This is a series that explores Tropes and tries to apply them in RPGs. Have a look here, I wrote over 20 of these so far. So Sorry for the double feed, something happened when I posted this the 1st time and 1/2 the text was eaten! One of the things I’ve seen GMs struggle […]
Ods and Ends, part Deux
Hey! We made it! We topped the 300 RSS subcribers milestone! I say we, because while I write the site’s content, it really only runs as smoothly with Graham’s technical assistance (whose apparently saving the internet one site at a time) and all of your participation as readers, Stumblers and Commenters. Woot! I’ve got my […]
Monte Cook Un-Retires and Joins Pathfinder RPG team.
Well not so much out of retirement as he’s becoming a rules consultant for the Pathfinder RPG. What was it you said about Paizo NOT being a Google-emulate? 🙂 Monte Cook Joins the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game™ Team Co-creator of 3rd Edition Dungeons & Dragons® to act as Rules Consultant Paizo Publishing®, LLC today announced that […]
Ding! The Stew is Ready. Hope You Like Gnomes.
Have a look at the newest GM-focused blog. It’s Gnome Stew and it just launched. I really liked the Short Sessions: How to Cope by Walt Icantspellhislastnamejustnow as it plays directly in our gaming challenges. I wish a great big welcome to the GnomeGMs: Martin Ralya John Arcadian (yay!) Patrick Benson Walt Ciechanowski (I was […]
DM Chronicles 17: This is the end, Fiend
It’s done, our D&D campaign is over and so is my playing D&D 3.5. Sigh*… The game went exceedingly well, better than I had hoped.The players were clever enough to navigate the minefield that was a hall full of Demon Lord avatars and ambassadors and live! It went so well that we actually managed to […]
Catch-Up Mechanics and that Damn Blue Shell
I think we can all agree that it sucks to be losing. In most games, it’s inevitable that someone will be losing. However, good games will try to convince every player that he has a chance of winning up to the very end (while still rewarding those who did well throughout the course of the […]
Of Judging and Other Stuff
No planned posts today as I’ll be spending the free time before tonight’s D&D game continuing the judging of the 10 word adventure contest. I got some news from Paizo and we may get more prizes as the request got sent to the marketing department (no pressure here guys!). Keep your fingers crossed. I added […]
Adventure Prep: Grand Finale, World Saved? Roll Credits!
There we are, this is going to be the last Adventure Prep post of the current campaign. A lot of things were said since that September 6th night where I pondered how to salvage a campaign that started on the wrong foot. Now I’m planning how to end it. Last game, the PCs met with […]
Chatty’s Debates: Paizo vs WotC
Let’s try something new. I’ve noticed lately that we have quite a few articulate and passionate people over here. Its also clear from the passions that rise around 4e that there is a lot to get out of our collective system. So instead of writing an opinion piece this morning, here is a question to […]
Odds and Ends
I just finished compiling the list of contest entries and I posted the whole list over here in the forums. I’m not going to write another article tonight, I’m pretty much spent. Here’s a few tidbits. On the Contest There are 96 participants in the 10 word adventure contest. I lost count after 300, but […]
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