This is a boring, repeating preface nobody reads anymore. It links to stuff I wrote some time ago that has a vague thematic link to what I’m about to write here… Actually this is a Very D&D specific Trope post. It features a lot of Crunchy bits… like the candy I’m eating right now…The kids […]
Adventure Prep, Session 5: When Frustration leads to Inspiration
Okay, so this week’s game is a transition from my adaptation of the Vile Addiction adventure (From Dungeon Magazine #145) to its sequel, Spawn of Sehan from #146. Going in this week’s preparations, I had the following goals: Focus the adventure on the more impatient Butt Kickers like Eric and Math to make up for […]
Campaign Fluff Tools
Tonight I had planned to write an Adventure Prep post for this week’s game, but I don’t have a lot of time and will do it Tuesday evening. Instead I’m whipping up a short post on some Fluffy tools I use to better create a sense of immersion in our games.One of the walls of […]
Tweaking Classes for Cooler Characters, Parts Deux
As I was gearing up for preparing this week’s game, I reviewed the player’s ‘satisfaction levels’ with their characters. By tackling this early this week, I might be able to address any issues before Friday’s game. For those who follow the antics of my gaming group (either from my logs or from a Yan’s) you […]
Tabletops & Tropers: The first stab.
I’m having a successful run with my posts on coolness and applying tropes to tabletop RPGs. Today I’d like to start a new series that tackles the actual tropes that generate from Tabletop roleplaying instead of other narrative media. The idea came to me while reading a tabletop RPG debate on the TV Tropes forum. […]
DM Chronicles, New Player Intro: The legend of the Broken Dice
This post features extensive spoilers for the 1st Pathfinder Adventure path adventure “Burnt Offering” Last night we played the introduction D&D game I talked about earlier this week. It was a good game and while I completely realize that I might be expecting too much from D&D, it could have gone better…. but this time, […]
Pulling the plug…on ads
Meta-blogging post alert… After nearly 2 months of Ad Sense and referral adds, I pulled in a Whopping 2$ (Canadian, mind you). I initially put ads on the page because I was curious to see how it worked. Since I’m nowhere near the threshold 1000 pageviews a day point (which would land about 0,15$ a […]
Negotiation and Wacky Futures
Nearly every multi-player game has some aspect of negotiation, whether overt or implied. Many games boil down to “attack the leader” which is a form of negotiation. You give up something- your turn- to gain something in return. This is the essence of negotiating. However, some people object to these kinds of negotiations, and in […]
Finding the Path: Pathfinder #2 First Impressions
Image Source: Paizo’s Pathfinder Wallpaper found here*. According to Google Analytics, the 1st search result that lands people here is ‘Pathfinder’ (at 11,6%), right before my ‘Nom de Plume‘ (which doesn’t mean ‘My name is Plum!’). So there seems to be some genuine interest in Paizo’s Pathfinder Adventure Magazine on the Web. Since I just […]
Mining Tropes for RPG nuggets: Grab a can of Evil
Image Source: The one and only PM! This is part of a continuing 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.Ahhhh Evil, evil, evil… Misunderstood, […]
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