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YouTube Tuesday: Fear and Loathing in the Mushroom Kingdom Edition

October 14, 2008 by Dave

A grim and gritty take on… Smash Brothers. Split into two parts here, but collectively making up the first episode of what looks to be an epic series called “There Will Be Brawl.” Check out the homepage of the project for more information.

Filed Under: Video Games, YouTube Tuesday Tagged With: smash bros., smash brothers

Of Fluff Kobolds and Geek Interviews

October 13, 2008 by The Chatty DM

Those who have followed my antics for a long time know of my ‘fued’ with the master of settings and fluff known as Wolfgang Baur. The rules-crazy overlord in me as long since surrendered to his way of thinking where atmosphere, strong characterization and all around story goodness enhances a system’s rules. Wolfgang now pilots […]

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

Inq. of the Week: D&D Insider?

October 13, 2008 by Bartoneus

Rumors are going around that this week D&D Insider will be switching over to paid only accounts, which means that we will no longer be getting a decent amount of free content in the online Dragon and Dungeon magazines.  What this does mean is that hopefully Wizards is getting a few steps closer to launching […]

Filed Under: Featured, Inquisition of the Week, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 4e, 4th Edition, D&D, D&D Insider, dnd, dnd4e, Dungeons & Dragons, Dungeons & Dragons Insider, Dungeons and Dragons, Inquisition of the Week

Chatty’s Mailbox: D&D 4e with kids

October 12, 2008 by The Chatty DM

Yeah, I have playing RPGs with kids on my mind lately.  I’m ready to move on to new things but here’s another post in the subject. Last week I got a very interesting email from fellow Montreal reader and blogger Eric. Turns out that after a 12 year break from DMing, Eric bought 4e and […]

Filed Under: Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 4e, gaming with children, Gaming with Kids

Review: “Forgotten Heroes: Fang, Fist, and Song”

October 10, 2008 by Dave

Overview: “Forgotten Heroes: Fang, Fist, and Song” (hereafter referred to as FH) is another option for adding Barbarians, Druids, Bards, and Monks into your 4e game before the official versions are fully released. Many of the classes feel a bit complex, but do a good job of capturing a particular aspect of each of these […]

Filed Under: Reviews, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 3pp, 4e, barbarian, bard, classes, druid, goodman games, monk

Bedtime Campaign: Brother and Sister in the Car Edition

October 9, 2008 by The Chatty DM

Three weeks ago I was on a fairly long car trip with both my children.  I decided to test freeform storytelling with both of them to see how well young siblings could cooperate. After quite a rocky start we managed to agree on some rules so we could avoid fighting and move our story forward. […]

Filed Under: Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: Bedtime roleplaying, gaming with children, Gaming with Kids

The more things change…

October 8, 2008 by Dave

I have read the system – it’s a pretty nice system – but it’s no more a new edition of Dungens and Dragons than a 2001 Jeep Grand Cherokee is a revision of a 1940s Willys Jeep. The problem lies in its being called something it is not – a new edition of an existing […]

Filed Under: Critical Bits, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 3e, 4e, rants

Interview: Jami Noguchi

October 8, 2008 by Bartoneus

At some point earlier this year Dave and I were talking and he casually mentioned how he’d just spent most of his day going through every back issue of a webcomic, and he started to tell me how great it was.  That comic was Erfworld, which I already knew about through some twisting internet / […]

Filed Under: Comics, Featured, Interviews, Science Fiction & Fantasy Genre Tagged With: art, erfworld, order of the stick, super art fight, webcomics

DM Chronicles: Session 3, Snaking Toward the Lost City of ‘Meh’

October 8, 2008 by The Chatty DM

Previously in Chatty’s game: Dodging rolling boulders and fighting technicolor giant snakes, our heroes explore the depth of the recently uncovered ruins of a lost civilization.  They are seeking who or what sent an Ape Man assassin against them. There’s no reason to beat my DM head against the table and implore all the saints […]

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

YouTube Tuesday: BMX Powers Go! Edition

October 7, 2008 by Dave

A good argument for balance within an adventuring party.

Filed Under: Television, YouTube Tuesday

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