S37E11 Player Contributions, System Styles, GM Tricks

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Jun 28, 20261:56:11Games & Hobbies

◇ Wes in Indianapolis asks how to get players to help build a sand box, Gregory from Wisconsin talks about system styles, From the archive 2021: Ben from TX asks about what tricks we fall back on as GMs | Hosts: Kim...

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