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Chatty’s Out of the Box #006: Gummy Dragons

March 30, 2008 by The Chatty DM

Here’s another comic with some new characters, once again done with the creative support of my good friend PM. It was about time that I put my gargantuan and Colossal dragons to use, it’s not like I ever needed them in my actual games. I owe the original idea of this comic to Scotticus, thanks […]

Filed Under: Musings of the Chatty DM, Uncategorized Tagged With: Chatty's Out of the Box

Found a name for my gaming group!

March 29, 2008 by The Chatty DM

Yesterday, before we started our bi-monthly D&D game, I had to step outside to go and get the last player from the Subway station nearby. As I got out, I noticed that out of the seven people that play in our group, 4 own a Ford Focus Station Wagon (So Ronin, I may have to […]

Filed Under: Geek Stuff, Musings of the Chatty DM

Robin’s Laws Revisited: Part 4, Creating your Campaign

March 28, 2008 by The Chatty DM

This post is part of a series that revisits Robin Laws’ classic work on Gamemastering, called simply enough Robin’s Laws of Good Game Mastering. I tackle each chapter in order. It’s not so much a review of the book but more my views on the subjects Robin touched then. If you want to get better […]

Filed Under: Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: DMing, Robin Laws, world building

Adventure Prep: My Rewind button

March 26, 2008 by The Chatty DM

This week, my actual prepping work is rather light. Since all 6 players are available (What are the odds?) we have to move the game out of my place. I can only accommodate 5 in my gaming den. That means I’ll have to pack my stuff to go to Math’s on Friday evening. It also […]

Filed Under: Adventure Prep, Musings of the Chatty DM Tagged With: Tropes

I’m okay but busy…

March 26, 2008 by The Chatty DM

Title says it all. With a huge job milestone coming next week and the daily gym, my energy level is steady but on the low side. So when I’m done putting the kids to bed and doing a little prep for my Friday game, there’s no juice left for blogging. I did manage to perform […]

Filed Under: Musings of the Chatty DM

Linky love from a papercut DM!

March 24, 2008 by The Chatty DM

Hey there, I’m taking it cool today, Gym was tiring, and while I am working on a Robin Laws post, I realized that I need to spend a little bit more time reading up on stuff to do a good post on it. Plus, I got a paper cut on my ring finger today and […]

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

Of Exercise Videogames and Musical Rumours

March 23, 2008 by The Chatty DM

No RPG content here… but a few geeky lifestyle comments and a video game scoop. All right, my stress is under control. Exercise helps a lot, but end of weeks are always easier. My big test for my new stress-control strategies is going to be tomorrow morning (i.e. returning to work). Friday morning, before I […]

Filed Under: Geek Stuff, Musings of the Chatty DM Tagged With: Geek Health, rock band, Video Games

YABM: Welcome new commenters, almost 2000 comments!

March 21, 2008 by The Chatty DM

YABM: Yet another Blog Milestone Having been a bit out of it in the last few weeks and having finally tackled the very passion inducing subject of 4e (and Paizo’s 3.5 strategy) I haven’t been able to personally welcome each new commenter on the blog as I tried to do before. So I’m taking a […]

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

DM Chronicles, Session 13: Of Moons and Xanathos Railroads, Part 2

March 20, 2008 by The Chatty DM

See part 1 here. After the fight and Eric’s Bare-assed performance we moved on the evening’s 3rd scene. Now I won’t get into details of the scene, because there’s no way I could describe it without spending hundreds of words in backstory. Let’s just say that this time I really managed to surpass my tendency […]

Filed Under: Campaign Logs, Musings of the Chatty DM Tagged With: 3.5e, Chatty's 2007-2008 campaign, Tropes

Chatty’s Out of the Box #005: Right Said Slaad!

March 19, 2008 by The Chatty DM

Here’s a new comic with my favorite Green Spawn of Chaos! As usual, click thumbnail. This time I’ve officially teamed up with PM who contributed to the writing and the Photoshoping. He deserves his share of the credit and here it is. I think we’re on to something here and we already have brainstormed a […]

Filed Under: Musings of the Chatty DM, Uncategorized Tagged With: Chatty's Out of the Box, Tropes

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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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