In which Chatty dives in D&D 4e’s engine and explores the various types of rewards available for its players. He then examines areas where new, interesting types of rewards could be created to enhance the gaming experience of a wider spectrum of players.
Archives for January 2011
Thirty Days in Cataclysm
I hadn’t played WoW for about six months before Cataclysm came out but now that it has, about a month ago, I’ve put in a good deal of time into the new expansion and I liked what I got. Today I’m going to talk about I’ve seen over the past month, what I liked, what I didn’t, and where I plan to go. You might call this a review, but reviewing a game expansion with such a large amount of content isn’t really possible. So really it’s just my experiences so far.
Critical Bits for the week ending 2011-01-09
From the Archives:: A Solid "1" http://bit.ly/gxvhaD #charchive # RT @AdamantEnt: An experiment or a leap of faith: Adamant's new "app-pricing" business model: http://bit.ly/gBRLS7 # RT @rjschwalb: Grab your force dragon right here: http://www.robertjschwalb.com/2011/01/lost-monsters-force-dragons/ # Review: From Here To There, 9 Adventures For The Road by @gnomestew http://bit.ly/eoWneu # RT @geeksdreamgirl: New Article: One Box […]
Chatty’s New Lair, V2.0
In which Chatty invites you to his basement lair to witness the unveiling of his new secret laboratory of writing doom… or is it writhing doom? I always forget.
Personal Encounter Design Workshop
In mid-December I received a great e-mail from a reader named Brian that I talk to regularly on my twitter account, he was planning for an upcoming D&D adventure and wanted some specific help with designing an encounter. I’m not sure what exactly prompted him to send it my way, but I was more than happy to read through and share some of my ideas to help spice up his encounter. Just today I received a follow up e-mail that he is planning to run the encounter tomorrow and that he wanted to run his updated encounter by me again. I was all to happy to oblige, and I also realized that the exchange of e-mails might be something some of you would be interested in seeing. So here it is, with his permission of course.
Shamanic Puberty
A coming-of-age tale of one man and two berserkers. Of fighting and healing. Of puppies and of elven bones knitting. Of divine power and delicate constitutions. Of character acne. I don’t know what that is, but it definitely underscores the need for good PC hygiene.
My Love Letter to “Mage: The Ascension”
Dave looks back at the 2nd edition of “Mage: The Ascension,” how he got into the game, why it never stuck as a campaign, and how it rewired his teenage brain.
Critical Bits for the week ending 2011-01-02
From the Archives:: 4th Edition Round Table: Classes and Other Topics http://bit.ly/frXP1w #charchive # RT @fredhicks: Dresden Files, Freemarket, Gamma World, Apocalypse World, more on MTV Geek's Top 10 RPGs of 2010: http://tinyurl.com/26drgrs # Nearly $800 raised to help the Child's Play charity. Can you help us, @obsidianportal, & @gfbrobot hit $2000 by Friday? http://bit.ly/i52elV […]
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