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Fitness Over 50
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Finding Your Fit Fam: The Power of Community fo...
Fitness can feel lonely, especially when you're starting later in life and don't see people like you in the gym mirror. For many LGBTQIA+ adults over 50, walking into a...
Finding Your Fit Fam: The Power of Community fo...
Fitness can feel lonely, especially when you're starting later in life and don't see people like you in the gym mirror. For many LGBTQIA+ adults over 50, walking into a...
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Strong at Every Age: Celebrating LGBTQIA+ Voice...
As we celebrate Pride Month, it’s the perfect time to spotlight a powerful truth: fitness is for everyone—at every age, gender identity, and orientation. But for many LGBTQIA+ adults over...
Strong at Every Age: Celebrating LGBTQIA+ Voice...
As we celebrate Pride Month, it’s the perfect time to spotlight a powerful truth: fitness is for everyone—at every age, gender identity, and orientation. But for many LGBTQIA+ adults over...
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Barbells & Brain Gains: Why Strength Training M...
When you think about lifting weights, you probably imagine building muscle or improving bone density—but what about building mental resilience? Recent studies and real-life testimonials show that strength training is...
Barbells & Brain Gains: Why Strength Training M...
When you think about lifting weights, you probably imagine building muscle or improving bone density—but what about building mental resilience? Recent studies and real-life testimonials show that strength training is...
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Lifting the Weight: How Strength Training Impro...
Turning 50 often marks a new phase of life—retirement planning, health shifts, or even rediscovering your identity. It’s also a time when mental health challenges can subtly increase. Anxiety, brain...
Lifting the Weight: How Strength Training Impro...
Turning 50 often marks a new phase of life—retirement planning, health shifts, or even rediscovering your identity. It’s also a time when mental health challenges can subtly increase. Anxiety, brain...
Table Top Roleplaying
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🌈 Building a Fantasy World Without Gender Norms
In most D&D settings, you’ll find cities floating in the sky, magic-infused forests, and literal gods walking the land. But somehow, gender expectations often mirror modern Earth’s outdated norms. Why?...
🌈 Building a Fantasy World Without Gender Norms
In most D&D settings, you’ll find cities floating in the sky, magic-infused forests, and literal gods walking the land. But somehow, gender expectations often mirror modern Earth’s outdated norms. Why?...
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Queer Representation in Fantasy: Breaking Trope...
Fantasy has long been a place where we escape the mundane and imagine new worlds. But for many LGBTQIA+ players and creators, those imagined worlds too often mirror the same...
Queer Representation in Fantasy: Breaking Trope...
Fantasy has long been a place where we escape the mundane and imagine new worlds. But for many LGBTQIA+ players and creators, those imagined worlds too often mirror the same...
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🏳️🌈 Creating Inclusive Tables: How to Foster a...
Dungeons & Dragons is a game about imagination, heroism, and self-expression. What better time than Pride Month to reflect on how we can make our tables more inclusive—especially for LGBTQIA+...
🏳️🌈 Creating Inclusive Tables: How to Foster a...
Dungeons & Dragons is a game about imagination, heroism, and self-expression. What better time than Pride Month to reflect on how we can make our tables more inclusive—especially for LGBTQIA+...
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How Modern DMs Are Leveling Up the Most Importa...
Let’s be honest: starting a D&D campaign without a Session Zero is like jumping into a dungeon with no map, no torch, and no idea who’s carrying the healing potions....
How Modern DMs Are Leveling Up the Most Importa...
Let’s be honest: starting a D&D campaign without a Session Zero is like jumping into a dungeon with no map, no torch, and no idea who’s carrying the healing potions....
West Marches Campaigns
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Building a Reputation System in a West Marches ...
In a living, breathing West Marches campaign like the Common Grounds Guild of Greyhawk, players shape the world around them—but what if the world remembered them, too? A reputation system...
Building a Reputation System in a West Marches ...
In a living, breathing West Marches campaign like the Common Grounds Guild of Greyhawk, players shape the world around them—but what if the world remembered them, too? A reputation system...
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Sandbox Storytelling: Creating Narrative Thread...
West Marches campaigns thrive on freedom. Instead of one epic storyline, players chart their own course. At Common Ground Games in Dallas, TX, our West Marches world—the Common Grounds Guild...
Sandbox Storytelling: Creating Narrative Thread...
West Marches campaigns thrive on freedom. Instead of one epic storyline, players chart their own course. At Common Ground Games in Dallas, TX, our West Marches world—the Common Grounds Guild...
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Random Encounter Tables Done Right: Breathing L...
In a traditional campaign, random encounters often get a bad rap—viewed as filler or distractions from the “main story.” But in a West Marches campaign, especially one set in a...
Random Encounter Tables Done Right: Breathing L...
In a traditional campaign, random encounters often get a bad rap—viewed as filler or distractions from the “main story.” But in a West Marches campaign, especially one set in a...
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Treasure Hoards and Magic Items: Loot Distribut...
One of the trickiest balancing acts in a West Marches-style campaign is loot—especially in a shared world like the Common Grounds Guild of Greyhawk, where player groups change from session...
Treasure Hoards and Magic Items: Loot Distribut...
One of the trickiest balancing acts in a West Marches-style campaign is loot—especially in a shared world like the Common Grounds Guild of Greyhawk, where player groups change from session...
