Crown of Ruin

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Column  Gamemaster's Workshop
Title  GMing for Strangers
Author  Melissa Walsh
Book Type  GM Advice
Genre  Generic
Setting  Generic
Series 
GURPS Traveller

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Tips on running games that are not for your regular group--at conventions, demos, and so on.


This article is contained in Knights of the Dinner Table Magazine #113.

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