Another article highlighting google wave and gaming http://bit.ly/4gGRMv (via @kaeosdad) | Hey, I see @greywulf there! # New blog post: Inq. of the Week: Video Formats? http://bit.ly/4FdE9x # Excerpt from Plane Below: Reasoning with a Slaad http://is.gd/4WtTw Including random slaad reaction table, complete with head exploding # Degrees of success in skill challenges http://bit.ly/NTXvV # […]
Archives for 2009
Campaign Genesis: Gears of Ruin
I’m taking a short break from my course prep to share with you some of the brainstorming that is shaping my newest D&D 4e campaign. Last week, when I pre-pitched my D&D adventure ideas for Dungeon Magazine, one of the ideas that wasn’t retained ‘as is’ was a clockwork fantasy adventure. It’s not that the […]
D&D 4e One-Shots: Putting it into Action
As a result of playing four very different one-shot games at DC Game Day, I condensed my thoughts about one-shots into one simple rule: Everything important on the character sheet should come up during play. It’s an easy thing to say, but not so easy to put into practice. However, I got a chance recently […]
YouTube Tuesday: Gray Pill or Grayer Pill Edition
A Russian-made, silent-film version of The Matrix starring Charlie Chaplin.
Inq. of the Week: Video Formats?
We seem to be at an interesting crossroads when it comes to movies and video formats, with Blu-ray beating out HD DVD I assumed everything would transition over pretty quickly but it still seems that regular DVDs are the primary format for people watching movies at home.
The State of Chatty: Fall 2009 Edition
Disclamer, this is not a RPG post, at least not directly. I’m going to update readers about the state of my project and my general health. I usually always write these posts when I’m in the throes of some sort of crisis or from the depths of depression. Well I’m happy to tell you that […]
Critical Bits for the week ending 2009-11-14
Resume as D&D character sheet (via @Sernett) Wanna get rid of Treasure Parcels in 4e? I know I do. here’s my suggestion. (via @ChattyDM) Tell me how to play 4E and OD&D (so I can ignore it) (via @IAmTavis) It turns out “Winning Races: Halfings” is not about Halfling foot races, but does include magic […]
Campaign Weariness: Ending a campaign before its time
As I hinted in my last game report, I feel the urge to move on from our Primal Dungeon/City Within campaign. At 15 sessions so far, this has been the longest Mini-campaign I’ve played since we started 4e. While I think the setting is ripe for more adventures, I feel like creating/exploring a new micro-setting […]
Are You Watching Venture Brothers Yet?
About three weeks after the 3rd season of The Venture Brothers started, I wrote about it to make sure that anyone who hadn’t heard of it by then knew to check it out. Now it is three weeks into the 4th season and I’m following up. Seriously, are you watching it yet?
Convention Report: DC Game Day 2009
DC Game Day V was held October 24th and 25th, and Geek’s Dream Girl and I were there. It was a bit different than the game conventions I usually go to: it was held in a section of an office building in downtown DC, and it was 4 sessions of RPGs (2 per day). No open gaming, no pick-up games- it was all scheduled ahead of time.
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