THAY: LAND OF THE RED WIZARDS, A Forgotten Realms resource book by Ed Greenwood & Alex Kammer

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Column  Dungeoncraft
Title  Designing Mysteries that Last
Author  Wolfgang H. Baur
Book Type  GM Advice
Genre  Generic
Setting  Generic
Series 
GURPS Traveller

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How to design mysteries for RPGs.


This article is contained in Dungeon #150.

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Dungeoncraft
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Dungeoncraft GM Advice AD&D 2 Dragon #260
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Dungeoncraft GM Advice AD&D 2 Dragon #263
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Dungeoncraft GM Advice AD&D 2 Dragon #267
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Dungeoncraft GM Advice AD&D 2 Dragon #269
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Dungeoncraft GM Advice AD&D 2 Dragon #271
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Dungeoncraft GM Advice Generic Dragon #274
Dungeoncraft GM Advice Generic Dragon #275
I've Got a Secret GM Advice Generic Dragon #276
I've Got a Secret, Part II GM Advice Dungeons & Dragons 3 Dragon #277
Dungeoncraft GM Advice Dungeons & Dragons 3 Dragon #278
Dungeoncraft GM Advice Dungeons & Dragons 3 Dragon #279
Let's Take it from the Top GM Advice Dungeons & Dragons 3 Dragon #280
Let's Take It from the Top GM Advice Dungeons & Dragons 3 Dragon #281
Off to the Races GM Advice Dungeons & Dragons 3 Dragon #282
Gotta Have Faith: Part I GM Advice Dungeons & Dragons 3 Dragon #283
Gotta Have Faith: Part II GM Advice Dungeons & Dragons 3 Dragon #284
Jandaa's Valley Background: Setting Dungeons & Dragons 3 Dragon #285
Janda's Valley, Part II Background: Setting Dungeons & Dragons 3 Dragon #286
Janda's Valley, Part III Background: Setting Dungeons & Dragons 3 Dragon #287
Janda's Valley, Part IV GM Advice Dungeons & Dragons 3 Dragon #288
Raiders of the Lost World GM Advice Generic Dragon #289
Raiders of the Lost World, Part II GM Advice Dungeons & Dragons 3 Dragon #290
Raiders of the Lost World, Part III Background: Setting Dungeons & Dragons 3 Dragon #292
Countrycraft GM Advice Dungeons & Dragons 3 Dragon #293
Preparing Large Encounters GM Advice Dungeons & Dragons 3 Dragon #301
Running Large Encounters GM Advice Dungeons & Dragons 3 Dragon #302
Fantasy Cities, Part 1 Background: Setting Generic Dragon #304
Fantasy City, Part 2: Building a City GM Advice Generic Dragon #305
Fantasy Cities III: City Adventures GM Advice Dungeons & Dragons 3 Dragon #306
Dungeon Adventures Part 1: Defining the Purpose GM Advice Dungeons & Dragons 3 Dragon #308
Dungeon Adventures, Part 2: The Map GM Advice Dungeons & Dragons 3.5 Dragon #310
Dungeon Adventure, Part III: The Inhabitants GM Advice Dungeons & Dragons 3.5 Dragon #311
Dungeon Adventures, Part 4: The Weird Stuff GM Advice Dungeons & Dragons 3.5 Dragon #312
Reliquary of Korthun Adventure Dungeons & Dragons 3.5 Dragon #314
Designing Wilderness Adventures: Into the Wild GM Advice Dungeons & Dragons 3.5 Dragon #317
Designing Wilderness Adventures: Adventuring Off the Map GM Advice Generic Dragon #319
Characterization, Part 2: One DM, One Million Characters GM Advice Generic Dragon #321
Characterization, Part 3: The Sum is Greater than Its Parts GM Advice Generic Dragon #322
Starting a New Campaign (Part 1) GM Advice Dungeons & Dragons 3.5 Dungeon #114
Mastering the Game: Starting a New Campaign (Part 2) GM Advice Generic Dungeon #115
Starting a New Campaign (Part 3): All These Wonderful Toys GM Advice Generic Dungeon #116
Mastering the Game: Starting a New Campaign (Part 4) Table Rules GM Advice Dungeons & Dragons 3.5 Dungeon #117
