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	<description>The personal blog of Patrick Benson, one of the authors behind the ENnie winning blog Gnome Stew (http://www.gnomestew.com). I love playing, running, designing, and writing about tabletop RPGs.</description>
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		<title>My New Game for the New Year! (&amp; Other Stuff)</title>
		<link>http://www.sinisterforces.com/2012/01/02/my-new-game-for-the-new-year-other-stuff/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 02:41:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Benson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Updates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blogging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Campaign Planner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Game]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Year]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Star Trek]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[So I launched my &#8220;Santa as a Villain&#8221; contest on Gnome Stew and Martin Ralya (the Gnome-in-Chief) contacted me to see if I wanted to use some of the Gnome Stew funds to pay for the prize. I declined, but we got to talking about contests and I tossed out this idea for a &#8220;New Year, [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>My Christmas Contest for Gnome Stew</title>
		<link>http://www.sinisterforces.com/2011/12/09/my-christmas-contest-for-gnome-stew/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sinisterforces.com/2011/12/09/my-christmas-contest-for-gnome-stew/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 14:21:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Benson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[contest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gnome Stew]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Santa Claus]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.sinisterforces.com/?p=768</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Today I announced a contest over at Gnome Stew asking GMs to create an RPG adventure using Santa Claus as the villain. Go there, write up your idea in 250 words or less as a comment, and you may win a $25 gift certificate to us at my favorite online store Drive Thru RPG. Good [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Your Team First, Your Ambitions Second</title>
		<link>http://www.sinisterforces.com/2011/12/08/your-team-first-your-ambitions-second/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sinisterforces.com/2011/12/08/your-team-first-your-ambitions-second/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 05:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Benson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Good GMing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[band]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[group]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[individual]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[solo act]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.sinisterforces.com/?p=765</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A recent conflict with a friend reminded me of a vital lesson that I think all gamemasters should keep in mind. I will not go into details, but I and a friend had a significant disagreement on how a project should proceed. We were not going to resolve our differences and I stepped down from [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>More Gamers Should Play Sports</title>
		<link>http://www.sinisterforces.com/2011/12/07/more-gamers-should-play-sports/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sinisterforces.com/2011/12/07/more-gamers-should-play-sports/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 05:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Benson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[disease]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[exercise]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[quality of life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sports]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.sinisterforces.com/?p=759</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Today I heard a gamer talk about how he loves his hobby and that at least it does not make him stupid like &#8220;all of those dumb jocks!&#8221; I stunned him when I said that his claim was ridiculous. That stereotype just does not hold up under scrutiny. Neil deGrasse Tyson, arguably this generation&#8217;s Carl [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Chris Crawford&#8217;s Game Design &amp; Creativity Lecture</title>
		<link>http://www.sinisterforces.com/2011/12/02/chris-crawfords-game-design-creativity-lecture/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sinisterforces.com/2011/12/02/chris-crawfords-game-design-creativity-lecture/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Benson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Advice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chris Crawford]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[creativity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[video]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.sinisterforces.com/2011/12/02/chris-crawfords-game-design-creativity-lecture/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If you want to do creative work, any type of creative work, watch this video: Wax on! Wax off! Write code!!! &#160; Yes, it is dated from way back in 1989 before humanity had discovered the Pluto was not a planet, and that what we all really wanted was instant access to porn from the [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>RPGs Can Survive Learning Some New Tricks</title>
		<link>http://www.sinisterforces.com/2011/12/01/rpgs-can-survive-learning-some-new-tricks/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sinisterforces.com/2011/12/01/rpgs-can-survive-learning-some-new-tricks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 05:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Benson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[RPGs in General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[racism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RPGs will survive]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sexism]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.sinisterforces.com/?p=753</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A friend responded to my articles on artwork in RPGs being sexist and the sexism that I felt was apparent in my review of an RPG aimed at children with the following: While I agree with you that sexism is bad, I don&#8217;t think it&#8217;s something that can be divorced from RPGs. RPGs are essentially [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Potential Plot: Old Law vs. New Technology</title>
		<link>http://www.sinisterforces.com/2011/11/30/potential-plot-old-law-vs-new-technology/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sinisterforces.com/2011/11/30/potential-plot-old-law-vs-new-technology/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 05:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Benson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Good GMing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[consent]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LiveScribe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[outdated laws]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recordings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[smartpen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[technology]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.sinisterforces.com/?p=751</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I live in Illinois, which is known as a &#8220;two-party consent&#8221; state. This means that in order to legally record a private conversation the person doing the recording must have the consent of everyone who might be recorded, so it really should be called an &#8220;all-parties consent&#8221; state. Whatever. The point is that if I [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Questions to Design a Scene With</title>
		<link>http://www.sinisterforces.com/2011/11/29/questions-to-design-a-scene-with/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sinisterforces.com/2011/11/29/questions-to-design-a-scene-with/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Benson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[design]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Good GMing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tools]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[prep work]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[questions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[scene design]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.sinisterforces.com/2011/11/29/questions-to-design-a-scene-with/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Here are some questions from my current project which is a GM’s campaign planner workbook. I decided to share these with everyone after receiving some positive feedback from a friend who has been helping me design and complete this project. Please use them when designing the next scene for your game and let me know [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Bigger is Better</title>
		<link>http://www.sinisterforces.com/2011/11/28/bigger-is-better/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sinisterforces.com/2011/11/28/bigger-is-better/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Benson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[focus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[giant ass monitor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[single screen]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.sinisterforces.com/?p=746</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I bit the bullet and went and bought an LCD television to use as my computer monitor this weekend. I ended up getting a 42&#8243; television and I was worried that I had made the wrong decision. I definitely did not! With 42&#8243; of real estate and 1920 x 1080 resolution I am definitely seeing [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Donate to Wikipedia</title>
		<link>http://www.sinisterforces.com/2011/11/27/donate-to-wikipedia/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sinisterforces.com/2011/11/27/donate-to-wikipedia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 01:44:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Benson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tools]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[donations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gamer resources]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wikipedia]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.sinisterforces.com/?p=744</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Ryan Macklin wrote an article titled Donate to the Ultimate Gaming Resource in which he appeals to gamers to support Wikipedia. His point is pretty solid &#8211; we pay $25 to $40 for gaming materials, but he (and I am certain many GMs) uses Wikipedia for free when doing research for a game. I had already donated [...]]]></description>
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