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RPG Lessons from my kids: Never curb your enthusiasm!

December 16, 2007 by The Chatty DM

Have you ever noticed that bloggers have a tendency to take whatever thing that happened in their life lately and write all the post of the following days about that very thing… Well I’m no exception… ๐Ÿ™‚ I got the idea for this post while my 5 year-old son was very enthusiastically beating my Mii […]

Filed Under: Musings of the Chatty DM, Player Psychology, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: DMing, mini-post, rule of cool

Wii Weeee!!… I finally got one…

December 15, 2007 by The Chatty DM

Yeah, I got finally got one… Wifey went to a department store near here yesterday for a Wii and she was told to show up at opening on Saturday morning and hope that a few were delivered. So this morning, at 7h15, at -20 Celsius (that’s like -1000 F right? ) , I arrived in […]

Filed Under: Geek Stuff, Musings of the Chatty DM Tagged With: Gaming with Kids

Off Partying, Short break from Blogging

December 13, 2007 by The Chatty DM

Tonight’s is my Christmas party. Being one of the only extroverted guys of our very geeky Genetics company, I’m also one of the party’s MCs. I’m leaving in 30 minutes to set up decorations and what not. So my online presence will be severely limited untill Saturday morning (I party tonight, and I recuperate tomorrow). […]

Filed Under: Musings of the Chatty DM Tagged With: mini-post

Mining Tropes for RPG Nuggets: Gravity? Pfaa!

December 12, 2007 by The Chatty DM

It’s been quite some time I’ve posted an honest to goodness, fluff-rich Mining Tropes post. I’m also nearing the end of the tropes fueled by the Rule of Cool, so I combined two tropes that share a certain ‘airy’ theme as a tribute to a sub-series I really enjoyed writing! Asian Wire-fu and Anime is […]

Filed Under: Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games, Tropes Tagged With: DMing, fluff, rule of cool, Tropes

(Not so)Mini-Crunch: Killer Cyborg Ogre Ninja

December 11, 2007 by The Chatty DM

When I opened the forums last weekend (come on, join us!), I created a ‘technical issues and complaints’ board. In order to fluff it up, I wrote that it was being manned by a smiling Killer Cyborg Ogre Ninja. Somehow this sparked enough interest for some readers ask to have it stated up. While I’ll […]

Filed Under: Geek Stuff, Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: Crunch, mini-post, Tropes

PWW: Challenging the Inner Half-Orc

December 10, 2007 by guest

Hurrah! It’s time for another PM post! Do you know what happens when you leave your inner half-orc in a closet for too long? First, you start talking about him using the 3rd person. Second, he builds up an immense amount of RPG inertia and should he ever gain momentum, he could do something very […]

Filed Under: Musings of the Chatty DM, Uncategorized Tagged With: DMing, The Closet Half Orc

The Dungeonmaster's Creed

December 10, 2007 by The Chatty DM

This is a repost from Greywulf’s blog. It rings true enough to my needs as a role player to warrant a re-post. Although I can live with 3 core books… ๐Ÿ˜€ Maybe if enough of us post this, some wizards who work by the sea will take notice. If you agree, please say so in […]

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

Expanded quarters for the Overlords and his Minions (i.e. New Forum!)

December 9, 2007 by The Chatty DM

I’ve been sitting on this post for two days, it was supposed to go up tonight, but screw it, 3h00 PM EST is evening in Europe… close enough. Well, it’s done. I have been asked if I could add a forum to this blog. While I love the feeling of back and forth generated by […]

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

Mini-Links: Japanese Lupine Cubs

December 9, 2007 by The Chatty DM

I’m sitting on a big announcement and I promised myself I’d only post it Sunday night. But my urge to post something is so strong! ๐Ÿ™‚ So here’s a few more links for you to look at… not all RPG related. When a hobby becomes an incredible opportunity This morning in my morning newspaper, there […]

Filed Under: Geek Stuff, Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: Gaming with Kids, mini-post

Hot damn! Who's that Sexy DM?

December 7, 2007 by The Chatty DM

Thanks Veronica! More on this soon!

Filed Under: Geek Stuff, Musings of the Chatty DM

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