Mastering the Game: Starting a New Campaign, Part 5 GM Advice Dungeons & Dragons 3.5 Dungeon #118
Mastering the Game: Starting a New Campaign (Part 6) Campaign Goals GM Advice Dungeons & Dragons 3.5 Dungeon #119
Who's Driving This Campaign?: Starting a New Campaign (Part 7) GM Advice Dungeons & Dragons 3.5 Dungeon #120
Winging It, Part 1: The Basics GM Advice Dungeons & Dragons 3.5 Dungeon #128
Winging It, Part 2: Preparing to be Unprepared GM Advice Generic Dungeon #129
Winging It, Part 3: The Math of Winging It GM Advice Dungeons & Dragons 3.5 Dungeon #130
Dirty Little DM Tricks GM Advice Dungeons & Dragons 3.5 Dungeon #131
Special Sessions (Part 1): The Introductory Session GM Advice Generic Dungeon #132
Special Sessions (Part 2): The Marathon Session GM Advice Generic Dungeon #133
Running a Game is Hard to Do, Part 3: Keeping Track of Everything GM Advice Dungeons & Dragons 3.5 Dungeon #140
It's Just You and Them (and the Rules) GM Advice Generic Dungeon #141
Episode 1: It's Never Too Early GM Advice Generic Dungeon #151
The Perfect Chase Other Rules Dungeons & Dragons 3.5 Dungeon #143
Spotlight: Focusing on Players GM Advice Generic Dungeon #144
Experience and Leveling Up GM Advice Dungeons & Dragons 3.5 Dungeon #145
The Perfect Pantheon GM Advice Dungeons & Dragons 3.5 Dungeon #146
Planar Adventures GM Advice Dungeons & Dragons 1 Dungeon #147
Temptations and Dilemmas GM Advice Dungeons & Dragons 3.5 Dungeon #148
Handling Epic Good Guys GM Advice Dungeons & Dragons 3.5 Dungeon #149
Designing Mysteries that Last GM Advice Generic Dungeon #150
Episode 2: The Dungeons of Greenbrier Chasm GM Advice Dungeons & Dragons 4 Dungeon #153
Episode 3: The Campaign Arc GM Advice Dungeons & Dragons 4 Dungeon #153
Get This Party Started GM Advice Dungeons & Dragons 4 Dungeon #155
Information Management, Part 1 GM Advice Generic Dungeon #156
Information Management, Part 2 GM Advice Generic Dungeon #157
The Idea File Background: General Generic Dungeon #158
Prelude: Information Management GM Advice Dungeons & Dragons 4 Dungeon #159
The Villains of Greenbriar GM Advice Dungeons & Dragons 4 Dungeon #160
Creative Pillaging GM Advice Dungeons & Dragons 4 Dungeon #161
Contact with the Enemy Information: AP Dungeons & Dragons 4 Dungeon #162
To the Library! GM Advice Dungeons & Dragons 4 Dungeon #163
Episode 13: Updating the Campaign GM Advice Dungeons & Dragons 4 Dungeon #164
Episode 13: Backgrounds Stats: Characters Dungeons & Dragons 4 Dungeon #165
Episode 14: Choosing Monsters GM Advice Dungeons & Dragons 4 Dungeon #166
Episode 15: Super Adventure! (Part 1) GM Advice Dungeons & Dragons 4 Dungeon #167
Episode 15: Super Adventure! (Part 2) Editorial Dungeons & Dragons 4 Dungeon #168
Episode 18: Building-Block Adventure Design GM Advice Dungeons & Dragons 4 Dungeon #169
Episode 19: Tiers of Play Editorial Dungeons & Dragons 4 Dungeon #170
The D&D World Background: General Dungeons & Dragons 4 Dungeon #171
Quests GM Advice Dungeons & Dragons 4 Dungeon #172
Dungeon Dressing GM Advice Dungeons & Dragons 4 Dungeon #173
Looking Back Information: AP Generic Dungeon #174
Episode 24: In with the Old GM Advice Dungeons & Dragons 4 Dungeon #175
Episdoe 25: Let's Call The Whole Thing Off GM Advice Dungeons & Dragons 4 Dungeon #176
Episode 26: Starting Fresh Background: General Dungeons & Dragons 4 Dungeon #177
Building the Sandbox Information: AP Dungeons & Dragons 4 Dungeon #178
Episode 28: Quest Log Adventure Dungeons & Dragons 4 Dungeon #179
Episode 29: Published Adventures GM Advice Generic Dungeon #180
Episode 30: Theme, Plot, and World GM Advice Dungeons & Dragons 4 Dungeon #181

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