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Chatty’s 2nd Anniversary at Critical-Hits: The Enthusiastic Storyteller

January 11, 2012 by The Chatty DM

In which Chatty realizes he’s been blogging at this here website for two whole years… and then indulges in good old fashion navel gazing for a few more hundred words.

Filed Under: blogging, Musings of the Chatty DM Tagged With: Enthusiasm, Freelance Writing, stories, story, Writing

Chatty DM, Freelancer, Part 5: OMG! I Made it!

August 26, 2011 by The Chatty DM

In which Chatty comes full circle and ends up being a freelance designer of the games that brought him up into the hobby in the first place.

Filed Under: blogging, Featured, Freelance Writing, Musings of the Chatty DM, Newest Critical Hits Tagged With: freelance, game design, roleplaying games, Writing

Chatty DM, Freelancer, Part 3: RPG Blogging, The Revelation

July 24, 2011 by The Chatty DM

In which Chatty relates some anecdotes about his first year as a blogger, his first lessons and, more importantly, his coming to terms with what he always has been since middle school…

Filed Under: blogging, Featured, Freelance Writing, Musings of the Chatty DM Tagged With: Bipolar Disorder, Blogger, blogging, Freelance Writing, Writing

Chatty’s 800th: Missed Opportunities and Future Projects

May 5, 2010 by The Chatty DM

In this, my 800th post, I take a hard look at Wizards of the Coast’s Heroes of Hesiod, and its missed opportunity to tap into the tremendous potential of helping parents introduce kids to roleplaying. And I put my money where my mouth is . . .

Filed Under: blogging, Freelance Writing, Musings of the Chatty DM Tagged With: d&d 4e, gaming with children, Gaming with Kids, Heroes of Hesiod

So Long and Thanks for all the Fish!

January 22, 2010 by The Chatty DM

(No I’m not retiring from RPG blogging, no worries) As I stand here by the seaside of Florida, I reflect on the upcoming blog merge with Critical Hits, planned to happen sometime during Sunday Jan 24th. Not so much because I’m having second thoughts about merging with Critical Hits and play the role of Prima […]

Filed Under: blogging, Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: Merge, Newest Critical Hits

Blog Merge: Gut Reaction and Expectations

January 5, 2010 by The Chatty DM

(Boy am I glad not to post this on April 1st) During my scientific training I was thought never to keep a punch till the end if I wasn’t writing a story.  So here it is, I’m seriously considering merging Musings of the Chatty DM into the structure of my friend Dave’s Critical Hits* while […]

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

Chatty’s Goals for 2010

January 1, 2010 by The Chatty DM

Happy new year people!  New year, new ‘decade’ (hush, pedants) and possibly new pants! As is becoming a tradition on Musings, this is when I look over last year’s goals and set new ones.  I say goals and not resolutions because resolutions are all about ‘have to, and should, and ought to” and I have […]

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

Chatty’s Year 2009 and the Importance of the Tribe

December 31, 2009 by The Chatty DM

Yes, Yet another Year End Post.  I’m sure the RPGbloggers network‘s first page must crumble under that Echo Chamber effect. But I don’t quite care about that.  🙂 The Year in Review Oh man what a year.  Last year you could taste the the first signs of the rapid unraveling of my mind in my […]

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

Merry Chirstmas and Happy Holidays

December 25, 2009 by The Chatty DM

It’s X-mas morning and my family is doing geeky things. My daughter asked to play on the CBC kids website right after watching the Disney Parade. My son and wife are playing Wii Sports Resort and I’m just checking a few things online before joining back the fun. I just thought I’d take a few […]

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

Chasing the Dream: Chatty Moves One Step Closer…

December 15, 2009 by The Chatty DM

A few weeks ago I wrote a very personal post about the state of me and what I wanted to do with my still nascent writing life. In that article, I posted a list of what I wanted to do in the short to mid term to achieve my ultimate goal: becoming a writer that […]

Filed Under: blogging, Freelance Writing, Musings of the Chatty DM

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    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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