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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18	What is “RPG Theory?”
18	Do Technomancers need a commlink?
18	How to convey the tone of Shadowrun
17	Why can't clerics use sharp weapons?
17	How can I convey the nonsensicality of a dream world?

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+40	What do I need to change about Call of Cthulhu to set it in the 60s?
+10	How do you make the PC scream: “I wish we had a mage!”?
+10	How do I fix this plot hole?
+10	How can I make my game more “noir” as a GM?

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21	When GMing in a high-tech game world how do you handle potentially disruptive tech?

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78 system-agnostic × 15	30 roleplaying × 7
59 shadowrun-sr4 × 10	26 terminology × 2
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36 new-gm × 6	23 metagaming × 2