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Archives for 2008

I cast Magic Missile!

February 2, 2008 by The Chatty DM

There used to be that old animated video on the web about a group of dweebs playing D&D, I just found a ‘new’ version done with Final Fantasy sprites… Hey that Video plugin does work!

Filed Under: Geek Stuff, Musings of the Chatty DM

Mini-Links: Whole Wheat Bastard Boardgame Ninjas!

February 1, 2008 by The Chatty DM

Ahhh it’s Friday afternoon, a snowstorm rages on Montreal and my boss just gave us the day rest of the day off… Of course, on Fridays, our lab is drenched in fresh blood samples that we can’t leave on the bench for 3 days, so while I can relax and kickback a bit, I have […]

Filed Under: Game Hacks & Content, Musings of the Chatty DM Tagged With: Link Love, mini-post

4E D&D… 4Free!

February 1, 2008 by Dave

I know how it is. You want to try out the new edition of D&D, but you don’t want to put down the $90 for new books. What’s more, you don’t want to go through the drudgery of buying it from a store: you’d much rather have a Canadian mail it to you. Well, fear […]

Filed Under: Critical Bits, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 4e, contest, D&D

Magic Online III Beta.

January 31, 2008 by The Chatty DM

I’m too tired to write a post tonight so I’m sharing a little Magic the Gathering goodness to those who would like to play for free (I think you need to have a Magic Online 2,5 account though). Magic Online players, We’re hoping that you, along with thousands of other MOL players across the globe […]

Filed Under: Musings of the Chatty DM, Uncategorized Tagged With: magic the gathering

D&D to Warhammer: Can You Help?

January 31, 2008 by Dave

This week we received our first ever question to the editor from a reader, and he’s looking for some help. Chris is a high-school teacher in New York who is the advisor to the students’ Warhammer club. Chris is an avid D&D player with plenty of minis. The students want to have a big Warhammer […]

Filed Under: Board, Card, and Miniature Games, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: D&D, warhammer

Mini-Blog: Recent and coming changes to Blog.

January 31, 2008 by The Chatty DM

I’m currently moving a few things around this blog and changing things as I grow more comfortable with it. In parallel, Graham is hacking me a new swanky theme and I’ll switch to it as soon as everything is done (and you’ll finally see the new banner). So while we wait here are a few […]

Filed Under: Musings of the Chatty DM Tagged With: mini-post

Chatty’s Review: Silvervine, Basic Challenge Mechanics

January 30, 2008 by The Chatty DM

This post is part of a series that tackles the reading review of a yet unpublished RPG called Silvervine. Please note that this game is still in development, my review is part of the pre-playtest feedback. Last time I tackled Character Generation, now it’s time for the 1st (of 3) posts on the game’s Crunchy […]

Filed Under: Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games

Smash Brothers Spoilers!

January 30, 2008 by Dave

With Smash Bros. for the Wii being delayed even longer, many of us are drooling with anticipation for the newest entry in Nintendo’s mashed-up fighter franchise. Well, Kotaku has a full set of screen shots that reveal a lot of the missing details, namely a full mostly full character select screen (posted after the jump) […]

Filed Under: Critical Bits, News, Video Games Tagged With: nintendo, smash bros., wii

Mini-Post: Shamus' new game

January 29, 2008 by The Chatty DM

Yesterday, Shamus Young posted about concluding his D&D campaign and starting a new one. One of his key challenges was that everybody in his large group (8 players) wanted to play a different style/theme than the rest. D&D was chosen last time because it’s the default game that his group seems to have agreed to. […]

Filed Under: Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: mini-post, Tropes

YouTube of the Week: (Super)Friends Edition

January 29, 2008 by Dave

Filed Under: Comics, Television, YouTube Tuesday

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