| Thread | Title | Description | Tags | Added | Score |
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| October 2008 |
| 2811761 | How to Make a Good Character | Anon posts 10 tips to avoid making a shitty roleplaying character. More advice is added, and wisdom is dispensed. Something most fa/tg/uys should read. | advice, how to make a good character, 10 tips | 2008-10-16 | 6 | |
| January 2009 |
| 3371519 | Player Social Skills vs Character Social Skills | What's someone to do when his character is much better at social situations than he, the player, is? | advice | 2009-01-11 | 0 | |
| 3474513 | OH GOD WHAT WAS THAT | Creepy cyborg enemies are discussed, drawing inspiration from Dr Who, System Shock and Portal. | WHAT, horror, sci-fi, advice, design | 2009-01-21 | 2 | |
| February 2009 |
| 3676516 | Advice Orc | Advice Orc shares his wisdom | orc, orcs, advice | 2009-02-11 | 2 | |
| March 2009 |
| 3941796 | Poleaxe-wielding dwarf princess | Anon asks what a good system would be. For his 8-year old niece. | RPG, Advice, DM | 2009-03-11 | 8 | |
| May 2009 |
| 4655339 | Neckbeard marriage! | A fellow eloquen/tg/entleman asks /tg/ on ways for him to propose to his beloved lady. The neckbeards respond in their usual way, alongside some good ideas. | dick-in-a-box, love, /tg/, metathread, neckbeard, help, advice | 2009-05-25 | 5 | |
| June 2009 |
| 4798636 | Essentials for playing Dungeons & Dragons | "Hello, /tg/
I'm normally not from around here, but I feel like you guys could help me.
I want to play Dungeons and Dragons. I'm trying to get some friends together or find a group.
Point is, I've never played it, I'm am completely new to it, but the whole idea of the game sounds fantastic.
Can you guys tell me what are the essentials for game play?
What do I ABSOLUTELY need? " | D&D, RPG, Advice | 2009-06-07 | 2 | |
| July 2009 |
| 5224704 | How to rock out with an army? | Exalted player wonders how to defeat elves with a Roman-style army. Another player chips in, and the tale of how they got demonic lolis by rocking out in Malfeas is revealed... | Exalted, story, advice | 2009-07-22 | 11 | |
| August 2009 |
| 5663000 | Forced meme about DM cats. | What the title says | advice dog, DM cat | 2009-08-31 | 2 | |
| September 2009 |
| 5756362 | Opening a FLGS #2 (4 or 5?) | Tech Priest Naile showing off other game stores and some more discussion. | FLGS, Business, Advice, Nostalgia | 2009-09-07 | 0 | |
| 5770742 | Opening a FLGS #3 | Webstore shenanigans. | FLGS, Business, Advice, Nostalgia, Webstore | 2009-09-08 | 2 | |
| 5867345 | Opening a FLGS #4 | Tech Priest Naile discussing his shop's ideal location. | FLGS, Business, Advice, Nostalgia, Lease | 2009-09-15 | 0 | |
| October 2009 |
| 6164865 | Touhou Help | Touhous last thread autosaged and this in the continued | 3.5, Help, Touhou, Broken, D&D, DnD, Dungeon and Dragons, Advice thread | 2009-10-07 | 1 | |
| November 2009 |
| 6516181 | Advice for Storytellers | A no-troll, no-nonsense, honest set of advice for how to become a better DM/GM/Storyteller/Whatever-the-fuck-they-call-it-this-week. | DM, GM, rookie, advice, useful | 2009-11-01 | 2 | |
| 6741973 | Death to Druids | A monk comes to /tg/ seeking advice on defending a mining village from genocidal druids and his treacherous ex-party. /tg/ provides it. | Monk, villagers, level 1, advice | 2009-11-17 | 12 | |
| January 2010 |
| 7401927 | actual DMing advice | no really its actual advice. | DM GM advice tips tricks | 2010-01-03 | 8 | |
| February 2010 |
