Those who have followed my antics for a long time know of my ‘fued’ with the master of settings and fluff known as Wolfgang Baur. The rules-crazy overlord in me as long since surrendered to his way of thinking where atmosphere, strong characterization and all around story goodness enhances a system’s rules. Wolfgang now pilots […]
Chatty’s Mailbox: D&D 4e with kids
Yeah, I have playing RPGs with kids on my mind lately. I’m ready to move on to new things but here’s another post in the subject. Last week I got a very interesting email from fellow Montreal reader and blogger Eric. Turns out that after a 12 year break from DMing, Eric bought 4e and […]
Bedtime Campaign: Brother and Sister in the Car Edition
Three weeks ago I was on a fairly long car trip with both my children. I decided to test freeform storytelling with both of them to see how well young siblings could cooperate. After quite a rocky start we managed to agree on some rules so we could avoid fighting and move our story forward. […]
DM Chronicles: Session 3, Snaking Toward the Lost City of ‘Meh’
Previously in Chatty’s game: Dodging rolling boulders and fighting technicolor giant snakes, our heroes explore the depth of the recently uncovered ruins of a lost civilization. They are seeking who or what sent an Ape Man assassin against them. There’s no reason to beat my DM head against the table and implore all the saints […]
Kobold Love Playtest pack available
Hey there! Last weekend I attended Draconis, a small Gaming Con in Montreal. I had the occasion to DM 2 playtest sessions of Kobold Love (one in English and one in French). I’ll post the playtest Report over at the Chatty Studios site later this week. Suffice it to say that it was very successful, […]
Epic Laundry Basket: After the Rule of Cool and the Rule of Fun…
From a Gtalk discussion earlier with Dave the Game about a game he played in over the weekend. Dave: But I think (the DM) also hit on a new rule of DMing in a later part of the adventure We arrived in a new town, snuck through it, etc. Basically (this) gave us a new […]
Chatty jumps from an unexpected cliff… and catches an updraft.
Last week I was prepping for a one shot D&D 4e game. I got this really good idea and it started eating my brain as good runaway ideas are wont to do. I sat down to write a blog post about it when my nascent buisness sense chimed in. You see, after Gen Con, the […]
Ideas File: Writing a D&D for Children Adventure
So I was talking with friends on Twitter and someone mentioned the Monster Manual Gnome and his Pet Weasel named Francis. Many people remember that it was kicked out of the scene by a Tiefling Warlock in the D&D 4e promotional TV ads. That gave me an Idea I do not currently have the time […]
Blog Carnival: Super Heroes in RPGs
The RPG Blog Carnival‘s idea started with Johnathan of The Core Mechanic (Although Geek’s Dream Girl used to do it too): Initial Idea (Subject: Resurrection) Roundup Then Donny the DM took up the torch This is Homebrew Roundup This month I offered to take up the torch and reinforce a nascent RPG blogging meme that […]
New Kobold Love post
I posted the last half of Scene one of the Kobold Love project adventure over www.chattystudios.com. In it you’ll see a fully stated Gnoll Ranger, complete with awesome Stat Bloc look, thanks to Asmor‘s 4e.css packaged with his Monster Maker application. You’ll also see the attempt by Graham and I to create a D&D 4e […]
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