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Voting for the ENnie Awards closes today. One Geek To Another has been nominated for Best Blog, but--as in any competition--there can be only one ultimate winner. While I'd appreciate your vote, it seemed an appropriate time to tackle a difficult topic: being a good loser ...

This week's Ask-a-GM comes from our mailbag. Cody asks, ...

If you are interested in post apocalyptic/ survival/ horror you might wish to check out this campaign on Saturday, July 24th at 9:00 PM EST on the virtual table top (screen monkey). Everyone must make a character or choose a premade template to play. The campaign is from the first module released by Arcanum Syndicate called “Pray for Dawn”. The adventurers have to survive one night filled with horrifying nightmares, mystery, and a great psychological thrill ride of terror. The game system is Chaos 6010 A.D. There are 20 alien races to choose from and 20 different character classes ...

At some point, despite your best laid plans, your players are going to come up with an idea that you completely didn't anticipate or prepare for. At that moment, you are going to be confronted with a choice. Do you stifle the players' ingenuity, arbitrarily shutting down what are legitimately good ideas? Or, do you roll with it, toss your plans to the wind and dive headfirst into full improv mode? Running a game on the fly isn't something that comes easily to every GM, and some systems can make off-the-cuff gaming particularly difficult. The temptation might be to throw down roadblocks and stay firmly on the tracks, but this is generally far from satisfying from a player point of view ...