# GM Resources

One day I'll write a proper GM section, but for now this is just a bunch of links to articles I found useful, mostly on the 
[Alexandrian](https://thealexandrian.net/gamemastery-101).

* [Three Clue Rule](https://thealexandrian.net/wordpress/1118/roleplaying-games/three-clue-rule)
* [Smart Prep](https://thealexandrian.net/wordpress/39885/roleplaying-games/smart-prep)
* [Prepping Bangs](https://thealexandrian.net/wordpress/36768/roleplaying-games/the-art-of-pacing-prepping-bangs)
* [Art of Pacing](https://thealexandrian.net/wordpress/31509/roleplaying-games/the-art-of-pacing)

## Node Based Scenario Design

* [Node Based Design](https://thealexandrian.net/wordpress/7949/roleplaying-games/node-based-scenario-design-part-1-the-plotted-approach)
* [Advanced Node Based Design](https://thealexandrian.net/wordpress/8171/roleplaying-games/advanced-node-based-design-part-1-moving-between-nodes)
* [The Secret Life of Nodes](https://thealexandrian.net/wordpress/45263/roleplaying-games/the-secret-life-of-node)
* [5 Node Mystery](https://thealexandrian.net/wordpress/37903/roleplaying-games/5-node-mystery)

## Tools

* [Big List of RPG Plots](https://web.archive.org/web/20110902100434/http://www222.pair.com/sjohn/blueroom/plots.htm) - by S. John Ross, its original home seems to have fallen off the Internet and landed in the wayback machine, but it is also still available as a free [PDF from DriveThruRPG](https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/202670/big-list-of-rpg-plots).
* [Hexbones](https://web.archive.org/web/20190213074114/http://www.logrus.com/~moose/page1/files/hexbones.pdf) -  By [Rob Donghue](http://walkingmind.evilhat.com/2010/06/04/the-stranger-the-twins-and-the-scales/) - The pdf seems to only exist on the wayback machine now, but it is what I used for years to build complex relationships.
    * Relationship maps are basically a strict subset of Node Based Design. 

## Railroading / Player Agency

* [Railroading Manifesto](https://thealexandrian.net/wordpress/36900/roleplaying-games/the-railroading-manifesto)
* [Abused Player Syndrome](https://thealexandrian.net/wordpress/44282/roleplaying-games/abused-gamer-syndrome)
* [Don't Prep Plots](https://thealexandrian.net/wordpress/4147/roleplaying-games/dont-prep-plots)