Article Info

Column  Save My Game
Title  The Fine Art of Table Management
Author  Stephen Radney-MacFarland
Book Type  GM Advice
Genre  Fantasy
Setting  Generic
Series 
System  Dungeons & Dragons 3.5
Parent: [ AD&D ]
Parent: [ D&D / Basic ]

Article Summary

"'What? Oh, sorry. Whose turn is it? Mine? Oh, I think I want to... no, wait. Yeah, I swing my sword at that guy over there. No, not that one. That other one. Oh, the one next to it is already hurt?'" Readers' suggestions for how to speed up play at the table.


This article is contained in Dungeon #152.

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