The dragon found them flying through the skies aboard a flying Dwarven pirate airship and threatened to destroy the ship if they didn’t toss the heroes overboard. They found their powers mostly useless against the creature, and scrambled to improvise other alternatives aboard a the ship. Firing at the creature’s wings, ordering the pirates into a better sense of organization, searching the hold for something useful, and finally, firing a Deva riding a barrel of rum attached with a chain to an anchor at the dragon using twin ballistas.
Archives for 2009
Critical Bits for the week ending 2009-06-13
“The cumulative effect of bad design…is nothing less than a slow erosion of the human spirit.” (via Boardgamenews) Excuse Me, Miss. Didn’t I See You In The Monster Manual 2? High Fantasy vs. Sword & Sorcery Gaming A Game of Thrones + South Park = WIN!!! (via Greywulf) Behold, the 10 best rpg T-shirts. 83 […]
The Dungeon Reality Show PDF is available now!
Fighting my own Nerd projectitis, I spent all day today putting all Dungeon Reality Show: Dungeon Ball Edition posts into a single PDF. You can find it here free of charge, my gift to you dear readers. I hope that some of you try the adventure and have fun with it. I will also post […]
Friday Chat: Nerd Projectitis
(I’m posting this early to get our Euro/Asia/Down Under friends to comment) Way back when, I posted about the Nerd Handbook, a must-read article for all geeks and their significant others. The post starts with the following sentence: A nerd needs a project because a nerd builds stuff. All the time So true! However, I’m […]
Put the Phone Away: A call to gamers still in the dark ages of handhelds (Part 2)
Although the PSP is selling wonderfully in many other parts of the world, it has struggled in the US market since its release. It would be hard to call it a failure with the many millions of systems sold stateside, but it definitely has struggled to find an identity in this country. The UMD video discs were a complete disaster for Sony, and the third-party market hasn’t embraced the system as much as it has its rival.
Maverick Cake Hunter
A little over a week ago we celebrated my birthday with raucous partying and the like, it’s always good to get a large group of friends together for communal debauchery. However, what really made the day for me was my lovely wife’s efforts into creating what has to be one of the best birthday cakes […]
One Year Later for 4e Podcast
A whole pile of bloggers and podcasters, including the likes of At-Will, Dungeonmastering, ChattyDM, Gamer’s Haven, Sly Flourish, and yours truly, got together to ask James Wyatt and Chris Perkins of Wizards of the Coast about various topics related to 4e. This all was hosted and put together by Jeff of The Tome Show (who had some questions to ask himself). The end result is quite informative, ranging from game design topics to community topics.
Chatty on 4e: One year later
A little more than a year ago, as excitement (and hype) was building around the 4th edition of Dungeons and Dragons, I wrote a series a posts based on what I thought D&D 4e would be about. Nostalgia vs Fun Retro Stupid vs Retro-Stupid I Hearth Grapple Schooled by the Old Combat School Exploration vs […]
The Dungeon Reality Show: Blood Bowl Edition
Over a period of 3 weeks, I wrote a series of post about making one-shot D&D adventures where PCs are drafted into some kind of deadly reality show on the Plane of Games. The response to the series was very positive so I’m planning to release it as a free PDF in the near future. […]
The Dungeon Reality Show, Part 5: The rest!
Last time we covered the scene where our brave PC contestants played the first half of a Bloodbowl game. Now it’s time to throw the PCs a curveball… Scene 3 – The Half Time Show Scene goals Perform a Skill challenge that simulates a stage show Introduce combat elements to the challenge if a skill […]
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