The Qualities of a Good Game Master
By Theresa Bane
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As those of you who follow my Buzzy Blogs know I am die-hard gamer and have been into the whole RPG thing (Role Playing Games) pretty much since its inception and introduction to the masses back in 1979. The rest of you who are reading this know it now. I have played a lot of RPGs in my day, logged many hours at a table throwing dice and creating characters. At the risk of sounding even older than your grandparents if I’ve learned one thing in all my years I’ve learned this: it doesn’t really truly matter what system you play, what dice you use or what genre you’re in so long as one thing is present-a good game master.
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not only for you but for others just remember this one simple rule: Verb it. By that I mean, “do something,” like breathe life into your creation. Imagine how it will walk and talk and interact with the world. Don’t just make a character that is a stereotypical archetype, slap a name on it and call it a day. Explore your options. Think about what you need and want out of a character. Whether you’re an author looking to make a character that will capture your reader’s interest or a gamer wanting to bring something to the table that is more than a name and a set of numbers, it’s all the same.
We gamers know what that means, and even those people who live in the drabness that is “reality” can comprehend the metaphor well enough, but I doubt they can really imagine it.
