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"Yes, and
How improv rules make Storytellers better collaborators when players redirect the night.
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Storyteller advice.
How to run chronicles, stage nights, build NPCs, balance rules and drama, and keep a room full of players inside one living story. Seeded from Storyteller Secrets and Immersion Secrets.
Catalog
Essays for the people who hold the clock.
Full essays from Immersion Secrets and Storyteller Secrets—open any live title to read.
Storyteller Secrets · Live
Breathing Life Into a Clan
Adapt clan identity for a shared universe without fuzzy expectations between games.
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Cooperative Conflict and Advanced Narration
Expert tools for building conflict that players want to lean into—not grind against.
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It's Alive! Tips for Creating Dynamic NPCs
NPCs that feel like people, not props—so the city breathes when PCs enter the room.
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Proper Care & Feeding of the Undead
Theatrical presence and performance craft for undead characters in live play.
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Roleplaying
When rules interrupt drama—and when the math is the drama.
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Silently Encouraging Immersion
Quiet techniques that deepen the night without stopping the game for a lecture.
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The Dirty Secrets of Running Convention Games
Scale, strangers, six-hour clocks—practical truth for tentpole and convention play.
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The Economy of Cool
Why scarcity of spotlight and merits shapes memorable characters more than raw XP power.
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The Storyteller Toolbox
Core tools for running a LARP the way a writer uses craft—timing, characterization, and plot you can hand to a room.
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The World is a Stage: How to Stage Your World
Design sessions players remember: scenes, arcs, and staging that deliver wow without collapse.
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This Mortal Coil: Making More Out of Mortals in MET: Vampire The Masquerade
Remember the living city: mortals as pressure, prey, allies, and the reason the Masquerade matters.
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Using Nordic LARP Techniques in MET: Vampire The Masquerade
Cross-pollination from Nordic play traditions into Mind’s Eye Theatre Vampire tables.
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Safety and community complete the craft.
Calibration tools and inclusion practice live beside Storyteller advice—not inside News.