The company behind the old Star Wars and Star Trek CCGs, which ran into various business issues in the past (that I assumed meant we had seen the last of them) is releasing… something. What is that something? It’s still fairly mysterious, but damn if it isn’t ambitious. Let me see if I can try […]
Archives for March 2008
Inq. of the Week: Who’s your Dragon?
Inspired by our recent X-Box LANfest, Dave asked everyone what they would do in the event of a Zombie Attack / infestation / outbreak / brunch. Mmmm, Zombie-brunch. 45% of you said you would gladly grab a weapon and start killing – everyone you ever knew, loved, or cared about – because really they’re trying […]
Chatty’s Out of the Box #006: Gummy Dragons
Here’s another comic with some new characters, once again done with the creative support of my good friend PM. It was about time that I put my gargantuan and Colossal dragons to use, it’s not like I ever needed them in my actual games. I owe the original idea of this comic to Scotticus, thanks […]
Found a name for my gaming group!
Yesterday, before we started our bi-monthly D&D game, I had to step outside to go and get the last player from the Subway station nearby. As I got out, I noticed that out of the seven people that play in our group, 4 own a Ford Focus Station Wagon (So Ronin, I may have to […]
Upgrading
I’m initiating the upgrade to the new version of WordPress, which is supposed to be a pretty radical change. So prepare for possible weirdness and brokeness. Upgrade complete. I ran into a few snafus (so there are still some things not working) but oddly none of them had to do with upgrading WordPress. The new […]
Robin’s Laws Revisited: Part 4, Creating your Campaign
This post is part of a series that revisits Robin Laws’ classic work on Gamemastering, called simply enough Robin’s Laws of Good Game Mastering. I tackle each chapter in order. It’s not so much a review of the book but more my views on the subjects Robin touched then. If you want to get better […]
Design a Bad Game Exercise
(This is a guest article by Stephen Glenn, designer of You Must Be An Idiot! and the Spiel Des Jahres nominated Balloon Cup. Stephen was responding to Jacob’s article about game design exercises, and gave us his own.) I have had game design ideas wake me up in the middle of the night. I’m constantly […]
Adventure Prep: My Rewind button
This week, my actual prepping work is rather light. Since all 6 players are available (What are the odds?) we have to move the game out of my place. I can only accommodate 5 in my gaming den. That means I’ll have to pack my stuff to go to Math’s on Friday evening. It also […]
I’m okay but busy…
Title says it all. With a huge job milestone coming next week and the daily gym, my energy level is steady but on the low side. So when I’m done putting the kids to bed and doing a little prep for my Friday game, there’s no juice left for blogging. I did manage to perform […]
YouTube of the Week: Sweded Edition
I really enjoyed seeing “Be Kind Rewind” a few weeks ago, but I also really enjoy that fans around the world have taken it upon themselves to make sweded movies of their own. Above is the fan-made sweded T2. If you enjoy that, check out the Top 10 Sweded Movies and the Be Kind Rewind […]
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