Image Source: Wizards of the Coast (I’m baiting for a Cease and Desist letter, I know… hope this falls under fair use) Last time we left our current D&D game, I left my players in the middle of a Sewers-based Dungeon Crawltaken from the Vile Addiction adventure in Dungeon Magazine #145, much to the dismay […]
The Emotionally Smart DM: Introduction
Image Source: The Epic Barbarian, Wizards of the Coast. Having finished the series on the 4-stages of team development in terms of an RPG gaming group, I’m now tackling a new one: Joining the concept of Emotional Intelligence to successful DMing. Think about the best DM you’ve ever played with, or if you’ve never had […]
My tools of the Trade
While my minions toll away at building my Ultimate Crunch army of Ultimate Power to crush the Fluff Kingdom, I have a game to prepare for next Friday. Recent musings by Dante over at Stupid Ranger has made me ponder about the number of D&D books and gaming aids I use…. I have a lot […]
Meet the players!: Stef
Image Source: WotC’s Player’s Handbook II There we are. After 5 weeks, here’s the last player profile of my gaming group. For the other four, have a look here. What character do you play in our current D&D campaign? (Name, Race Class)? Nogard Rinevedne, 1/2 dragon Barbarian (Chatty DM: When you read the name […]
Setting the Tone for the Confrontation
Image Source: Done by Elmore, owned by WotC The silliness with Wolfgang Baur will run it’s course shortly and I will return with more of my usual stuff. I’m home, on pain meds following a minor surgery so I’m a bit on the silly side lately. Please bear with me. Oddly enough, it’s quite an […]
Enter my Nemesis: Wolfgang Baur!
Image Source: Once again, RPGnet’s Forum. To arms! My Fluff Nemesis, Master Wolfgang Baur, has found out about my nefarious plans to topple his empire of Fluff and has already started to maneuver to foil my mad Crunchy schemes! Aside: Well, to be honest, I did tell him about the Nemesis thing, how fun is […]
Playing around Scheduling conflicts
Dante touched a nerve today in his post on scheduling conflicts for RPG sessions. I have been playing with a rather stable group for about 8 years. Enough to take us from our early to mid-twenties well into our early Thirties. Babies were had, house were bought and jobs with traveling occurred. While my non-gamer […]
Mining Tropes for RPG nuggets: …and Cut!
This is part of a series of articles that tackles the concepts of tropes and how they can be applied by a DM/GM to improve their favorite Role-Playing game adventures. It is heavily inspired by the sheer goodness of the TV Tropes Wiki. Description: a DM’s main weapon and canvas to paint the world in […]
Fluff done right: Paizo's Burnt Offering review (spoiler free)
I finished reading the 1st issue of Paizo’s Pathfinder #1 and I maintain my 1st impression that it’s one of the best D&D compatible products I’ve seen in a long time (they can’t say it but I can). The 1st adventure, called Burnt Offering, takes characters from level 1 to level 4 (or more) and […]
Why do you Play?
Image Source: Monte Cook’s World of Darkness d20 cover. Hot on the heels of the ‘Why do you DM‘ post, and to address the 64% of readers that play at least some of the time, here’s the follow up questions: Why do you play a player character in a tabletop RPG? What are the top […]
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