Erik Schmidt

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I've been playing tabletop RPGs since the early '80s. While I cut my teeth GMing AD&D, Gamma World, Aftermath!, RuneQuest, and Shadowrun, these days I play and GM a wide variety of games, including Eclipse Phase, Dungeon World, Call of Cthulhu, and various flavors of Fate.

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1h	comment	How to get new a new player to understand the time investment of a table top RPG It would be interesting to find out how you deliver that pop quiz. You must have a clever way of doing it, because my players would laugh at me if I tried something like that.
2h	revised	How to get new a new player to understand the time investment of a table top RPG edited last sentence to incorporate "other games that require extensive player prep"
3h	answered	How to get new a new player to understand the time investment of a table top RPG
3h	revised	How to get new a new player to understand the time investment of a table top RPG capitalized "Pathfinder"
6h	revised	What do I need to change about Call of Cthulhu to set it in the 60s? Added the section on advanced technology
18h	revised	How do you make the PC scream: “I wish we had a mage!”? streamlined the first sentence of para 3
19h	answered	How do you make the PC scream: “I wish we had a mage!”?
2d	revised	Does blind-fight allow a rogue to use sneak attacks in dim light? dimn -> dim
2d	answered	How can I make my game more “noir” as a GM?
2d	comment	What is the “upcoming source book” mentioned in Shadowrun 4 FAQ? Given that SR5 is due this year, it looks like SR 4 has reached the end of the road, and that promised supplement won't see the light of day, at least for SR 4.
2d	answered	Justifications for the existence of cyberpsychosis
May 20	revised	How can I run games in Shadowrun, without going overboard? added generic shadowrun tag
May 20	answered	How can I run games in Shadowrun, without going overboard?
May 19	comment	How do I learn to become a good GM? +1 for "Do, and learn from doing."
May 18	revised	How do I, as a DM, help a girl integrate into a group of all male role-players? "female" to "women"
May 16	awarded	Organizer
May 16	revised	How to describe combat with brutes Altered to make the question applicable beyond 7th Sea.
May 16	awarded	Announcer
May 15	comment	How do I, as a DM, help a girl integrate into a group of all male role-players? Thanks for the edit, @SevenSidedDie
May 15	answered	How do I, as a DM, help a girl integrate into a group of all male role-players?