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Mining Tropes for RPG Nuggets: Season 1 Boxed Set

July 12, 2008 by The Chatty DM

One of the lessons I learned from the Ennies Nominations is that my Site could gain from better navigation tools. This post is a step in this direction as I’ll put a link to it in my sidebar. Director’s Intro: I discovered the TVTropes wiki on the ‘Okay…Your Turn‘ gaming forum early in September 2007 […]

Filed Under: Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games

Random Thoughts: Atomic Pod Treasure Trove Reveal Stolen Pixels

July 11, 2008 by The Chatty DM

Before I forget! Only 2 more days to send an entry in the One Sentence NPC contest! Soooo, Gen Con prep is slowly nearing completion, it’s taking longer than expected but I believe that the GM-Fu Workshop book we’re doing is going to be awesome. So awesome in fact that we plan on making it […]

Filed Under: Geek Stuff, Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: Link Love

The 2008 Ennies: Chatty Walks Away, Disappointed.

July 10, 2008 by The Chatty DM

Well Yax made it and I didn’t. See here for nominations. Congrats Yax, you created and developed quite an accessible, and interesting quality RPG site! I’m disappointed, for sure, but not bitter. I gave it the good old college try and will likely enter again next year. By submitting the site so early in it’s […]

Filed Under: Geek Stuff, Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games

Musings on Musings of the Chatty DM

July 10, 2008 by The Chatty DM

Hey there. I know no one believes me when I say I stop/slow down my posts.  I won’t say it anymore.  Suffice it to say that I’ve stopped writing posts that take me more than 45 minutes to write since the last 2 weeks (including the Open Letter) as I’m preparing my Gen Con presentation. […]

Filed Under: Musings of the Chatty DM

Open Letter to Wizards of the Coast

July 8, 2008 by The Chatty DM

This is a rantish post to expose, in my usual style, my misgivings about my favorite games and the company that manages them Dear Wizards of the Coast, This is a letter to share with you my worries and disappointment at the way you have (or are) handling the game brands that I care about […]

Filed Under: Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: Rant

Teaching Role Playing Games to New Players

July 6, 2008 by The Chatty DM

This is a guest post of mine that originally appeared in Johnn Four’s Roleplaying tips newsletter #408.  It’s reprinted here to allow for comments.  Subscribe to John’s weekly e-zine for awesome RPG tips delivered to your inbox. Introduction Unless you have been living under a rock, you likely know there is a new edition of […]

Filed Under: Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: Teaching RPGs

Player Motivation and Types Revisited, Again

July 4, 2008 by The Chatty DM

The Gen Con 2008 seminar I’ll co-host with my friends DNAPhil, Zach and Vicki is going to be about sharing tips with GMs about prepping RPG game session .  My parts of that seminar (What I’ve been doing most nights of this week and possibly the next one) will cover Using Tropes (yay!) and Player […]

Filed Under: Musings of the Chatty DM, Player Psychology, Roleplaying Games

What’s your disgustingly good local dish?

July 3, 2008 by The Chatty DM

I’m smack dab in the middle of my Gen Con preparation week (which will likely bleed over into the next one). This means that whatever I post here is going to be very light in relevant content. Since I can’t shut up and I hate silence, I put up little texts just to let you […]

Filed Under: Geek Stuff, Musings of the Chatty DM Tagged With: Basse Cuisine

Mini-Post: Ascension of the Drow and 4e Fantastic Terrain

July 2, 2008 by The Chatty DM

Gen Con Drow Insanity This morning I had an email by Nicholas Logue, adventure writer extraordinaire from both Paizo and his own Sinister Adventures. Here it is: Hi All! If you are on this list, it means you have volunteered to GM and or assist with the Ascension of the Drow mega-event at Gencon this […]

Filed Under: Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 4e, gen con 2008

Random Thoughts: Story Telling Dungeon Crawling Kids in Diablo’s Caves to Crit Mearls

June 30, 2008 by The Chatty DM

(Told you I would not last a week) I was supposed to be at work, getting ready for the arrival of a new colleague in my team but my 6 year old son has developed a case of Chicken Pox. I’m therefore at home, playing some Raving Rabbits 2 with him and drawing some Manga […]

Filed Under: Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 4e, gaming with children, Gaming with Kids, Story Telling tips

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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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