As mentioned last week, my next mini-campaign was going to focus on a less scripted, more improv style of gaming. Borrowing from Dave the Game’s 5X5 design method, I created an adventure where multiple plots intertwine, forcing PCs to prioritize and chose what to focus on at any given time. A bit like a Comic […]
Archives for 2009
While Waiting to Read Me, Why Not Listen to Me?
My writing schedule is a bit in shambles right now. I’m back at work (albeit part time) and the days I am home, I spend with my kids who are on summer vacation. I’m also focusing on completing my freelance writing assignments and will likely send out my Kobold Quarterly article tonight. (And I’m late […]
Inq. of the Week: Know Your Role
Only a short Inquisition this week, since I have lots more Origins goodness to send your way soon, including an epic recounting of our journey to victory over the Ultimate Dungeon Delve, another seminar by Monte Cook (this one about designing dungeons), a seminar about 4e villain design, and my recap of the show’s exhibit hall, along with a few very short podcasts that describe some of the cooler games from the show floor.
Origins Awards 2009
I reported live from the 35th Annual Origins Awards via the Critical Hits twitter feed, but here’s the results, with all the nominees and winners:
Critical Bits for the week ending 2009-06-27
Next D&D Minis Set “Legendary Evils” spoilers posted DDI: Class Acts The Bard Paragon Paths for Bardic Multiclassers, including a Daring Blade (Order of the Stick reference?) Details on the Doctor Who RPG D&D appearances in webcomics this week: Penny Arcade and PvP The 15 Games You Need For Your New iPhone New article on […]
Origins 2009: Monte Cook “Being A Better Game Master”
When asked to sum up the essence of being a game master, Monte often responds with something smart-alek like “everything I know could fill up a book… and so I did and WotC published it.”
One Page Dungeon Contest Updates
I’m glad to report that judging the entries for the One Page Dungeon contest has been completed last night! Chgowiz and I will be announcing the 3 grand winners and a bunch of Category winners on Wednesday July 1st. Don’t miss it! Then, a few weeks later we’ll publish the entries as we promised to […]
Chatty DM Presents: Newbie DM
It’s been a while since I did a Chatty DM Presents post. It’s a series I started late last year to present a RPG blog that I think could be of interest to readers and I discuss three posts of that blog in a little more detail. Today I want to give new Dungeonmasters some […]
Transformers 2: Expectations?
In what is a rare occurence for my wife and I, we did not go to see Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen at a midnight showing last night. It’s not because of the Tuesday night issue, we went to see The Dark Knight at midnight on a Wednesday (though the day of work afterward was very tough), and it’s definitely not an issue of us not being excited about it. Honestly I can’t tell you why for sure, maybe it’s because we’re finally getting a bit more mature (or lazy).
Tales of the City Within: a 5X5 Sandbox experiment.
Summer is upon us and that usually means that our bi-monthly D&D become less formal. Attendance tends to fluctuate wildly and our play sessions are usually shorter. In past years, we’ve used the summer period to test out new games or new PCs. This year, most of my players have manifested an interest to keep […]
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