Those who have followed my antics for a long time know of my ‘fued’ with the master of settings and fluff known as Wolfgang Baur. The rules-crazy overlord in me as long since surrendered to his way of thinking where atmosphere, strong characterization and all around story goodness enhances a system’s rules. Wolfgang now pilots […]
Archives for October 2008
Inq. of the Week: D&D Insider?
Rumors are going around that this week D&D Insider will be switching over to paid only accounts, which means that we will no longer be getting a decent amount of free content in the online Dragon and Dungeon magazines. What this does mean is that hopefully Wizards is getting a few steps closer to launching […]
Chatty’s Mailbox: D&D 4e with kids
Yeah, I have playing RPGs with kids on my mind lately. I’m ready to move on to new things but here’s another post in the subject. Last week I got a very interesting email from fellow Montreal reader and blogger Eric. Turns out that after a 12 year break from DMing, Eric bought 4e and […]
Review: “Forgotten Heroes: Fang, Fist, and Song”
Overview: “Forgotten Heroes: Fang, Fist, and Song” (hereafter referred to as FH) is another option for adding Barbarians, Druids, Bards, and Monks into your 4e game before the official versions are fully released. Many of the classes feel a bit complex, but do a good job of capturing a particular aspect of each of these […]
Bedtime Campaign: Brother and Sister in the Car Edition
Three weeks ago I was on a fairly long car trip with both my children. I decided to test freeform storytelling with both of them to see how well young siblings could cooperate. After quite a rocky start we managed to agree on some rules so we could avoid fighting and move our story forward. […]
We Must Not Remind Them Giants Walk the Earth
Dark Knight Returns remains one of my favorite comics of all time for a variety of reasons. While it doesn’t tend to stand up in most people’s minds against its contemporary, Watchmen, it ends up tackling some of the same themes but with characters we know inside and out. It’s also, to me, the pinnacle […]
The more things change…
I have read the system – it’s a pretty nice system – but it’s no more a new edition of Dungens and Dragons than a 2001 Jeep Grand Cherokee is a revision of a 1940s Willys Jeep. The problem lies in its being called something it is not – a new edition of an existing […]
Interview: Jami Noguchi
At some point earlier this year Dave and I were talking and he casually mentioned how he’d just spent most of his day going through every back issue of a webcomic, and he started to tell me how great it was. That comic was Erfworld, which I already knew about through some twisting internet / […]
DM Chronicles: Session 3, Snaking Toward the Lost City of ‘Meh’
Previously in Chatty’s game: Dodging rolling boulders and fighting technicolor giant snakes, our heroes explore the depth of the recently uncovered ruins of a lost civilization. They are seeking who or what sent an Ape Man assassin against them. There’s no reason to beat my DM head against the table and implore all the saints […]
YouTube Tuesday: BMX Powers Go! Edition
A good argument for balance within an adventuring party.
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