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Chatty’s Halloween Post: The 2012 Zombie Apocalypse

October 31, 2009 by The Chatty DM

This one is for The Maze, Scott, and HermitDave, and is a 100% RPG post inspired by my Influenza article. I give you the Zombie Apocalypse RPG Trope Post! Zombies are people, too… Okay, dead people, with poor verbal skills. And the only communication they understand is blowing off their heads. – USA Network commercial […]

Filed Under: Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games, Tropes Tagged With: halloween, Influenza, Tropes, Vaccine, Vampire, Zombie

My take on Influenza and the Vaccine

October 29, 2009 by The Chatty DM

I’m taking a break from my self-imposed Blog Silence to broach a subject that is slowly making me crazy: The influenza epidemic and the absolutely stupid conspiracy theories behind it. I swear to god, if I hear another discussion about autism, microchips and/or programmed genocide, I’m going to blow a gasket. This post Is inspired […]

Filed Under: Geek Stuff, Musings of the Chatty DM

2 weeks Notice: Brainstorm Slowdown

October 23, 2009 by The Chatty DM

I’ve thought long and hard how to best present this but the announcement that I was stepping down from managing the RPG Bloggers Network muddles the original intent.  So I’ll do what I do best and I’ll tell you a story. When I came back from Gen Con last year, I had learned that I […]

Filed Under: blogging, Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: Freelance Writing

Tales of Draconis, Part 4 and Epilogue

October 22, 2009 by The Chatty DM

Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3. Mutant Future, GM by Walkerp Mutant Future is that weird, weird game that came out of labyrinth Lord publisher Goblinoid Game.  Contrary to Labyrinth, Mutant Future (MF) is not so much a retro-clone of Gamma Worlds (or it’s predecessor Metamorphosis Alpha) but rather a new game built on […]

Filed Under: Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games

Tales of Draconis, Part 3

October 21, 2009 by The Chatty DM

See parts 1 and 2 here and here. Seminars, The Tricks of the Successful 4e DM, English There’s a French expression I coined one day to describe how different my brother and I were.   It goes ‘Nous sommes comme le jour et la pluie” which translates less poetically into “We are like day and […]

Filed Under: Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 4e, Burning Wheel, Mouseguard, seminar

RPG Bloggers Network: My side of the Story

October 20, 2009 by The Chatty DM

Some of you may have heard the news, my friends and I have stepped down from the RPGbloggers’ board of fake directors and we are offering to ‘hand out’ the network to the one who presents us a proposal we like best. If you didn’t know it already, last year before Gen Con, Dave Chalker, […]

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

Tales from Draconis, Part 2

October 19, 2009 by The Chatty DM

Draconis is a Montreal Gaming convention.  See part 1 here. Saturday was a big day for me, I had 2 games to GM for, 2 seminars and a game scheduled (as a player) in the evening. Saved by the Grell, English Saved by the Grell was an adventure written my John Richter based on my […]

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

Tales from Draconis, Part 1

October 19, 2009 by The Chatty DM

Draconis is an annual Gaming Convention held in Montreal.  Run by a group of dedicated gamers, the con attracts a little less than 100 people to play mostly RPGs, some board/card games and attend seminars.  Montreal is a very Indie-friendly city and this year the con goers were served with some top notch guest such […]

Filed Under: Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: Gaming with Kids, Gaming with Teenagers

Draconis Day#1: Swords & Wizardry

October 17, 2009 by The Chatty DM

Sorry I couldn’t manage to do 5 Capsule Review, Con prep took a little longer than expected. Last night’s game of S&W was as awesome, hilarious and fun as I expected it to be.  I ran Chgowiz’s exceedingly well designed adventure from the Quick-Start kit.  Instead of giving you the play by play, I’ll repost […]

Filed Under: Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games

Capsule Review Week: Dominion

October 14, 2009 by The Chatty DM

Let’s continue our week of mini reviews now shall we? Dominion What it is. Dominion is a non-collectible constructable card game where each player plays the part of an ambitious minor noble who aims at turning its modest estate into a dominion of provinces and duchies.  Players play cards from their decks to generate enough […]

Filed Under: Board, Card, and Miniature Games, Musings of the Chatty DM Tagged With: Card Games, dominion, Theme week

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