Once a month (when we can find the time) we try to organize a geekout. It’s a full day event where a slightly different group from my bi-monthly D&D one gathers together to eat junk food, watch some anime and/or movies and play games. This month, my friend and dubiously trustworthy lieutenant PM proposed to […]
Chatty DM Presents: Grognardia
Those who have been reading my stuff for some time know that I’m mostly a Mono-Gamist GM. I’ve embraced the latest edition of D&D because we wanted to try it, because I idolize one of it’s creators and because it’s one of the easiest RPGs to prep for. And it’s, like, you know, fun… However, […]
DM Chronicles: Session 10,Fight Night! Part 2
See part 1 here. Oh wow, I leave my last post with a cliffhanger and a “What would the reader do?” and I get a ton of answers far better than I did. Still I’ll chalk this one in my lessons learned below. Here’s a reminder of the setup: All players are inside a room […]
DM Chronicles: Session 10 Fight Night! Part 1
Previously in Chatty’s game: Our heroes discover that they have been setup to be ambushed by the duergar. Planning to catch the Grey dwarves at their own game, they partially succeeded in turning the tables but had to face a brood of Kruthiks (Think hive mind insects with knife-shape claws). Our stalwart champions reached the […]
So You Wanna Write a RPG Blog? Post-Scriptum: The Crash
Wanting to get back on the blogging wagon, I decided to write a small addendum to this series. It won’t break new ground but it may help some see a bit of the darker side of blogging. A few months ago in the early throes of one of the most powerful creative surges I had […]
Chatty DM Presents: Stargazer’s World
Last week’s post where I presented Zach’s RPG Blog II was a frank success, particularly among the blogging crowd. I guess that means I can continue! This week I want to present you a blog straight out of gaming-friendly Germany. I give you Stargazer’s World. In the world of its author (who goes by the […]
Fiat Lux: The origin of D&D 4e’s stance on light.
I don’t think it was mentioned much but one of the minor things that changed in D&D 4e is the assumption that most underground adventure locales would be lit by a light source. I distinctly recall, in all previous edition, having to ask who held the light and where that person stood in the marching […]
DM Chronicles: Session 8, Hey! That’s actually fun! Part 2
See part 1 here. When I described to Rocco the Rogue that his recon mission had turned sour and that he was now at the bottom of a pit surrounded by gnashing mandibles and bladed claws I found myself stumped. I had put the player in trouble without giving him the benefit of a die […]
DM Chronicles: Session 8, Hey! That’s actually fun! Part 1
Previously in Chatty’s Game: Our heroes successfully infiltrated the hideout of a local goblinoid slavers gang and cleaned it out with ease. However, the slaves they were looking for had just been delivered to a duergar clan. Following a trail of (somewhat flimsy) clues, our heroes posed as slavers and got hired to escort […]
Chatty’s Mailbag: D&D 4e Tactical Help
Here’s another recent mail I got from a reader. I’ve edited some because English isn’t his primary language (email comes from The Netherlands)… come to think of it, it’s not mine either 🙂 Dear DM of Chatyness, A friend of mine said I should read this blog and now I spend most of my vacation […]
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