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Robin Laws Revisited: The Complete Series

Posted by on July 23, 2009 · 2 Comments 

Filed under Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games

This post bring together all the articles I wrote about Robin Laws of Good Game Mastering from January 2008 to July 2009.

For those  who haven’t heard or seen it, this book, published in 1999, gives advice on being a Game Master (irrespective of game systems).  The series was aimed at revisiting it in the light of my realities as a GM in 2008-2009.

Here are the posts:

I hope you’ve enjoyed reading this series as much as I enjoyed writing it.  Don’t hesitate to comment on any posts as I’ll likely respond to it.

The Chatty DM is the "nom de plume" of gamer geek Philippe-Antoine Menard. He has been GMing various versions of D&D and other RPGs for nearly 30 years. A renowned RPG blogger, game designer and published author, he squats a corner of Critical Hits he affectionately calls "Musings of the Chatty DM." (Email Phil or follow him on Twitter.)

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2 Responses to “Robin Laws Revisited: The Complete Series”
  1. MkaY says:
    August 2, 2009 at 5:01 am

    Hi Chatty, your series about Robin’s Laws Revisited gave me an idea to a framework which I call Campaign Quality Concept. I would like that you take a look and share your opinions if you have time.

    http://bag-o-dice.blogspot.com/2009/08/game-management-campaign-quality.html

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