Both Sly Flourish and I have talked a lot lately about the issues we’ve run into at epic levels in D&D. While there are certainly rules issues, I believe fixing them all would take up a lot more than single column. However, I do have some ideas on alternate ways to restructure how the campaign […]
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Critical Bits for the week ending 2011-11-27
Winners of the @rpggeek golden geek awards announced: http://t.co/61ovR7zK # Geeklist of @boardgamegeek Golden Geek winners: http://t.co/ILIJTkis # RT @boardgamegeek: New GeekStore items including Promos for Fresco, Panic Station, and restock of 7 Wonders promo http://t.co/ta4aKSaS # .@paizo announces Pathfinder MMO, starting by forming a new company called Goblinworks. http://t.co/uA5G0LOi # Official Goblinworks site located […]
The Scaling Woes of 4th Edition Dungeons and Dragons
D&D 4e is a wonderful refined combat-focused RPG but it scales poorly as levels increase. While many of the elements of 4e scale along a linear path, many powers and effects scale at a much greater rate resulting in large imbalances between PCs and the threats they face at higher levels. This makes it hard for dungeon masters to challenge PCs.
Chatty’s Dream Design Project: An Interactive Primer-RPG
In which Chatty posts something that’s less than 500 words about what his dream game design project would be like. Hop right in and discuss!
Meat, Food, Snacks, Mjölnir
Last week, my preschooler son Sam came home with his very first homework assignment. The task was simple and seasonally festive: he was to sit down with me and his mom and talk about the things he was thankful for in his life, then we’d all make a poster together that involved those things. Having a child of mine respond with “meat”, “food”, and “snacks” was not a real surprise — but this nerd-papa nearly burst at the seams with pride when he said he was thankful for “thunder” and “Mjölnir”. At the end, he summarized everything by saying, “my life is cool city”. I couldn’t disagree. It also made me take stock in what I’m thankful for. I don’t have a preschool class to turn my homework in, so I guess you guys will have to do.
Critical Bits for the week ending 2011-11-20
Contest winners have been emailed in the Dungeon Mapp giveaway. Thanks to our sponsor for supplying the prizes. # RT @4eBlogs: The Dread Gazebo: Heroes of the Feywild: Interview with Writer Steve Townshend http://t.co/3NoJpHxa #dnd # RT @mudbunny74: Did you know that the #DDI update for November came out today?? Get the details here: http://t.co/oGwnBJNL […]
Teach Kids to Game: Nico and Rory’s Stories
In which Chatty revisits most of his “Playing with Children” posts and represents them in anthology form to celebrate “Teach Kids to Game” week.
D&D Zombie Apocalypse, Part 2: The What Ifs
In which Chatty asks a series of questions about the why and the how of a zombie apocalype in a fantasy world and comes up with solid ideas for campaign plots.
If The Dungeon Mama Ain’t Happy, Ain’t Nobody Happy
I’ll admit it: I’d been dreading running last week’s D&D game. It had been over a month since we played, and my trepidation was as much laziness as it was not wanting to dungeon crawl. I’d imagine it was much more my fault than the dungeon module we were running, but I’d somehow managed to suck all the fun out of the game for me. That’s the last thing you want running through the DM’s mind in any group — sooner or later things start to suck for everybody else. A few months later, the group breaks up and one of your roleplayers goes to prison for stabbing a minmaxer. I knew I had to do something. But what?
Critical Bits for the week ending 2011-11-13
Wrap your presents with unspeakable horror with Cthulhu wrapping paper from @GamingPaper (Kickstarter) http://t.co/UKb3M5uY # RT @fredhicks: New on Deadly Fredly: Kickstarter Bulletpoints http://t.co/P5NGd4R8 # RT @brendensparks: You guys always link to the best GM gear. My turn to share: Turn your laptop into a whiteboard: http://t.co/fcDLzY05 # We now have a Google+ page: http://t.co/gQAys4Yn […]
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