In the next few weeks, you’ll see a few changes in the Ad setup of the blog. After meeting with fellow Quebec businessman Pierre of ZeStuff.com, we’ve agreed on trying a partnership for a while and see how it works out for each of us. I’m really excited about this! ZeStuff is one cool Geek […]
Archives for May 2008
Mining Tropes for RPG Nuggets: The Truman Mirror Tomato Surprise!
This is a series that explores Tropes and tries to apply them in RPGs. Have a look here, I wrote over 20 of these so far. So Sorry for the double feed, something happened when I posted this the 1st time and 1/2 the text was eaten! One of the things I’ve seen GMs struggle […]
“Guitar Hero IV” will feature a Band… of Rock…
Rumored for a few weeks now, it seems that confirmation has come out that the next real installment of the Guitar Hero franchise (skipping over certain spin-off products) will feature a drum set to augment your Guitar and Bass rocking. Sound a bit familiar? Activizzard says that their drum set will be totally bitching, and […]
Ods and Ends, part Deux
Hey! We made it! We topped the 300 RSS subcribers milestone! I say we, because while I write the site’s content, it really only runs as smoothly with Graham’s technical assistance (whose apparently saving the internet one site at a time) and all of your participation as readers, Stumblers and Commenters. Woot! I’ve got my […]
YouTube of the Week: Lost an Evil Floating Head Edition
No real connection to gaming… I just thought it was hilarious. Found at the Directory of Wonderful Things.
Inq. of the Week: Play to the DM
Last monday, to wrap up our Unofficial Review Weekend, Dave’s poll asked which Nick Fury was the better Nick Fury, Sammy J or David Hasselhoff. An overwhelming majority of 76% thought that Samuel L. Jackson made a better Nick Fury, while 15% thought the Hoff was best (and more true to the original comic Fury), […]
Monte Cook Un-Retires and Joins Pathfinder RPG team.
Well not so much out of retirement as he’s becoming a rules consultant for the Pathfinder RPG. What was it you said about Paizo NOT being a Google-emulate? 🙂 Monte Cook Joins the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game™ Team Co-creator of 3rd Edition Dungeons & Dragons® to act as Rules Consultant Paizo Publishing®, LLC today announced that […]
Review: “Piratz Tavern” in Silver Spring, MD
Yesterday, for mother’s day, my mom had only one request for the traditional dinner: she wanted to go to the Piratz Tavern, a pirate-themed restaurant in downtown Silver Spring. Scratch that, she had two requests: she wanted her family to dress as ninjas and go there. The compromise was made that we would wear all-black, […]
Ding! The Stew is Ready. Hope You Like Gnomes.
Have a look at the newest GM-focused blog. It’s Gnome Stew and it just launched. I really liked the Short Sessions: How to Cope by Walt Icantspellhislastnamejustnow as it plays directly in our gaming challenges. I wish a great big welcome to the GnomeGMs: Martin Ralya John Arcadian (yay!) Patrick Benson Walt Ciechanowski (I was […]
DM Chronicles 17: This is the end, Fiend
It’s done, our D&D campaign is over and so is my playing D&D 3.5. Sigh*… The game went exceedingly well, better than I had hoped.The players were clever enough to navigate the minefield that was a hall full of Demon Lord avatars and ambassadors and live! It went so well that we actually managed to […]
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