What started as a crazy idea in the last few weeks of Winter has finally come to its conclusion. Since late May a panel of 6 judges: Chgowiz, Dave: the Game, Sham, Amityville Mike, Alex Schroeder and myself have slogged through 112 entries and we’ve finally arrived with the final results. If you are curious […]
Tales of the City Within: Session 1, Part 1
As mentioned last week, my next mini-campaign was going to focus on a less scripted, more improv style of gaming. Borrowing from Dave the Game’s 5X5 design method, I created an adventure where multiple plots intertwine, forcing PCs to prioritize and chose what to focus on at any given time. A bit like a Comic […]
While Waiting to Read Me, Why Not Listen to Me?
My writing schedule is a bit in shambles right now. I’m back at work (albeit part time) and the days I am home, I spend with my kids who are on summer vacation. I’m also focusing on completing my freelance writing assignments and will likely send out my Kobold Quarterly article tonight. (And I’m late […]
One Page Dungeon Contest Updates
I’m glad to report that judging the entries for the One Page Dungeon contest has been completed last night! Chgowiz and I will be announcing the 3 grand winners and a bunch of Category winners on Wednesday July 1st. Don’t miss it! Then, a few weeks later we’ll publish the entries as we promised to […]
Chatty DM Presents: Newbie DM
It’s been a while since I did a Chatty DM Presents post. It’s a series I started late last year to present a RPG blog that I think could be of interest to readers and I discuss three posts of that blog in a little more detail. Today I want to give new Dungeonmasters some […]
Tales of the City Within: a 5X5 Sandbox experiment.
Summer is upon us and that usually means that our bi-monthly D&D become less formal. Attendance tends to fluctuate wildly and our play sessions are usually shorter. In past years, we’ve used the summer period to test out new games or new PCs. This year, most of my players have manifested an interest to keep […]
Happy Birthday Skill Challenge
Last week, my good friend Dave of Critical Hits and RPGblogger’s Network fame asked me to write a little note for his girlfriend’s (‘e’ of Geeks’ Dream Girl) birthday. Being overly Chatty and prone to a certain dose of creative crazyness, I decided to all out geek and delivered the following Birthday Challenge! Wish Her […]
Friday Chat: Dealing with Storytellers
In my discussions with several readers and friends, I noticed that many RPG group are divided into two broad categories of gamers. One one side you have your min/maxed, Butt kicking power gamers who are on the lookout for the next fight. On the other you have the psychodrama-loving story-starved players who only truly become […]
Random Thoughts Table: Dungeon Crawling through New Monster
Goodman Games wants you! With the economy taking a bad turn, many gaming companies are having a hard time getting sufficient volunteers for their various Gen Con events. As some of you may know, I will be among the DMs referees of the Goodman Games Dungeon Crawl Classic tournament held this year at the Indianapolis […]
Primal/Within Chronicles: A Master’s Wrath, Part 2
See part 1 here. Plot Exposition break Before jumping in the suspended portal standing 15′ over the 1st floor, the PCs rested for a few minutes and searched the Wizard’s lair. They found that the mad mage had recently abandoned his work on creating enhanced monsters and started focusing on portals. His various research notes […]
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