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The State of Chatty: Fall 2009 Edition

November 16, 2009 by The Chatty DM

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 […]

Filed Under: Freelance Writing, Musings of the Chatty DM

Campaign Weariness: Ending a campaign before its time

November 12, 2009 by The Chatty DM

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 […]

Filed Under: Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 4e, advice, Campaign Management

Turning D&D 4e’s Economy on its Head

November 9, 2009 by The Chatty DM

I love 4e with a passion that my geek-fueled prose has expressed numerous times on various platforms. However, after having played for more than one year, I must say that I really dislike the treasure attribution mechanics and the economics underlying them.   Spending time choosing magic items for my players and placing huge amounts of […]

Filed Under: Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 4e, Advive, treasure parcels

Mouse Guard Diaries: The First Duel

November 9, 2009 by The Chatty DM

Oh yes, another series 🙂 Last night my friend PM dropped by the house for an impromptu geekout.  We had a great session of armchair producing of potential remakes of Star Wars  over Pizza and beer.  We than played a game of Carcassone (loved it) and Dominion with Nico (my son won at Dominion, again). […]

Filed Under: Campaign Logs, Musings of the Chatty DM Tagged With: Mouseguard

City of the Overmind: Nipples of Chaos, Part 2

November 6, 2009 by The Chatty DM

See part 1 here. Cursed item to the rescue! The session’s first scene was eventually concluded with the adventure more or less back on track. We had a 20′ tall Flaming Angel instead of a draconic blob.  I was cool with that.  Heck, I would have been happy with the Marshmallow Colossus from Ghostbusters as […]

Filed Under: Campaign Logs, Musings of the Chatty DM Tagged With: 4e, Chatty's 2009-2010 Campaign, Primal/Within

City of the Overmind: The Nipples of Chaos, Part 1

November 4, 2009 by The Chatty DM

Chatty DM (wiping laughter tears ):  Guys! Enough with the nipple jokes!  I think I’m going to put that into the game report’s title. Mike: You’d never dare, this stuff is always left out your reports. Chatty DM: Just watch me… This last game session was a strange, strange beast.  On the one hand, we […]

Filed Under: Campaign Logs, Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 4e, Chatty's 2009-2010 Campaign, City Adventures, Primal/Within

Chatty’s Halloween Post: The 2012 Zombie Apocalypse

October 31, 2009 by The Chatty DM

This one is for The Maze, Scott, and HermitDave, and is a 100% RPG post inspired by my Influenza article. I give you the Zombie Apocalypse RPG Trope Post! Zombies are people, too… Okay, dead people, with poor verbal skills. And the only communication they understand is blowing off their heads. – USA Network commercial […]

Filed Under: Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games, Tropes Tagged With: halloween, Influenza, Tropes, Vaccine, Vampire, Zombie

My take on Influenza and the Vaccine

October 29, 2009 by The Chatty DM

I’m taking a break from my self-imposed Blog Silence to broach a subject that is slowly making me crazy: The influenza epidemic and the absolutely stupid conspiracy theories behind it. I swear to god, if I hear another discussion about autism, microchips and/or programmed genocide, I’m going to blow a gasket. This post Is inspired […]

Filed Under: Geek Stuff, Musings of the Chatty DM

2 weeks Notice: Brainstorm Slowdown

October 23, 2009 by The Chatty DM

I’ve thought long and hard how to best present this but the announcement that I was stepping down from managing the RPG Bloggers Network muddles the original intent.  So I’ll do what I do best and I’ll tell you a story. When I came back from Gen Con last year, I had learned that I […]

Filed Under: blogging, Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: Freelance Writing

Tales of Draconis, Part 4 and Epilogue

October 22, 2009 by The Chatty DM

Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3. Mutant Future, GM by Walkerp Mutant Future is that weird, weird game that came out of labyrinth Lord publisher Goblinoid Game.  Contrary to Labyrinth, Mutant Future (MF) is not so much a retro-clone of Gamma Worlds (or it’s predecessor Metamorphosis Alpha) but rather a new game built on […]

Filed Under: Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games

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  • The Chatty DM

    The Chatty DM is the "nom de plume" of gamer geek Philippe-Antoine Menard. He has been a GM for over 40 years. An award-winning RPG blogger, game designer, and scriptwriter at Ubisoft. He squats a corner of Critical Hits he affectionately calls "Musings of the Chatty DM." (Email Phil or follow him on Twitter.)

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