This trope post is going to be a bit different. Instead of applying tropes to characters or adventures, why not explore a few tropes that could apply to the actual structure of a campaign? As I’m pondering about my last campaign, I decided that I would spare you the analysis and discuss the key lesson […]
Chatty’s Worldwide D&D Game Day
On Saturday June 7th, FLGS around the world will celebrate the launch of 4th Edition with a Day long demo of the newest ruleset of D&D. As I said earlier this week, I think it’s the best occasion for those who have been fervent hopefuls or downright 4e fans to share their enthusiasm by showing […]
Contest Season… and Pimp your site.
No true post tonight. I’m reading the D&D Game Day adventure (titled Into the Shadowhaunt) to prepare for a full day of DMing. I won’t spoil it but I can tell you that you should get a D&D mini that represents the pre-generated character you will choose (one of 5) on Saturday. So call your […]
Chatty’s Initial Thoughts on 4e
I’ve decided that I won’t review the 4e Core Books. I will probably do a few ‘Chatty on 4e’ and ‘Chatty’s Debate’ posts on things in the core but I won’t review them. Part of this is because my way of doing reviews tend to be pretty massive. I’d end up with a multi-parter series […]
4e a Bestseller, the Leak and Community Service for Naughty Geeks
Well well, D&D 4e is already such a huge success that WotC have re-sent the books to the printers before the release! I truly am happy about that since I was worried that the appearance of the pre-press printer files of the Core books on the net would cause a dent in demand. It’s now […]
The Overlord Welcomes 4e! Crunch Wins!
Please take this post with the necessary grain of salt. See my comment below the post. Ahhh it’s been a long time now has it? What? You don’t know who I am? I am the dark power behind Chatty’s feverish prose. I’m his id, his darkest desires made thoughts! While he tries real hard to […]
Campaign Post Mortem: Part 1, Highlights and links
I was taught in Project Management classes (I did 6 months of them) that it’s good practice and useful to go over a completed project and do what is called a Post-Mortem analysis. Well my last D&D 3.5 campaign has been completed for more than 2 weeks and I thought, while I await for my […]
Robin Laws’ Revisited: Part 5, Creating your Adventure
This post is part of a series where I discuss Robin D Laws’ seminal work on GMing: Robin Laws’ of Good Game Mastering, written at the end of the 90’s . I compare it to my personal experience and opinions and I check how well the guide has ‘aged’. The other posts of this series […]
Chatty’s Review: Wii will get you Fit
I just guest posted a new review about Wii Fit over at Critical-Hits. Why don’t you go and have a look… you might learn just how evil that thing truly is! I love it and my son loves it… he can’t wait to recover from his surgery to start playing it again. Enjoy! I may […]
Story Building tips, a Contest?
I read this over Robin D. Laws’ Livejournal this morning. He starts with: Given that we’re learning a new crunch-based system I was concerned that the characterization could get lost. So I asked each of the players to submit a two-pronged character arc. This consisted of two opposed possible outcomes for their characters as they […]
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