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Matthew Brown wrote a new blog post
Just how desperate is the council for a “win”? in the group Thanet Star: 7 years, 3 months ago
There can be no doubt by now that Thanet District Council is an organisation in crisis. On top of the largely negative opinion of the council held by the public, the disintegration of the UKIP administration, a […]
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Matthew Brown edited the blog post
The scene and scene-sequel in the group Thanet Creative: Writers: 7 years, 3 months ago
Any story can be broken down into scenes and each scene works in the same way. You probably know that way very well – one or more persons want something and they encounter one or more problems stand between the […]
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Blog: Deep Patrol May Preview from
Night of the Hats in the group Night of the Hats 7 years, 3 months ago
Tuesday 1st May will reveal the 6th instalment of my Deep Patrol space opera serial. This one is fairly friendly foe new readers! Why is that? I’ll explain:After […]
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Blog: How to Get an A in Content Marketing from
Copyblogger in the group Copy Blogger Fans 7 years, 3 months ago
Polish up your apples for another week of content marketing school. 🙂 This week combined ways you can excel as a writer and a marketer. On Monday, Stefanie Fl […]
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Blog: I Read Books: Riders of the Purple Sage from
Night of the Hats in the group Night of the Hats 7 years, 3 months ago
Riders of the Purple Sage by Zane Grey is a 1912 western that is often considered seminal, which is why I find it interesting that there’s surprisingly little g […]
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Blog: Why GMs should be ready to kill player characters from
TPK – Matthew D Brown in the group TPK – Roleplay encounters and advice 7 years, 3 months ago
A good GM is a GM that is ready, willing, and able to kill player characters. A bad GM is one that enjoys doing so. I want to explain why a GM needs to be […]
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Matthew Brown wrote a new blog post
Why GMs should be ready to kill player characters in the group Matthew D. Brown (Author): 7 years, 3 months ago
A good GM is a GM that is ready, willing, and able to kill player characters. A bad GM is one that enjoys doing so.
I want to explain why a GM needs to be prepared to kill player characters and why it makes a […]
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TPK: Ambush on the road to nowhere in the group Matthew D. Brown (Author): 7 years, 3 months ago
What happens when the party face an unexpected ambush in an otherwise tranquil scene? Can they fight off a horde of attackers long enough to survive? Who are these attackers and what do they want?
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Blog: Video from
Music for Geeks in the group Matthew D. Brown (Author) 7 years, 3 months ago
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Blog: Aggressive Sell, Soft Sell … What Works? from
Copyblogger in the group Copy Blogger Fans 7 years, 3 months ago
Recently, a student of ours asked whether “we” (content-based marketers who might prefer a more subtle approach) can learn anything from “those” marketers who use […]
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Blog: Scar goblin tactics from
TPK – Matthew D Brown in the group TPK – Roleplay encounters and advice 7 years, 3 months ago
Goblin tactics include dirty fighting and ganging up. Standard goblin tactics for fighting stronger opponents is ambush followed by overwhelming numbers. Scar’s […]
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Matthew Brown wrote a new blog post
Scar goblin tactics in the group Matthew D. Brown (Author): 7 years, 3 months ago
Goblin tactics include dirty fighting and ganging up. Standard goblin tactics for fighting stronger opponents is ambush followed by overwhelming numbers. Scar’s goblins take this one step further and are […]
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Blog: The Mystery of Steve Trevor III from
Night of the Hats in the group Night of the Hats 7 years, 3 months ago
Wonder Woman, 1918 (Gal Gadot, Wonder Woman 2017)( This post is something of a sequel to the 2008 post The Mystery of Steve Trevor Junior. Briefly: The first […]
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Blog: "Goblins do not fight fair." from
Lord Matt (old geek) in the group Matthew D. Brown (Author) 7 years, 3 months ago
“Goblins do not fight fair.” – Matt, the evil GM.
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Blog: Video from
Music for Geeks in the group Matthew D. Brown (Author) 7 years, 3 months ago
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Blog: Avoid This Surprisingly Common Recipe for Creepy Content from
Copyblogger in the group Copy Blogger Fans 7 years, 3 months ago
Ready Player One has been called pure “nostalgic nerd-bait” by film critics, but that’s not the only reason it earned $300 million worldwide in just its first […]
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Blog: I Watch Films: Baby Driver from
Night of the Hats in the group Night of the Hats 7 years, 3 months ago
We’ve seen crime films with cool soundtracks. We’ve seen crime films about the getaway driver. We’ve seen people working unwillingly in crime, and doing one last […]
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Blog: TPK: Ambush on the road to nowhere from
TPK – Matthew D Brown in the group TPK – Roleplay encounters and advice 7 years, 3 months ago
What happens when the party face an unexpected ambush in an otherwise tranquil scene? Can they fight off a horde of attackers long enough to survive? Who are these […]
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Blog: Scar Horsebiter: TPK Goblin encounters from
TPK – Matthew D Brown in the group TPK – Roleplay encounters and advice 7 years, 3 months ago
TPK encounters are designed to catch players wrong-footed and expose them to the thrill of encounters that could actually threaten them. Many of these encounters […]
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Matthew Brown wrote a new blog post
Scar Horsebiter: TPK Goblin encounters in the group Matthew D. Brown (Author): 7 years, 3 months ago
TPK encounters are designed to catch players wrong-footed and expose them to the thrill of encounters that could actually threaten them. Many of these encounters involve goblins. For story purposes, I have crafted […]
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Blog: Video from
Music for Geeks in the group Matthew D. Brown (Author) 7 years, 3 months ago
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Blog: A Powerful Key to Prolific and Potent Writing from
Copyblogger in the group Copy Blogger Fans 7 years, 3 months ago
I’ve always found the goal of meeting a word count to be a bit silly. Some messages can be clearly communicated in 200 words and others need 2,000 words. But if y […]
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Blog: Reruns 3: Amsterdam from
Night of the Hats in the group Night of the Hats 7 years, 3 months ago
I’m away on holiday, to Amsterdam as it happens, so here’s an old post from 2012 about going to, um, Amsterdam:AmsterdamWe arrive in Amsterdam and it immediately […]
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Matthew Brown wrote a new blog post
A new approach to online games as stories in the group Matthew D. Brown (Author): 7 years, 3 months ago
I’m guessing I’ve probably lost about half of you with the headline but I’ve been giving some thought to a different way to do online games as a storytelling medium.
Before you look at me and say something that […]
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Matthew Brown edited the blog post
TPK: Kill your players in the group Matthew D. Brown (Author): 7 years, 3 months ago
[TPK_boilerplate]
[TPK_stats_form]
TPK is a collection of self-varying, auto-adjusting, curve-ball encounters for evil GMs to throw at their players. This page was generated using a seed of [TPK_seed].
Examples of saves- An easy STR roll would be DC [TPK_easy_roll stat=”STR”] based on a STR Bonus of [TPK_SB_STR]
- A moderate Will roll…