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Playing 4e: Game Day recap and DMing 4e Musings

June 8, 2008 by The Chatty DM

So I spent all day Saturday at my local Game Store, called Libraire Donjon, in Northern Montreal. I DMed the Worldwide D&D Game Day adventure. I thought I’d make a post where I freely mix and match play reports from both games I played, adding semi-random DMing thoughts in the mix… Read at your own […]

Filed Under: Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games

Playing 4e: Initial Thoughts

June 7, 2008 by The Chatty DM

Are you hungry for a review? Check Martin Ralya’s over at Gnome Stew, mine will come later (in one form or another). I got to play a few hours of D&D 4e last night with the D&D Game Day adventure. We were 7 (1 DM, 6 players). Here are a few tidbits: The Good From […]

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

I have them! 4e books!

June 6, 2008 by The Chatty DM

Expect a ton of mini posts in the next few days as I chronicle my 4e Experience. I have them, still shrink wrapped!  Woot! I just got back home from ZeStuff (the main sponsor of this here blog) where I picked up 2 Core Sets, 5 Players Handbooks and 1 Dungeon Master Guide. Pierre-Luc was […]

Filed Under: Geek Stuff, Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 4e

X-mas in June: D&D 4e is out!

June 6, 2008 by The Chatty DM

It’s 5h45 AM and I can’t wait for Pierre-Luc (of ZeStuff) to open the doors to his Warehouse Store at 10h00 am so I can pick up my D&D 4e hardcovers. I know most of you have seen it, but Scott Rouse of WotC has made you all a series of notes allowing you to […]

Filed Under: Geek Stuff, Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 4e

Afterschool Tropes Special: The Campaign as a British TV Series

June 4, 2008 by The Chatty DM

This trope post is going to be a bit different. Instead of applying tropes to characters or adventures, why not explore a few tropes that could apply to the actual structure of a campaign? As I’m pondering about my last campaign, I decided that I would spare you the analysis and discuss the key lesson […]

Filed Under: Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games, Tropes Tagged With: Tropes Season 2

Chatty’s Worldwide D&D Game Day

June 3, 2008 by The Chatty DM

On Saturday June 7th, FLGS around the world will celebrate the launch of 4th Edition with a Day long demo of the newest ruleset of D&D. As I said earlier this week, I think it’s the best occasion for those who have been fervent hopefuls or downright 4e fans to share their enthusiasm by showing […]

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

Contest Season… and Pimp your site.

June 2, 2008 by The Chatty DM

No true post tonight. I’m reading the D&D Game Day adventure (titled Into the Shadowhaunt) to prepare for a full day of DMing. I won’t spoil it but I can tell you that you should get a D&D mini that represents the pre-generated character you will choose (one of 5) on Saturday. So call your […]

Filed Under: Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games

Chatty’s Initial Thoughts on 4e

June 1, 2008 by The Chatty DM

I’ve decided that I won’t review the 4e Core Books. I will probably do a few ‘Chatty on 4e’ and ‘Chatty’s Debate’ posts on things in the core but I won’t review them. Part of this is because my way of doing reviews tend to be pretty massive. I’d end up with a multi-parter series […]

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

4e a Bestseller, the Leak and Community Service for Naughty Geeks

May 30, 2008 by The Chatty DM

Well well, D&D 4e is already such a huge success that WotC have re-sent the books to the printers before the release! I truly am happy about that since I was worried that the appearance of the pre-press printer files of the Core books on the net would cause a dent in demand. It’s now […]

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

The Overlord Welcomes 4e! Crunch Wins!

May 28, 2008 by The Chatty DM

Please take this post with the necessary grain of salt. See my comment below the post. Ahhh it’s been a long time now has it? What? You don’t know who I am? I am the dark power behind Chatty’s feverish prose. I’m his id, his darkest desires made thoughts! While he tries real hard to […]

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

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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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