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Ghoulish Mailbag: Handling PC Death

October 31, 2010 by The Chatty DM

Fighting Ghouls and Goblins, Chatty picks a letter from his mailbox and tackles the classic “but what’s a GM to do when a PC dies?”

Filed Under: Musings of the Chatty DM, Newest Critical Hits, Player Psychology, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: Character Death, D&D, d&d 4e, halloween

Critical Bits for the week ending 2010-10-31

October 31, 2010 by Gato the News Robot

From the Archives:: Behind the Wave http://bit.ly/cSXIIm #charchive # DDXP 2011 Information: http://bit.ly/dB8RJd Plus check out the event section for something interesting… http://bit.ly/aAMumq # RT @fredhicks: #gammaworld as a gateway for finding Birthright or Supers ? My Deadly Fredly graphic post awaits: http://j.mp/b9520r # Thanks for including us with such great company! RT @Morrus: Interactive […]

Filed Under: Critical Bits Tagged With: twitter

Review: Costume Quest

October 30, 2010 by Vanir

If you’d like to do something this Halloween that doesn’t involve scaring the unholy crap out of yourself, I humbly suggest you download a copy of Double Fine’s new RPG – Costume Quest. Warning: this game transformed me into an 8-year old boy, and I am no longer able to legally work in the United States. IT WAS WORTH IT.

Filed Under: Humor, Reviews, Video Games Tagged With: awesome, cat, costume quest, double fine, fries, halloween, knight, ninja, repugia, robot, unicorn, Vampire

When the Bad Guys Win: Chatty’s Gamma World One Shot

October 29, 2010 by The Chatty DM

In which Chatty breaks out his brand new Gamma World game and tries a different kind of post-apocalyptic game with his buddies. It’s all fun and games until someone gets shredded by a Porcupine Bush on Speeds.

Filed Under: Actual Play, Musings of the Chatty DM, Player Psychology, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: gamma world, one-shot, Post-Apocalypse

Are You the Most Interesting Roleplayer in the World?

October 29, 2010 by Shawn Merwin

Somewhere, somewhen, out there in the back rooms of a gaming store, in the basement of some gamer’s house, lurks the most interesting gamer in the world. It is my mission to find that gamer.

Filed Under: Editorial, Featured, Know Your Roll Tagged With: 4e, D&DXP, ddxp2011

Apocalypse Short: The Siege of Shanty Town (Part 5)

October 28, 2010 by The Chatty DM

After not writing anything for nearly 2 weeks, Chatty returns with a short recap of his last Apocalypse World session where they concluded their mini-campaign. Was Shanty Town saved or was it shelled to bits?

Filed Under: Actual Play, Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: Apocalypse World, Chatty's 2010-2011 campaigns, Chatty's year of Indie Games, indie games, indie rpg, Post-Apocalypse, Tropes, Vincent Baker

More Mailbag

October 28, 2010 by Chris Sims

This week I’m resting up. I’ll be old and crotchety by Saturday, so I’m taking it easy to build up my strength. (Okay, I’m playing a lot of Mass Effect 2. I like to keep Renegade nearly as high as Paragon, so don’t push me.) I’ve been working up a few ideas. Kyle Ferrin’s fine image for my Mailbag feature needs some showing off, too. It makes sense, with this confluence of events, to post some requests to you. I’ll do these articles without any help, but I figured it makes sense to do something more personal. Check out the possibilities.

Filed Under: Analysis Paralysis, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: character roles, mailbag, monster design, play

Review: L5R “Enemies of the Empire”

October 27, 2010 by Bartoneus

The new edition of Legend of the Five Rings (4th Edition, no relation to D&D) published by Alderac Entertainment Group has been out for a few months now and though I’ve been working pretty hard on planning a series of one-shot adventures to run I still haven’t gotten a chance to play it. As much as I enjoy D&D, one of the niche settings that it doesn’t cover that well for me is the oriental/samurai/ninja setting that, if you know me at all, is something I absolutely love to play in. Despite having not played the game yet, I wanted to take a look at Enemies of the Empire, the first supplement book for the new edition that nearly doubles the amount of content that you can use in your adventures.

Filed Under: Featured, Reviews, Roleplaying Games

Afraid Of The Dark

October 26, 2010 by Vanir

Get into the Halloween spirit with this festive post where I relive a bunch of the night terrors I had as a child. Woo! Party (while screaming bloody murder for my parents)!

Filed Under: Board, Card, and Miniature Games, Dire Flailings, Humor, Roleplaying Games, Science Fiction & Fantasy Genre, Video Games Tagged With: darkness, freddy krueger, night terrors, nightmare, nightmare on elm street, scary, screaming

Gamma Wild: “Gamma World” Game Day Report

October 26, 2010 by dixontrimline

I had a really good time, and became convinced that I needed to buy this Gamma World game immediately and inflict it on all my family and friends, assuming I have any family or friends. There is a kind of brash funness about it, an in-your-face good time, sort of like a game of Strip Twister, only with dice and hit points and without the awkward apologies afterwards. The loopy joy is built right into the rules of the game, which I can describe it with one simple word I just made up: randomosity.

Filed Under: Editorial, Featured, News, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: gamma world, gamma world game day

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