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Dragon, White Dwarf, Fiend Folio
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Lewis Pulsipher

Dragon, White Dwarf, Fiend Folio
Lew was Contributing Editor to Dragon, White Dwarf, and Space Gamer magazines and contributed monsters to TSR's original Fiend Folio, including the Elemental Princes of Evil, denzelian, and poltergeist. You can follow Lew on his web site and his Udemy course landing page.
Worlds of Design 
Worlds of Design: The Problem with Magimarts
I dislike magic item stores ("magimarts") in my games. Here's why.
Worlds of Design 
Worlds of Design: How Original Is Your Homebrew?
As GM do you need to worry about originality in your adventures?
Worlds of Design 
Worlds of Design: The Improv Imbalance
GMs with more experience can improvise better than those with little experience. That doesn’t help the GM shortage.
Worlds of Design 
Worlds of Design: The Art of Improv
There’s been a surge of interest in GMing by improvisation rather than preparation, as in the “old days.” What are the ramifications?
Worlds of Design 
Worlds of Design: “What’s My Motivation?”
What is a player’s motivation when they first play an RPG? What do they think is going to happen, what do they want to happen, what do they want to BE?
Worlds of Design 
Worlds of Design: A Worthy End?
Is combat an end in itself, or is it a means to an end; and is that a worthy end?
Worlds of Design 
Worlds of Design: Artifacts of Cosmic Power
I avoid Artifacts of Cosmic Power that are likely to destroy the world in the long run.
Worlds of Design 
Worlds of Design: Reassessing Tolkien’s Influence
J.R.R. Tolkien’s work is a strong influence on RPGs, but is that bad?
Worlds of Design 
Worlds of Design: There is No Spoon
What should the "spirit" of a game be?
Worlds of Design 
Worlds of Design: You're Playing it Wrong!
Does it matter if you play a game “wrong”?
Worlds of Design 
Worlds of Design: Single RPG Conventions
It’s hard out there for new RPGs. Specialized conventions can help.
Worlds of Design 
Worlds of Design: Searching for Mechanics
Do you search (the Internet, RPGgeek, enworld?) to find a mechanic that will solve your game design problems?
Worlds of Design 
Worlds of Design: Modus Operandi
In each instance of lengthy adventure fiction (and games), there’s usually a standard mode of operation.
Worlds of Design 
Worlds of Design: All Your Base
Where's your party’s base of operations?
Worlds of Design 
Worlds of Design: Goal-Oriented Play
There was a time when finishing the mission was core to RPG play.
Worlds of Design 
Worlds of Design: Making Mechanics Match
Is frequently rolling lots of dice good design for an RPG?

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