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Chatty on 4e: Schooled by the Old Combat School.

May 6, 2008 by The Chatty DM

As I mentioned in my Retro-Stupid post, I feel that 4e is knowingly taking a step toward embracing the aspect of the early versions of the game that were fun while doing away with some of their unfun legacy (fun and unfun being completely subjective concepts; I think it is at the heart of many […]

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

10 Word Contest Update: We got Prizes!

May 5, 2008 by The Chatty DM

Hey there everyone! Last Friday I sent some email feelers to three gaming companies to try to get some more prizes for the contest (as things were I had 1 Booster box of the Dungeons of Dread D&D mini game or a 15$ Gift Certificate for DriveThruRPG.com). Last night, Ed Healy of Kobold Quarterly answered […]

Filed Under: Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: contest

Chatty’s Review: Travel the World of Broadsword and kill stuff!

May 4, 2008 by The Chatty DM

Last week I tackled a 5$ ‘pocket’ Sword & Sorcery RPG called Broadsword co-written by my good friend (that I have yet to met IRL) Jeff Meija, AKA The Evil DM. The game is part of the 1PG product line that offers low cost, pick up RPGs whose rules fit on just one page. This […]

Filed Under: Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games

It’s over for the Habs

May 4, 2008 by The Chatty DM

I’m not even going to try to analyze the Canadiens’ performance, I’m not enough of an armchair general for that. Suffice it to say that if the Flyers managed to beat the Habs four games in a row, chances are they were better than our Home Team. Well good luck to Brière, Biron and that […]

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Ookay… what do they sell again?

May 3, 2008 by The Chatty DM

Found via Geeknews. As far as I can make it, Wonderhowto.com is a genuine ‘How to’ video archive (with ads)… Well no one will fault me for not meeting my PG-13 borderline R rated standards. So I ask you… how un-believable is she? I’m more inclined to believe other types of geek girls (note: That […]

Filed Under: Geek Stuff, Musings of the Chatty DM Tagged With: Geek Sex

Chatty’s bid for world domination!

May 3, 2008 by The Chatty DM

Actually not really. This is just a quick note to tell you that I wrote a guest review of Mario Kart Wii over at Critical Hits. I thought it would be more appropriate over there than here. So if Video Games are your cup of tea, head on over there and have a quick read. […]

Filed Under: Geek Stuff, Musings of the Chatty DM

Chatty’s Out of the Box #007: Itsy Bitsy and Horny

May 2, 2008 by The Chatty DM

As it been a month already since I posted a Comic? Good thing I never promised to deliver this on a schedule. Here it is. As usual, click on the comic to see it full size. This time I had 2 concepts in mind: start introducing the 4e miniatures to my collection Have fun with […]

Filed Under: Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: Chatty's Out of the Box

Pathfinder #8 Preview: Seven days to the Grave

May 1, 2008 by The Chatty DM

I’m going to be a single dad for the next few days.  My lovely wife is doing some consulting work in the great North and I hold the fort here in Montreal with my 6 year old son and 4 year old daughter.  My online presence might be somewhat limited. Yesterday’s mail brought up a […]

Filed Under: Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: pathfinder

10 word contest update

May 1, 2008 by The Chatty DM

As of 9h30 AM Thursday morning, we have 72 entrants who submitted 457 entries in the contest. I removed a few of the more nonsensical ones (mostly the ones that talked about me, the blog or old times…) I’m still thinking about how to go at it for judging. In the meantime, I’ve created a […]

Filed Under: Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: contest, Ten Word Adventure sysnopsis

DM Chronicles 16: Are we there yet?

April 30, 2008 by The Chatty DM

Having been playfully accused of doing some heavy comment baiting this week, here’s a more mundane campaign log! 🙂 The RPG season is winding down. Like some of my blogging buddies, we’re slowly getting ready to call it quits and it shows in our games. Still we managed to have a good time last Friday. […]

Filed Under: Campaign Logs, Musings of the Chatty DM Tagged With: 3.5e, Chatty's 2007-2008 campaign

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