Ask Angry June 2024 Mailbag
Let’s end June on a low note. I’ve pulled five questions from my Ask Angry mailbag and I’m gonna answer at least four of them.
Do you want to see The Angry GM berate a bunch of hapless GMs just like you just because they dared to ask a question? Want to ask a question yourself? This is the angriest gaming advice column on the web.
Let’s end June on a low note. I’ve pulled five questions from my Ask Angry mailbag and I’m gonna answer at least four of them.
“If the players can do it, so can the monsters.” Is that really true? Is it good Game Mastering? Good Game Design? Spoiler: No.
To celebrate my emerging from the disaster that resulting from letting my supporters pick the topic, I’m going to answer a bunch of questions sent in by readers. There’s no way that can go wrong.
In the first in an official series of supporter-requested Features, I’ll tell you why your players don’t suck at tracking inventory and how to fix that.
I warned you that I’d be putting this column on hold, but you all didn’t listen. You kept e-mailing me. Fortunately, I lied. So it’s Mailbag time.
I took a break from my holiday travels to answer some reader-submitted questions. Merry Christmas.
Another month is over. And as I look to the fresh hell of yet another new page on the calendar, I consign myself to the stale hell of responding to reader-submitted questions.
Another month, another monthly Ask Angry mailbag, and another batch of people who can’t just ask a simple, straightforward question without treating me like a moron.
In this very special Ask Angry episode, I explore the view from the other side of the screen. What can a player do when their GM goes to The Angry GM for advice.
To end the month, let’s open the gift that keeps on giving — or keeps threatening to give me an aneurism — the Ask Angry mailbag.
Ending the month with another few pulls from the grab bag of content goodness that is the mailbag.
It’s time to dig back into the Font of Frustration that is The Ask Angry Mailbag! Why the hell can’t people follow basic instructions?
Once again, The Angry GM digs into his mailbag and, with his characteristic patience and charity, answers some reader-submitted questions.
As I made a mess of that last True Game Mastery lesson on Problematic Actions — given the feedback anyway — I’m holding a special study session to answer your questions and clarify my points.
The Angry GM is answering more reader-submitted questions this week. And he ain’t holding back.
The Angry GM is answering your questions today. And he’s answering a lot of them.
Once again, Angry opens the mailbag and answers some reader questions.
It’s time for another dig into the grab bag that is the Ask Angry mailbox.
In this week’s Ask Angry, Angry tackles a question about doling out random documents and audio logs.
It’s time to open up the Ask Angry mailbag yet again. This time, Angry answers some questions about his recent articles.
Today, I give you my opinion of Arnold K’s “false hydra” and tell you why it doesn’t f$&% with player agency. And neither does mind control. And I tell you why Fate doesn’t count as a roleplaying game. Again.
Here’s a nice Christmas present. Angry crapping all over your honest questions, criticizing your math and reading comprehension, and telling you you want the wrong things from your RPGs. Merry Christmas!
Little change in plans this week. As should be clear from the title of this article. You’re going to have to wait another week for the conclusion of Baby’s First Dungeon. Sorry. It ain’t the dungeon planning that’s slowing it down. It’s all the graphics I need to show you how to draw a crappy-a$&…
In this month’s Ask Angry mailbag, I answer a bunch of questions about my AOWG and the AOWG series in general.
It’s time to open the Ask Angry mailbag again. But, just for funsies, let’s see how many questions I can answer without exceeding too much my normal allotment of word count.
Another month, another mailbag. This one’s all about making yourself a better GM. And nothing else. How much work to put in. How to work efficiently. And how to change your gaming habits for the better.
This month’s Ask Angry column is all about one thing and just one thing: called shot systems. But it’s also about building a game around fighting giant colossus monsters. Oh, and it’s also about the real secret of getting players to play creatively. But aside from those two other things, it’s just about one thing.
Another month, another pile of questions to answer.
The only reason I’m answering this question is because I was in pain and on drugs.
Ask Angry time again. This time, I’m addressing realism in games, facing, why the Faerunian commodities market is a sucky addition to the game, and how not to design a tracking system.