Have you ever played in a game with a really good DM? The kind where you’re engaged even when you’re not on the edge of your seat, there’s not a lot of bickering at the table over rules, and everybody talks about their adventures years later? I really wanna be that guy. I’m not yet. This quest has caused me a lot of soul-searching over this past year, and I’ve come across a shocking realization…..
Archives for 2012
Critical Bits for the week ending 2012-05-20
RT @SlyFlourish: For the afternoon crowd, Dungeon Master Survey Results: http://t.co/I5xMj5DR #dnd # Over the Edge RPG released under the Open Game License under the name "WaRP" http://t.co/dUikmELQ # RT @Wizards_DnD: In today's #dndnext conversation, @rjschwalb talks about skills and task resolution! http://t.co/59Qvt5dD # #dndnext playtest package contents revealed: http://t.co/keIciXaF # The "Awesome Dice Blog" […]
Chatty Fiction: “At a Loss”
In which Chatty breaks his month-long blogging silence to share… are you kidding me? A piece of flash fiction? It’s not even 200 words long? Okay, what did you do with Chatty, come on, fess up!
Do Gamer Dads Dream Of 2:1 Sheep?
Being a father to a little baby was cool. He was all cute and snuggly and I loved the first words and the first steps and all that stuff. I remember getting Sam a “Level 0 Gamer” bib and a couple nerdy onesies before he was born. Now he’s 4 and loves lots of geeky stuff. But how long can I keep this up? The hopes, dreams, and fears of a nerdly papa, after the jump.
Critical Bits for the week ending 2012-05-13
Combat Swipes from Roleplayingtips – a collection of combat descriptive text to pull during a game [PDF] http://t.co/HA1qUngR # Fantasy Flight announces update of classic CCG Netrunner, now set in FFG's Android universe and as LCG: http://t.co/ioP5pwUt #
The Architect DM: The Ise Grand Shrine
I’ve sat through more hours of architectural history classes than seems reasonable for a human being, everything from the crude Dolmen tombs of early Europe to weeks of studying the various gothic cathedrals that all look pretty much the same. I never got the chance to take an asian architecture course, but one of the most memorable asian structures that I learned about was the Ise Grand Shrine.
Pelor’s Florist
The natural world is full of wonders. That’s why we eat everything in it, and sometimes it eats us. Occasionally, the gods decide to mess with it a little. Sometimes, this goes really wrong and then you get things like banana fungus, leprosy, Nickelback, and the Twilight series of books. Other times, it’s simple and beautiful, and you never even know it’s there. This is how the donut was born, and also the sweet-smelling Pelorbell flower.
Critical Bits for the week ending 2012-05-06
"Tales of an Orc with Grok Bloodface" webseries project from the Pulp Gamer crew: http://t.co/8yAeuNV9 # The 2012 RPG Site of the Year from @stuffershack goes to @TheIdDM http://t.co/NOpzqZ6h # RT @obsidianportal: Announcing the Obsidian Portal Excellence In Innovation Award http://t.co/eE9YTExc #dnd #gencon #rpg #gaming #tech # HouseRules4DND reviews us: http://t.co/L68Pu56i #
Torg: A Marvel Heroic Roleplaying Hack (Hacking the Datasheets)
I need to explain how the mechanics of causing contradictions in other realities worked in the original Torg game. If a character uses a tool: a spell, miracle, piece of tech or some sort of social concept, it causes a single contradiction if the axiom level of that tool is greater than either the character’s home reality or the reality that character finds herself in.
Pain of Publication: Ninja Testing
Having successfully been a Guest GM before and having been inspired by excellent posts on using Marvel to power a fantasy-based system, I decided to try something odd. I sensed my normally tireless DM was getting burned out in Pathfinder, so I offered to take over for a few adventures. The group was pretty positive about a change of pace, but there was a lot of surprise when I said I was going to run the same characters, the same world, in campaign continuity with a different system.
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