| 7985592 | New DM Advice. Also Nose | A new DM asks for some general advice on running a game. What happens next is very strange, but there is some excellent advice generated by the intelligent yet desperate basement-dwellers of /tg/. Takes about 10 to 20 posts before getting good. | new, DM, advice, nose | 2010-02-09 | 1 | |
| 8121132 | Infini/tg/ - Human Sphere analysis thread | Discussion about the new pdf releases of the Human Sphere book for the skirmish miniature game Infinity. | infinity, advice, review | 2010-02-17 | 2 | |
| April 2010 |
| 9064714 | Infinity intro thread | Good advice and starting tips for Infinity, a scifi skirmish wargame. | infinity, advice, starting | 2010-04-10 | 1 | |
| May 2010 |
| 9614082 | Running a Horror Game | A thread about tips to run a horror game, great read for any aspiring DMs. | Horror, Advice, DMs, Setting, Help | 2010-05-05 | 2 | |
| 9929866 | How to Make D&D Horror Work | Another advice thread for running creepy games. | D&D, Dungeons&Dragons, Dungeons and Dragons, Creepy, Horror, Advice | 2010-05-20 | 5 | |
| 10079802 | Evil Campaign Advice | /tg/ gives advice on how to run an evil campaign. (No trolling involved!) | Evil, Advice, Campaign, Villain, Villainy | 2010-05-27 | 0 | |
| June 2010 |
| 10578551 | So, our DM is X | Fa/tg/uy asks for advice about his gay DM. Some serious responses, and then new copypasta is made. | DM advice, copypasta, gay | 2010-06-18 | 13 | |
| November 2010 |
| 12761258 | 1001 useful campaign ideas | Various fa/tg/uys chime in with useful plot hooks, villain ideas, riddles, and other tidbits for making your campaign better | dming, advice, ideas, roleplay | 2010-11-12 | 3 | |
| 12917518 | LARPing advice thread | In which Anon gets taught how the average LARP works, and tips on being a bard at same. | LARP, bard, Blind Guardian bad, advice, tutorial | 2010-11-25 | 3 | |
| 12938067 | Larp costume help | Thread about creating costume for larp wanders into discussion of actual armor construction and types. | armor, LARP, advice | 2010-11-26 | 2 | |
| December 2010 |
| 13153489 | How to do a Dark Setting Properly | Theory and details on how to make a grimdark setting. Concise and excellent DM advice. | Grimdark, DM, GM, World Building, RPG, advice, setting, grim and dark | 2010-12-15 | 17 | |
| January 2011 |
| 13492769 | Space Opera BBEG Asks For Advice | He's a brain in a robot with psychic powers, three planets to start with, and some Mary Sues and Furfags to kill. And he need's /tg/s help to do it. | Space Opera, Space, Opera, Scifi, Help, Advice, Mary Sue, Furfag, Lasers, FTL | 2011-01-12 | 9 | |
| February 2011 |
| 14037159 | How to be a good DM/GM | Some easy advice on how to be a good DM/GM. Applies to every system out there. | DM, GM, Advice, Good, How-to | 2011-02-25 | 6 | |
| April 2011 |
| 14711890 | Final Fantas RPG DMing advice | OP asks for a RPG that has a FF feel. FFRPG is introduced and DMing advice is given. | FFRPG, final fantasy, dm, advice, setting | 2011-04-25 | 0 | |
| May 2011 |
| 14800654 | OP wants to open a FLGS | FLGS advice requested, arrives in spades. Plenty of useful business advice. Includes tales of awesome local gaming stores and hives of scum villainy. But mostly scum. | FLGS, original content, business, store, advice, game, gaming, advice | 2011-05-04 | 8 | |
| 14977000 | Making the Perfect Villain (tm) | How do you make a villain your PCs love to hate? Make him their antithesis, and then make him a perfectly normal human being. | evil, villain, mundane, space, furry, furries, human, humans, reasonable, trolling, troll, maximum, decency, PCs, psychopaths, BBEG, original content, original, advice | 2011-05-19 | 29 | |
