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Someone Broke the Brain’s Jar

July 28, 2008 by The Chatty DM

This blog is not about breaking news, others are better suited to do it. Regardless, I got an email a few minutes ago by a fellow reader (confirmed by Propoagandroid) that informed me that Gleemax, Wizards of the Coast’s Social Gamer network, will close down for good in September. While Propagandroid makes a good case […]

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So you wanna write a RPG blog? Part 4: Who?

July 27, 2008 by The Chatty DM

Last week I initiated a series on starting and running a RPG blog based on my own experiences. It was supposed to be only one post, but I should know better by now, right? I started with the ‘Why‘, then I tackled the ‘How‘ and the ‘What‘ of RPG blogging. Today I’m going to talk […]

Filed Under: Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: RPG blog primer

Clean up in Aisle 4!

July 26, 2008 by The Chatty DM

Hey all, Without getting into details (in order not to break my Golden rule of Blogging), the ‘big thing’ I was waiting for didn’t pan out. I’m done with disappointment and I’m moving on to re-organizing my projects. One of the things I’ll be doing over the next few days is to re-tag my whole […]

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I made it! Musings turns 1 and 400!

July 24, 2008 by The Chatty DM

Image Credit: Labareda (As a gift to me) On July 24 2007, I wrote the first post of what was to become the biggest, most incredible project I ever tackled! Yes, a few weeks behind Stupid Ranger and Dungeonmastering.com, Musings of the Chatty DM turns one today. What’s more, true to the avatar I created […]

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So you wanna write a RPG blog? Part 3: What?

July 23, 2008 by The Chatty DM

I started this series to share my views on starting and maintaining a RPG blog.  I first explored the “Why” and then the “How” of RPG blogging, both of which applied, more or less, to all blogs. Today I want to delve in the specific aspect of RPG blogging which is the “What” of our […]

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So you wanna write a RPG blog? Part 2: How?

July 22, 2008 by The Chatty DM

A few days ago I started a series where I share my views on starting and running a (hopefully successful) RPG-themed blog. Last time I tackled the “Why” which covered the reasons to start a RPG-Blog. Today I’ll tackle the “How”. Blogging Platforms and Hosting: The very first things you have to decide are what […]

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Chatty’s Questions: Heroes’ Feast

July 21, 2008 by The Chatty DM

One of the philosophy of tabletop gaming I adhere to is Cheetoism, which basically boils down to: We game for the snacks. And also the dice. But mostly, just to hang out with friends and tell tall stories I used to be more hardcore about ‘THE GAME’ until I realized that my gaming friends weren’t […]

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Oh Noes! Joss Whedon is onto my plans…

July 19, 2008 by The Chatty DM

I know, I know I’m late to the party and almost missed it. I love Joss Whedon, I like Nathan Fillion and I have a schoolboy crush on Felicia Day (She’s Codex from The Guild). Add that Dougie Howser guy (Neil Patrick Harris) and you got the weirdest, geekiest thing ever created (yeah I’m in […]

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One Sentence NPC Update

July 18, 2008 by The Chatty DM

I haven’t forgotten about you.  The One Sentence contest closed last week end. I formatted all entries posted on the blog and sent them to Johnn Four for processing. As soon as I hear from him, I’ll let you know. We’ll post the edited entries here and on Johnn’s site (I think). P.S. Did ya […]

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Comment issues: Defensio gets the Boot, Akismet called back in

July 18, 2008 by The Chatty DM

I’ve been having incresing troubles with Defensio spamming my fellow blogger’s comments and Trackbacks. Since the last thing I want is to create a hassle for readers and delay their comments, I’ve booted Defensio out and reactivated Akismet. If any of you are experimenting similar (or other) commenting issues let me know at chattydm@chattydm.net. Sorry […]

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