Resources
Outbound reading worth keeping
Authority links and catalogs we actually revisit—not a dump of affiliate junk.
Weekly referee or rotating chair: write spotlight norms and ruling appeals once.
One-page house rulings. If a call repeats, ink it so the table trusts the process.
Good System-agnostic gamemaster habits and facilitation craft nights are built from procedures and shared expectations, not from hoarding every PDF. This desk emphasizes clarity over collectible hype.
Core references
- Gamemaster Wikipedia.
- Dungeon Master.
- DriveThruRPG blog.
- RPGs.
- The Alexandrian.
- Improv parallels.
- DMAcademy.
- Safety tools.
Date NPC notes and house rulings. A guest GM should inherit a one-pager, not a vibe.
How to evaluate a source
Guides when prep is thin; Glossary when jargon stalls; Resources for outbound craft. Then run.
If a procedure adds ten minutes every fight and nobody likes it, cut it. Fairness beats page fidelity.
Date NPC notes and house rulings. A guest GM should inherit a one-pager, not a vibe.
Spoiler labels. Separate rules fights from fiction talk. Escalate to mods.
Related desks in this neighborhood
System crates nearby (5e, Savage, OSR, and more) supply dialect-specific notes.