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Chatty’s Vacations

August 3, 2008 by The Chatty DM

Depending on how long you have been a reader here, you know that the biggest inside joke here is that whenever I say I’ll stop posting for some time (for whatever reason), it’s usually the best sign that I’m on the verge of starting a posting storm.  No wonder I wrote 400 posts in one year. […]

Filed Under: Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: gen con 2008

Vote for the Ennies

August 1, 2008 by The Chatty DM

(Image Source: The Ennies Website) The Ennies is the Roleplaying equivalent of the Oscars. All fans can vote for their favorites.  I just voted and I encourage you to do so.  You have until August 6th. You can vote here. Yes I submitted this site and I didn’t get nominated, my friend Yax did… (for […]

Filed Under: Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games

So you wanna write a RPG blog? Part 5: Then What?

July 31, 2008 by The Chatty DM

In the last 2 weeks, I wrote a primer about starting a new RPG blog. While I knew it wasn’t going to be all that original, I thought that would-be RPG bloggers could benefit from it.  It turns out they did as I’m already seeing a few new RPG blogs cropping up (Here’s one and […]

Filed Under: blogging, Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: RPG blog primer

3rd Party D&D GSL/OGL Publishers

July 31, 2008 by Dave

Since there have been two major updates in the past day, here’s the list of companies that I know of (and let me know if there’s any I’ve missed, I’ll try to add them) that have or specifically have not signed the GSL. I’ve also tried to source them in some way. Necromancer Games: Staying […]

Filed Under: Critical Bits, Roleplaying Games

Rage, Song, and Shapeshift are all coming back

July 31, 2008 by Dave

ENWorld is reporting, via the WotC 2009 catalog sent to retailers, that you’ll see the return of some familiar faces in PHB2: the Players Handbook 2 will include Druid, Barbarian, Sorcerer, Bard, and Swordmage classes (eight in all). New races will include the gnome, the half-orc, and the goliath. Cynics can now engage their “only […]

Filed Under: Critical Bits, Roleplaying Games

“Free comic like instant courage — only find it on Internet.”

July 30, 2008 by Dave

A few pieces of random Watchmen mania (Watchmania?) First of all, this is genius. Second, a Chip Kidd-designed Watchmen extras book is awesome. Finally, while playing around with my new video iPod, I came across a Watchmen “motion comic” on iTunes. Only the first episode is up, but it’s free, so I checked it out. […]

Filed Under: Comics, Critical Bits, News, Television Tagged With: Animation, watchmen

We be Chatty Geeks

July 30, 2008 by The Chatty DM

So  24 hours (and about 80 comments) after publication, a lot has been discussed about yesterday’s post. I don’t want to spend more time on this. I feel it’s time I put my money where my mouth is and leave discussion about the D&D edition transition behind me and start focusing on the near future […]

Filed Under: Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games

Why You Shouldn’t Watch Firefly

July 30, 2008 by Sucilaria

Many, if not most of you, have already viewed Joss Whedon’s Firefly series and the follow-up film, Serenity. This article is not intended for you; however, let me say that I’m sorry. I now feel your pain, because some supposed “friends” convinced Bart and I to view the series. I had many reservations about it, […]

Filed Under: Anime, Editorial, Featured, Movies, Science Fiction & Fantasy Genre, Television Tagged With: firefly, joss whedon, sci-fi, science fiction, Television, TV, tv shows

Some Pleasant Overlap

July 30, 2008 by Dave

I’ve noticed lately that there seem to be two groups of people who really enjoy 4e, and who are coming back to it after years of not playing D&D: WoW Players Eurogamers Now, I think I’ve shied away from pointing this out because early on, these were used as derogatory statements against 4e. (I still […]

Filed Under: Board, Card, and Miniature Games, Editorial, Featured, Roleplaying Games, Video Games

(Not)Understanding The D&D Geek

July 29, 2008 by The Chatty DM

I think everyone can agree that Wizards of the Coast has issues with 4e and it’s digital initiative. Yesterday’s announcement of the demise of the Gleemax Gamer Social Network experiment and the continued fan backlash over everything 4e is eating up at Wizards’ reputation as the trustworthy keeper of two of the world’s most popular […]

Filed Under: Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 4e

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