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Zen and the Art of Dungeon Mastering #2: Know your DMing Style

June 21, 2012 by The Chatty DM

In which Chatty maintains momentum in his new series aimed at new/returning GMs and explores what motivates Dungeon Masters to run RPGs and how uncannily familiar these motivators will be for some.

Filed Under: Featured, Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: advice, D&D, DM, DMing, DMing Advice, dungeon master, Zen and the Art of DMing

Zen and the Art of Dungeon Mastering #1: What’s in it for me?

June 18, 2012 by The Chatty DM

In Chatty’s first posts of his new series, he tackles what you can expect to gain from being a DM and, as importantly, what you need to stop expecting if you want to have the best possible start in your DMing career.

Filed Under: Featured, Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: advice, D&D, DM, DMing, DMing Advice, dungeon master, Zen

New Series for Beginner Game Masters.

June 15, 2012 by The Chatty DM

As a result of Chatty’s new Sabbatical (from working as a Consultant, not writing), a new series about going back to the basics of the fine art of Game Mastering is proposed! Let us know if it tickles your curiosity!

Filed Under: Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: advice, D&D, DM, DMing, DMing Advice, dungeon master, Zen

Casual Magic: Nico’s Tolarian Academy Deck

June 13, 2012 by The Chatty DM

Yes, Chatty plays Magic the Gathering sometimes… he even blogs about it sometimes. Today he discusses a Legacy Artifact deck he built for his son, who brags that it is unbeatable. Oh to be 10 again.

Filed Under: Board, Card, and Miniature Games, Musings of the Chatty DM Tagged With: Casual Gaming, magic, magic the gathering, playing with children, playing with kids

Collateral Damage #3: The Avengers Initiative Part 2: Hydra does Dallas

June 12, 2012 by The Chatty DM

Having cheated their way to great success on their second day of Avengers training at Camp Hammond, Connecticut, our heroes are scrambled to Texas to face a Hydra raid on the President’s Ranch.

Filed Under: Actual Play, Campaign Logs, Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: Collateral Damage, marvel, marvel heroic roleplaying, Marvel RPG

Collateral Damage #3: The Avengers Initiative Part 1: Training Day, Prise Deux

June 7, 2012 by The Chatty DM

Collateral Damage is back, our cheating, barely heroic characters try to complete Avengers training… of course, they’re not going to do it by the book… that would be boring.

Filed Under: Actual Play, Campaign Logs, Featured, Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: Collateral Damage, marvel, marvel heroic roleplaying, Marvel RPG, MRH, Super Heroes

Writing Contest: Reap What You Sew

May 24, 2012 by The Chatty DM

In the footsteps of my flash fiction of last week, my friend Leah teamed up with author Joseph Devon to host a writing contest… about sewing. Can you take this seemingly harmless craft and use it as a story’s climactic scene? Show us what you can do!

Filed Under: Freelance Writing, Musings of the Chatty DM Tagged With: contest, flash fiction, Joseph Devon, Sewing, Writing

Chatty Fiction: “At a Loss”

May 16, 2012 by The Chatty DM

In which Chatty breaks his month-long blogging silence to share… are you kidding me? A piece of flash fiction? It’s not even 200 words long? Okay, what did you do with Chatty, come on, fess up!

Filed Under: Musings of the Chatty DM Tagged With: flash fiction

Collateral Damage Issue #2: Super Shenanigans at Camp Hammond

March 23, 2012 by The Chatty DM

In which Chatty relates his second, homebrewed Marvel Heroic Roleplaying session. This month, the members of Collateral Damage are taken to Camp Hammond for the basic Avengers training.

Filed Under: Actual Play, Campaign Logs, Featured, Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: Collateral Damage, marvel, marvel heroic roleplaying, Marvel RPG, MRH, Super Heroes

Chatty’s Mailbox: Playing Castle Death for First Timers

March 16, 2012 by The Chatty DM

In which a reader’s question about making Castle Death easier to run for a parent who’s never been a Game Master and is hesitant to tackle the game with only a blank piece of graph paper and a d6. Read the suggestions!

Filed Under: Adventure Prep, Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: Castle Death, playing with children, playing with kids, 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.)

    Email: chattydm@critical-hits.comWeb: https://critical-hits.com//category/chattydm/

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