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October 31, 2008 by The Chatty DM

It’s been a long time coming but I finally figured out a bug that prevented me from activating the Subscribe to Comment plugin (I stopped getting notifications on posts I authored.. which is 99%  of the posts here). Now, dear reader, you can now receive notification of any comment thread you are interested in.  Just […]

Filed Under: blogging, Geek Stuff, Musings of the Chatty DM

Afterschool Trope Special: Fill Up the Nighmare Mobile

October 31, 2008 by The Chatty DM

What, two Trope posts in the same week? Why not? It’s been ages since I wrote any of them, and this is Halloween after all. With a satisfying ‘thunk’ Tragak the barbarian sheared the Orc Shaman’s head, sending it flying in the room’s dank, dark corner. As he was looting the body, he failed to […]

Filed Under: Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games, Tropes Tagged With: halloween, horror, Tropes, Tropes Season 2

Give Feedback to your GM… and live! Part 2.

October 29, 2008 by The Chatty DM

In part 1, I discussed about players giving feedback (both good and bad) to DMs in such a way to make it more useful and to limit the damage of criticism. Today I want to talk directly to the GMs who, while craving feedback, aren’t always that ready to get it. Having to prep, run […]

Filed Under: Musings of the Chatty DM, Player Psychology, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: Feedback

Kobold Love Playtesting Posted

October 29, 2008 by The Chatty DM

Last night I posted the last part of Kobold Love’s playtesting report from the Draconis gaming con. (For those not in the know, Kobold Love is a long winded project where I tackle writing a D&D 4e adventure directly on a website, open to comments and feedback.  Other readers are also invited to tackle this […]

Filed Under: Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games

Afterschool Trope Post: Holy Super Heroic Fantasy Batman!

October 27, 2008 by The Chatty DM

This month, I am the custodian of the RPGbloggers Monthly Carnival which is about Super Heroes. I thought it would be a perfect occasion to do a new Trope post about mixing some Super Heroes in my D&D Kool Aid! Trope: A narrative shortcut taken in a story that the audience will recognize and have […]

Filed Under: Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games, Tropes Tagged With: 4e, Super Heroes, Tropes, Tropes Season 2

Give Feedback to your GM… and live! Part 1.

October 24, 2008 by The Chatty DM

(This post was written in a Coffeehouse in Switzerland, how cool is that?) On the last day of Gen Con, I was sitting in a Restaurant (The Ram if I recall, I had the Salmon, delicious), surrounded by my friends from Critical-Hits and Stupid Ranger. We were all dead tired, living off our energy reserves […]

Filed Under: Musings of the Chatty DM, Player Psychology, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: Feedback

Review: “Well of Ascension”

October 23, 2008 by The Main Event

(Note: Spoilers for Mistborn included) Background: Initially taking up Brandon Sanderson’s novels as a means to gain an insight into the impending finale of Wheel of Time, I found an author with both a fertile imagination and a true appreciation for the craft of storytelling. Having finished The Well of Ascension, his third novel, and […]

Filed Under: Featured, Librarian's Tome, Reviews, Science Fiction & Fantasy Genre Tagged With: mistborn, well of ascension, wheel of time

DM Chronicle: Session 4, This.Is.Epic! Part 2

October 23, 2008 by The Chatty DM

See Part 1 here. Rumble in the Temple! Now that Dragora had finished saying what she had to say, the PCs attacked. Or maybe she did, I forget, these accounts are not renowned for their journalistic accuracy. Dragora was a level 7 soldier based on the Fighter Template. I added 3 Zain-Kin minions and one […]

Filed Under: Campaign Logs, Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 4e, Chatty's 2008-2009 campaign

DM Chronicle: Session 4, This.is.Epic! Part 1

October 21, 2008 by The Chatty DM

(You know what I miss in this blog?  Me being chatty like hell… time to change that!) Previously in Chatty’s Game: Our heroes discovered an ancient Serpent Temple where lost magic was recovered from the coils of spectral ophidian guardians. Following sinuous caverns, they came upon an opening high over the ruins of a Lost City inhabited […]

Filed Under: Campaign Logs, Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 4e, Chatty's 2008-2009 campaign

The New Gamemaster: Friends and Ressources

October 20, 2008 by The Chatty DM

One of the things I love doing online is bringing people together. I love to see new communities prosper and people meeting new people.  That’s why I was so excited to co-Create the RPG bloggers project. I also love to gently push people to become more, to try scary, unsure things. I say that success […]

Filed Under: Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games

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    The Chatty DM is the "nom de plume" of gamer geek Philippe-Antoine Menard. He has been a GM for over 40 years. An award-winning RPG blogger, game designer, and scriptwriter at Ubisoft. He squats a corner of Critical Hits he affectionately calls "Musings of the Chatty DM." (Email Phil or follow him on Twitter.)

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