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RPG Bloggers Network: My side of the Story

October 20, 2009 by The Chatty DM

Some of you may have heard the news, my friends and I have stepped down from the RPGbloggers’ board of fake directors and we are offering to ‘hand out’ the network to the one who presents us a proposal we like best. If you didn’t know it already, last year before Gen Con, Dave Chalker, […]

Filed Under: blogging, Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games

YouTube Tuesday: Obi-Wan Uncensored Edition

October 19, 2009 by Dave

NSFW language. Real quick but great.

Filed Under: Humor, Movies, Science Fiction & Fantasy Genre, YouTube Tuesday Tagged With: star wars

Tales from Draconis, Part 2

October 19, 2009 by The Chatty DM

Draconis is a Montreal Gaming convention.  See part 1 here. Saturday was a big day for me, I had 2 games to GM for, 2 seminars and a game scheduled (as a player) in the evening. Saved by the Grell, English Saved by the Grell was an adventure written my John Richter based on my […]

Filed Under: Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 4e, Draconis, Seminars

Tales from Draconis, Part 1

October 19, 2009 by The Chatty DM

Draconis is an annual Gaming Convention held in Montreal.  Run by a group of dedicated gamers, the con attracts a little less than 100 people to play mostly RPGs, some board/card games and attend seminars.  Montreal is a very Indie-friendly city and this year the con goers were served with some top notch guest such […]

Filed Under: Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: Gaming with Kids, Gaming with Teenagers

4th Power Project: Skills

October 18, 2009 by Dave

I’ve got some core classes (which are pending some revisions), some at-will powers, and some other powers. Next step is relatively simple (but not without some thought): skills. While skills are not trivial in 4e, they play a much greater role in modern games, and have a greater variety. This is not just because of […]

Filed Under: Critical Threats, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 4th power, 4th power project, skills

Preview & Review: “Primal Power”

October 18, 2009 by Bartoneus

Late last week, with a copy of Primal Power in hand, I decided to give people a chance to preview the book by asking questions that I would answer on Twitter as well as at our page on Facebook. Below I’ll share most of the questions and answers from those, but first I’d like to offer a quick review of the book.

Filed Under: Featured, Reviews, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 4e, 4th Edition, D&D, dnd, Dungeons and Dragons, preview, primal power, Reviews, roleplaying games, Roleplaying Games

Critical Bits for the week ending 2009-10-17

October 17, 2009 by Gato the News Robot

Pathfinder Bestiary PDF to be $9.99 like core rulebook (hat tip: Jim) The Rouse is leaving WotC. (via @AsmodeusLore) You Too Could… Date Keith Baker! Are you ready…for STAR WARS ZOMBIE WEEK? (via @joshgeeksix and @AronHead) Chris Perkins’ home campaign looks bad ass. (via @newbiedm) Wil Wheaton on RinCon, delves, 4e, Castle Panic, A Penny […]

Filed Under: Critical Bits Tagged With: twitter

Draconis Day#1: Swords & Wizardry

October 17, 2009 by The Chatty DM

Sorry I couldn’t manage to do 5 Capsule Review, Con prep took a little longer than expected. Last night’s game of S&W was as awesome, hilarious and fun as I expected it to be.  I ran Chgowiz’s exceedingly well designed adventure from the Quick-Start kit.  Instead of giving you the play by play, I’ll repost […]

Filed Under: Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games

Leveling Up As An Inexperienced DM

October 15, 2009 by Bartoneus

I still consider myself an inexperienced DM. the 4th Edition campaign that I’m currently running has just passed twenty adventures and is the longest campaign I’ve ever run. Hell, it was the longest game I’ve ever run when it hit ten adventures back in May.

Filed Under: Editorial, Featured, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: campaign, D&D, DMing, dnd, dungeon master, dungeon mastering, Dungeons and Dragons, newbie dm, roleplaying games, Roleplaying Games

Statement from Wizards of the Coast Regarding Fansite Toolkit

October 15, 2009 by Dave

Months back, Wizards of the Coast released their “Fansite Toolkit”, essentially a package of images that could be used for bloggers and similar in exchange for agreeing to, well, a lot of terms about citations, trademarks, and usage. The release raised a lot of questions among the potential audience for it (bloggers) and so we emailed Wizards of the Coast to get some clarification. They provided us two short answers, which don’t cover everything, but do provide some information.

Filed Under: News, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 4e, fan site, GSL, wotc

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