| 15023363 | another LARP thread | afer a summer style start the thread turns out into a general larp discussion and at the and focusing into the rules of different larps | larp discussion rules advice | 2011-05-24 | 1 | |
| June 2011 |
| 15301931 | Geist the furry hating the BBEG | Can you make an awesome BBEG out of shitty character? Yes you can. | furry hate, that guy, BBEG, advice, big bad | 2011-06-18 | 24 | |
| July 2011 |
| 15582277 | Modern Fantasy Earth 2 | Liches and Dragons take over the thread. Also including: Deals to get rid of adventurers, a golem charity spambot, and centaur shenanigans. | Advice, Earth, Elves, Racism, Lich, Centaur, Construct | 2011-07-15 | 6 | |
| 15693844 | Advice doks mad shack | A mad dok is givin´ da best advice dere is! | Ork, advice, dok | 2011-07-25 | 4 | |
| 15765985 | Gaybarian | Man has problems. | Advice | 2011-07-31 | 4 | |
| September 2011 |
| 16440246 | Ad Eva General | Features Art dumps, advice, and rules to play traps. | AdEva, Evangelion, Trap, Advice, Art | 2011-09-27 | 3 | |
| October 2011 |
| 16664498 | Exalted ST Advice | A veteran Exalted ST passes down some advice to would-be STs | exalted, DM advice | 2011-10-18 | 15 | |
| January 2012 |
| 17611512 | The Magus Dilemma | What /tg/ assumes will be a THAT GUY story, turns into a twist that we didn't see coming, and the OP has no idea what to do next. We try and come up with reasonable approaches. | magus, warlock, homonculus, clockwork heart, advice, | 2012-01-21 | 13 | |
| 17679146 | Oh, what tangled webs we weave. | A fa/tg/uy offers a technique towards more compelling storytelling by sewing together the goals and beliefs of multiple PCs. Complete with demonstration. | GM, DM, PC, advice, story, discussion, roleplaying | 2012-01-26 | 81 | |
| February 2012 |
| 18029712 | Advice Dok! | Your friendly neighborhood Mad Dok is here, with top-notch medical advice! | warhammer 40k, wh40k, orks, medical advice | 2012-02-20 | 11 | |
| 18084594 | Metahuman Renaissance Quest 12 | Dan kills flesh golems, and doesn't afraid of anything | Metahuman Renaissance Quest, superheroes, wild talents, javelin, collective game, night at the museum, flesh golem, wolf-girl, advice dan | 2012-02-25 | 20 | |
| 18090274 | Metahuman Renaissance Quest 13 | Dan catches up with the most stereotypical necromancer ever, and finally learns a proper 'name' for Red. | Metahuman Renaissance Quest, superheroes, wild talents, javelin, collective game, night at the museum, advice dan, red, syrpent | 2012-02-25 | 20 | |
| November 2012 |
| 21397476 | How to run a Quest | OP asks for advice for starting a quest, various writers chip in | advice | 2012-11-03 | 9 | |
| 21611939 | Fantasic Real World, Part 2 | Magic guns techsupport, djinn wishes, and a thri-kreen's life is saved | roleplay, fantasy, advice | 2012-11-17 | 0 | |
| December 2012 |
| 21814423 | Cross Species Dating Advice | Anon begins with asking for advice on dating Mermaids, thread snowballs with anons both monstrous and not begging for help | Mermaids, Monstergirl, Dating Advice | 2012-12-01 | 14 | |
| January 2013 |
| 22848975 | DM Advice Thread | DM Advice Thread with some pro tips from pro players. STORYTIEM, who apparently isn't dead, drops by with some commandments and demandments for awesome gameplay. | RPG, Advice, DnD, Pathfinder, STORYTIEM | 2013-01-29 | 18 | |
| March 2013 |
| 23657708 | Alternate History India 1915 | Anon tells us of his amazing game where he and his fellows are mages helping Glorious India throw off the yoke of the British Empire in the middle of the Great War, and we discuss how best for India to liberate itself | Alternate History, Mage, White Wolf, India, 1915, AH, storytime, gaming, roleplay, advice | 2013-03-14 | 18 | |
