Games Without Tears
Use Character Names

This really leads on from the previous section. If you use the character's names, rather than the names of their players, whilst referring to them, or talking to them, the effect will be much more atmospheric. It also makes it harder for any players who do not totally get on together to be rude to each other.

I appreciate that this can be difficult when one group, as we do, plays a large number of different campaigns and one-off scenarios, with many different characters. One solution might be to stand a piece of card in front of each player with the name of his character written on it. There is then no excuse for not using character names.
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