Hits — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:18:31 +0000

[...] but when you run out, your fate has come to pass. After checking it out, we were told by Monte Cook that it was one of the coolest things he had seen at the show, so I had to go back and record an [...]

By: PeelSeel2

PeelSeel2 — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 22:51:23 +0000

Monte has lots of experience in DM/GM different game systems. I figure anyone who can GM Rolemaster (and then write supplements for it) has racked enough nerd points to talk about being a dm/gm.

By: gobstopper

gobstopper — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:45:15 +0000

Great – sounds like the book for me – Thanks to you both.
Slightly off topic but I’m researching some alternative resources for the development of (essentially) NPC backgrounds for medical simulation – I’d really appreciate any other resources that might be related.

By: The Game

The Game — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:17:30 +0000

Shingo: Translating it is fine as long as credit and link back here is placed, so sounds good to me.

By: The Game

The Game — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:16:54 +0000

He was specifically talking about the DMG there, but I will say that the Call of Cthulhu d20 book has my favorite advice about DMing that I’ve ever read, and it works for all systems and genres.

By: Graham

Graham — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:14:17 +0000

Ah, I see. I figured by the “a few D&D books” that you just didn’t know who he was in general.

Non-system-specific GMing? Maybe not, as he tends to stick to the d20 system. But most techniques are applicable across systems, I’d say.

Dave? Bartoneus? Any thoughts?

By: gobstopper

gobstopper — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:46:57 +0000

Hey Graham, Thanks for the response – Sorry didn’t mean to sound like a put down – Just curious if he had done something more abstractly about GM’ing rather than specific to one game system or another.

By: Graham

Graham — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 03:43:46 +0000

@gobstopper - I think "co-author on a few DnD books" is a bit of an understatement. He was a head author of D&D 3e, and has his own gaming company with tons of books to its name. According to his bio, he has worked on over 100 gaming products. Aside from that, he has been a game designer for over 20 years and is an incredibly well-respected name in the industry. So did he ever write a book about DMing? Besides the 3e DMG? Maybe, maybe not, but many of his books have had some sort of DMing use, and his resume is impressive enough that I don't think it's necessary anyways. .-= Graham´s last blog ..Damn you, Dave! You and your… logic… =-.

By: gobstopper

gobstopper — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 02:48:40 +0000

So he is a co-author on few DnD books, but did he actually write a book about DM’ing?

Thanks!
M

By: Shingo Watanabe

Shingo Watanabe — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 20:21:36 +0000

Hey Dave!! Thats all ok?

I have a brazilian roleplay blog and I would like know if do you allow me translate this post to the portuguese? Of Course, with all the credits and a link to Critical Hits.

hugs
.-= Shingo Watanabe´s last blog ..Anunciado o preço do Pathfinder RPG =-.

By: E’s Con Travels: Origins 2009 - Part One

E’s Con Travels: Origins 2009 - Part One — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 03:03:21 +0000

[...] being on the schedule. DaveTheGame transcribed the whole thing, so you can read it by clicking here. Learn about the DM as “facilitator of the fun” and how to scare people when [...]

By: gameplaywright.net // story, games, together

gameplaywright.net // story, games, together — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 01:58:33 +0000

[...] some coverage of the Origins Game Fair, happening right now in Columbus, OH? Look at this great coverage of Monte Cook’s seminar on better GMing, which just happened this week at Origins. It’s excellent — wise, frank, and low on the [...]