| April 2013 |
| 24215245 | Beginner Guide to Dungeon Mastering | Advice on how to DM. Templates, instructions, and intermediate advice also. | dnd, dnd 3.5, dm, dungeon master, dungeon mastering, advice, help, newbie, beginner, dowjin | 2013-04-13 | 14 | |
| 24314837 | Mecha campaign discussion | OP seeks homebrewing advice on making two factions' giant robots and warfare-styles distinctive. Thoughtful discussion of Gundam (UC timeline) mobile-suit design philosophies results. | Giant Robots, Gundam, mecha, advice | 2013-04-18 | 5 | |
| May 2013 |
| 24604445 | A Difficult Dilemma | A tale of 2 anons whose characters struggle to reconnect & escape a slave-owning mining settlement w/ an ugly secret. | character, roleplay, storytime, 4e, advice, oh god why, DnD | 2013-05-04 | 6 | |
| 24678380 | Quaker Q&A | A Quaker stops by /tg/ to ask a question, and answers many more. A (mostly) civil discussion takes place. | RPG, religion, roleplay, morality, /tg/, advice, Discussion, Real Life, All Flesh Must Be Eaten, Call of Cthulu, D&D, Vampire the Masquerade, Dogs in the Vineyard | 2013-05-07 | 11 | |
| 24993469 | Kenyan teacher asks about D&D | anon claiming to be kenyan school councilor asks about D&D/Pathfinder, TG offers reasonable advice | Kenyan, D&D, Pathfinder, Satan, advice | 2013-05-23 | 37 | |
| 25148048 | Dick DM Moves | /tg/ vents about bullshit they've had to endure from their DMs | /tg/, dm, DMing, DMs, DM advice, DM, gm, GMing, Gming, GM, That DM, That GM | 2013-05-31 | 14 | |
| June 2013 |
| 25571222 | That GM advice/storytime | OP asks for advice with a railroading DM, and gives context for his woes. | That GM, advice, storytime, Pathfinder | 2013-06-23 | 5 | |
| November 2013 |
| 28086458 | CoC Advice Thread | Good advice for new Call of Cthulu DM's and players | CoC, Call of Cthulu, advice | 2013-11-03 | 5 | |
| 28309051 | Marche/Kamina-like Villian | OP brings us the idea of a man of justice dedicated to toppling the very gods to free the world from their influence. He is to be the main antagonist to the Player Characters, who are paladins and clerics fighting for what they believe is right. Much discussion is had, and storytime is promised. | advice, paladin, awesome, BBEG, villain | 2013-11-16 | 5 | |
| April 2014 |
| 31371070 | Random Dimensional Quest Part 12 - Destabilization | In which Nick discusses war and magic, and concerns for the health of Slow Ass arise. | Collective Game, Random Dimensional Quest, Nick Trimmers, barber, Slow Ass, Quest, Arsenal, Palladium, Megaversal, elementals, health advice | 2014-04-10 | 1 | |
| July 2014 |
| 33390339 | On Players and Social Anxiety | OP asks how to lessen his player's burden. /tg/ gives decent advice for once. | rpg, social anxiety, advice | 2014-07-16 | 2 | |
| November 2014 |
| 36007446 | New DM Advice | /tg/ chimes in with a bunch of great DMing advice. | DM, GM, advice | 2014-11-07 | 0 | |
| August 2015 |
| 41993874 | How to do Stealth in RPGS | OP asks what systems if any do stealth well. What follows is tips for how to do stealth well in any system. | GM advice, stealth, sneaky breeki, advice | 2015-08-21 | 7 | |
| November 2016 |
| 50350758 | Touhoufag asks for help with NPC behavior | Detailed discussion on generating NPC behavior which feels realistic and satisfying, especially with regards to irrationality end emotion | advice, GMing, DMing, NPCs, roleplay, roleplaying | 2016-11-24 | 7 | |
| November 2017 |
