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Free GMing advice from the GM-FU masters!

September 25, 2008 by The Chatty DM

As of late last night, I’m officially a published RPG author! You can now download the Gen Con 2008 workshop booklet we created for our GM-Fu Seminar.  Along with my blogging and GM-for-Hire friend Phil Veccione and with the masterful editing of Vicki Potter, we offer you a free PDF filled with: Trope tips Tailoring […]

Filed Under: Geek Stuff, Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: gen con 2008, GM-Fu

DM Chronicles: Session 2, Indiana Gnomes and the Technicolor Snake, Part 2

September 25, 2008 by The Chatty DM

See part 1 here. Spiders Blind, Strikers Shine! Fresh victim of the fiendish rolling boulder trap, Yan’s Bjerm the Fighter fell 50’… Only to land unhurt on a huge spider web while pieces of granite were punching through it left and right. As he got up, he noticed 3 Human-sized bristly spiders (a new monster […]

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

Review: “Mistborn”

September 24, 2008 by The Main Event

Background: When Robert Jordan died I was surprised to hear the decision regarding finishing up his final novel, Memories of Light, was made so quickly. It fell to Brandon Sanderson, a young writer I had never heard of. Fast-forward a year or so later, and after stumbling upon his insightful blog, I took up reading […]

Filed Under: Librarian's Tome, Reviews, Science Fiction & Fantasy Genre Tagged With: book review, books, brandon sanderson, mistborn, novel, robert jordan, wheel of time

Project Kobold Love is re-launched!

September 24, 2008 by The Chatty DM

Head on over my newest Website to witness the newly re-launched Kobold Love project. I think it’s a lot clearer for all. I also like to think that the project is now more interesting to would be participants. I’d like to know who’s still in, so please tell me over there.  I made commenting less […]

Filed Under: Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games

DM Chronicles: Session 2, Indiana Gnomes and the Technicolor Snake, Part 1

September 24, 2008 by The Chatty DM

Previously in Chatty’s game (Part 1 and Part 2): A group of young adventurers gets invited to the Harvest festivities by the region’s biggest Halfling Robber Baron after saving one of his numerous Coastal Venture Forts from the hated Human pirates. Late after the day’s festivities, they get attacked by an Ape Man assassin whose […]

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

Chatty’s World Tour 2008: Zurich, Basel and Penzberg

September 22, 2008 by The Chatty DM

A few weeks ago, I made a joke about feeling like a Rock Star right after Gen Con. It was a quaint joke and I ran with it here and on Twitter for some time.  Pretending to be a Rock Star is probably no worse than an evil Overlord. Well, here’s an occasion to to […]

Filed Under: Musings of the Chatty DM Tagged With: Chatty's World Tour

Kobold Love: Interlude 4: Kicking the Little Buggers Out!

September 22, 2008 by The Chatty DM

No I’m not quitting Kobold Love. However, seeing that there is recurring confusion about what the project is about, what I expect of people hacking the adventure, my publication plans and so forth, I think a fresh start is in order. Add to the fact that I’m finding that the project is robbing the blog […]

Filed Under: Musings of the Chatty DM Tagged With: Project Kobold Love

Chatty’s Question: Reactions to your RPG hobby?

September 18, 2008 by The Chatty DM

1985: I’m in 6th grade and the phone rings at home. My mom picks up and another stay-at-home mom says that she heard her son talk about this new D&D game I’m playing.  She warns my mother that kids who play that game have committed suicide. My mother answers that she trusts my judgment and […]

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

Kobold Love: Dungeon Diplomacy! Part 1

September 16, 2008 by The Chatty DM

Ready to dive into the adventure? As posted in the adventure plan, Scene 1 is about the PCs getting a prophecy and facing opposition against ultra conservative elements of the dungeon before venturing forth on the surface world. When the adventure will be published in its final form, there will be a few paragraph that […]

Filed Under: Musings of the Chatty DM Tagged With: 4e, Project Kobold Love

Random Thoughts Table: Magic NPCs!

September 16, 2008 by The Chatty DM

So yeah, as I was chugging along Kobold Love’s 1st scene, I hit a snag with the skill challenge and I needed help ‘debugging it’.  Graham ran to the rescue but when we were done, I had 1/2 a post and very little time left for sleep. So I thought I’d share a pair of […]

Filed Under: Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: Link Love

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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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