Here’s a countdown of the 10 most popular posts on Evil Machinations in 2009:<\/p>\n
10. An A-to-Z List of Lesser-Known Roleplaying Games, pt. 4<\/a>: A survey of roleplaying games whose titles begin with the letters Q-U.<\/p>\n 9. Building Better NPCs II: 8 Steps to Memorable NPCs<\/a>: Eight steps for bringing your important NPCs to life and making them unique.<\/p>\n 8. How Do You Describe Combat?<\/a>: A question I posed to my readers. They came up with some great ideas — make sure to read the responses.<\/p>\n 7.\u00a0 An A-to-Z List of Lesser-Known Roleplaying Games, pt. 1<\/a>: The first post in the survey of roleplaying games. Covers letters A-F.<\/p>\n 6. Character Questionnaire<\/a>: A list of questions to flesh out your character and bring those sets of numbers to life.<\/p>\n 5. Handling Problem Players<\/a>: A list of online resources for dealing with those players who make your gaming life hell.<\/p>\n 4. What’s Good About 4th Edition?<\/a>: Another question for my readers. Creating a wonderful discussion that came up with some great points in favor of 4the D&D. And without becoming an edition\/flame war \ud83d\ude42 .<\/p>\n 3. What GMs Really Want (Poll)<\/a>: A survey where I asked readers what kinds of articles they’d like to see. It’s still active, if you’d like to leave your ideas.<\/p>\n 2. “Where are we again?”: Creating Unique Fantasy Cities and Towns<\/a>: A list of Internet resources for creating cities and towns.<\/p>\n And finally, the most popular post of 2009 …<\/p>\n 1. Your Teacher Was Right … Creating Adventures with the Six Ws<\/a>: How to create an adventure by answer six basic questions — who, what, when, where, why, and how. Featured in Roleplaying Tips Newsletter #469<\/a>.<\/p>\n Thank you to all my readers. Without you, I’d have no popular posts to share. Keep reading here — I’ve got lots more ideas I can’t wait to share with you in 2010 \ud83d\ude09 .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Here’s a countdown of the 10 most popular posts on Evil Machinations in 2009: 10. An A-to-Z List of Lesser-Known Roleplaying Games, pt. 4: A survey of roleplaying games whose titles begin with the letters Q-U. 9. Building Better NPCs … Continue reading