| 56305928 | /tg/'s fantasy classroom | /tg/ is asked to teach some young witches. Some of us are better teachers than others. | advice, teachers, witch kids, witchlings, classroom, adventurers, magic, rogues, mages, party dynamics, combat, politics, sex ed, zoology | 2017-11-12 | 11 | |
| April 2018 |
| 59254172 | What creeps you out? | Anons share things that unnerve them. Jesus fucking Christ. | horror, terror, fear, GM advice, GM, | 2018-04-21 | 3 | |
| November 2019 |
| 69210513 | Nechronica Story Time and GM Advice | More Port Storytime & Siren Songs of Silent Space Storytime. How to Legion. Terror in open spaces. Distribution of memory fragments. | Nechronica, Storytime, Port, Tachi, Protoca, Nia, Juliette, Merry, Dominic, memory, terror, legions, advice, story time, story | 2019-11-06 | 3 | |
| April 2020 |
| 71958657 | Nechronica Story Time / Builds | Port Storytime continues, haunted. What music gets you in the zone? Building characters for Support and Hinder. Unofficial classes. Tokens. | Nechronica, Storytime, Story Time, classes, memory, Port, Tachi, Protoca, tower, system, token, tokens, support, builds, advice, music | 2020-04-18 | 2 | |
| September 2020 |
| 74791451 | Nechronica: The Long Sequel thread. Story Time / GM system and build advice | England/Homburg Storytime: The third killer attacks our trio at home. Arson Cannibalism Heroism. | Talk of Horrors classes & custom content. | Nechronica, Storytime, Story Time, Coleo, Melico, Imp, Homburg, England, fire, Suzie, class, builds, mechanics, advice, horrors, system | 2020-09-17 | 3 | |
| October 2020 |
| 75300357 | Nechronica Thread: Hair Metal Horror Edition | Metalhead updated. Work on homebrew classes & shooting rebalance. Building enemies & encounters. Reskinning parts to fit character concepts. | Nechronica, class, update, classes, custom, advice, encounter, reskin, rebalancing, homebrew, shooting, ranged, enemies | 2020-10-12 | 1 | |
| January 2021 |
| 77042930 | anaconda-pocalypse | In a moment from now, an anaconda instantly materializes in a random location no more than ten feet away from every living human on earth. | anaconda, snakes, apocalypse, posters are snakes, bad advice, | 2021-01-22 | 2 | |
| February 2021 |
| 77467554 | Nechronica thread. | Anon asks for help GMing Nechronica. Storytime happens.
Melico, Imp, & Coleo deal with the morning after the battle.
Nai's intro se | Nechronica, rules, advice, Storytime, Story Time, Nai, Nine, Ivana, England, Melico, Imp, Coleo, Denver, Cersei, centipede, necromancer, red | 2021-02-22 | 1 | |
| August 2021 |
| 80496327 | Nechronica thread. Storytime set in Dallas. | Anons help anons understand the system. Discussion of part rebalancing. Storytime of a prequel game to Aqen storytime. | Nechronica, rules, advice, Storytime, Story Time, parts, Dallas, Feliz, Betty, Noel, 8-ball, Aqen, greentext, fire, DFW, America, Texas | 2021-08-03 | 0 | |
| 80640256 | Nechronica thread. Storytime set in Dallas finishes. | A storytime wraps up. Discussion of Space ship horror for the undead. Cat based humor. | Nechronica, rules, advice, Storytime, Story Time, Dallas, Feliz, Betty, Noel, 8-ball, Aqen, greentext, fire, DFW, America, Texas, cat, space | 2021-08-08 | 1 | |
| July 2022 |
| 85025765 | Nechronica Thread : tiny amount of storytime | England Storytime: Very Sleepy Bugs edition. Anons talk about games they hope to run. | Nechronica, token, rules, advice, Storytime, Story Time, England, Melico, Imp, Coleo, Denver, Cersei, centipede, necromancer, music, art | 2022-07-09 | 22 | |
| December 2024 |
| 94491226 | /dm/ Gets Found Out | A player discovers the truth of the magical realm, and the /d/m begs the board for advice. | /d/, /d/m, magical realm, rape, advice, help, | 2024-12-09 | 1 | |