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Critical Party Roles, Part 7: The Party Conscience
"The critical element is that it is the conscience of the party, keeping them true to wherever they are on the spectrum."
Aaron K
Dec 16, 20196 min read
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Critical Party Roles, Part 6: The Party Lift Man
"If you need to secure an object, rescue a prince, or destroy a Death Star, the Lift Man is the person you count on to get it done."
Aaron K
Dec 12, 20194 min read
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Critical Party Roles, Part 5: The Party Lip Man
"If we come across someone new, this person is the person who speaks for us. If we need to make a distraction, this guy is at bat.
Aaron K
Dec 9, 20194 min read
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Critical Party Roles, Part 4: The Party Survivalist
"The Survivalist is constantly asking the question, 'What might be a threat to the party, and what plans and contingencies can we b
Aaron K
Dec 5, 20195 min read
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Critical Party Roles, Part 3: The Party Chronicler
"The Party Chronicler is one of those roles that, I'd wager, is present in some groups purely as an act of love (or personal assist
Aaron K
Nov 29, 20196 min read
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Critical Party Roles, Part 2: The Party Quartermaster
"The person should be honorable: they won't steal from the party, use the funds in a way that is dishonest, and give fair portions
Aaron K
Nov 26, 20195 min read
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Critical Party Roles, Part 1: The Party Leader
"I am not discussing the roles that your characters have in the group - party healer, party "tank," party support, party dama
Aaron
Nov 22, 20195 min read
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RPG YouTube Channels - RANKED
"I've really enjoyed learning from these people, and enjoy their weekly vlog content as it better informs me in how I build my adve
Aaron K
Nov 4, 201910 min read
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Why I Watch "B Movies"
"B movies lack the polish and effects of the big studios, and that's good: it means they need to stand on their content alone. And
Aaron K
Oct 29, 20198 min read
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Why I Encourage Metagaming
"Every online channel has talked about metagaming, and for every online article or YouTube video you read there are dozens of other peo
Aaron
Oct 15, 20195 min read
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Story Intro: The Portal
"The players arrive to the session, and you narrate that they see in front of them a portal (perhaps created by an imp, or pixie, or wh
Aaron K
Sep 20, 20198 min read
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Gamer Etiquette for Players
"You can sum up all of my thoughts for players in a single sentence: "It's not about you, even thought it is about you."
Aaron
Sep 9, 20198 min read
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Gamer Etiquette for GMs
"Remember this: less is more. The less you do (with one major exception), the better your game will be."
Aaron
Aug 20, 20197 min read
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Character Creation, Part III: Equipment
Hey Reader! Welcome back to Zurn! Today we're picking back up our thoughts on character creation, looking at the selection of equipment....
Aaron
May 19, 20162 min read
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Roleplay in the News: RPG Net
Hey Reader! Welcome to Day 10 of the Kickstarter! We're excited to bring you the following update: we're going to be featured on...
Aaron
May 16, 20161 min read
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Vlog Series: Magic in Zurn - and the Sandwich
Hey Reader! Welcome back to the Zurn Blog! As we continue the Zurn Kickstarter Campaign, we are starting the first video blog post (or...
Aaron K
May 11, 20161 min read
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Character Creation, Part II: The Stat Line
Hey Reader! Welcome back to the Zurn blog! Today we continue our series on character creation, walking through the process of making a...
Aaron K
Apr 22, 20167 min read
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Character Creation, Part I: The Character High Concept
Hey Reader! Welcome back to the Zurn blog! As we look forward to March Madness next week we thought we'd bring you all a series of posts...
Aaron K
Feb 24, 20164 min read
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Roleplay in the News: Board Game Designer Forum
Hey Reader! Welcome back to the Zurn blog! Today we're highlighting an exceptional resource for budding game designers, publishers, or...
Aaron K
Aug 14, 20152 min read
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Welcome to Zurn! Why We're Here
Dear Reader, Welcome to Zurn Central! Over the past few years we've been slowly building up the mechanics of both the Warriors of Zurn...
Aaron K
Aug 1, 20152 min read
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