Welcome to The Gamemaster’s Arsenal, the column dedicated to arming GM’s everywhere with the skills, knowledge, and creative energy necessary to provide the best possible gaming experience for their players.  Regardless of rules, system, or genre, the Arsenal aims to give you a variety of tools...

I ran across an interesting article this week about the hobby game market. Although it is something that those that work in the industry may be familiar with, it may be new to other people that aren’t familiar with publications that discuss the industry as a whole. ICv2 is a site that covers inf...

Consequences are one of the primary elements featured in the Dungeons & Dragons campaigns I run.  I try to continually reinforce with the players that their actions have impact on the world around them.  I do this for two primary reasons: first, it influences the decisions made by the players,...