A few days ago I started a series where I share my views on starting and running a (hopefully successful) RPG-themed blog. Last time I tackled the “Why” which covered the reasons to start a RPG-Blog. Today I’ll tackle the “How”. Blogging Platforms and Hosting: The very first things you have to decide are what […]
Time to make some Drow and Genasi Swordmages
In prepration for the launch of the new Living Forgotten Realms RPGA campaign, WotC has posted some preliminary rules for Forgotten Realms characters allowable in the new campaign. In the document you’ll find Drow and Genasi rules (with the Genasi being modular to a number of different elemental heritages) and a playable Swordmage class. It’s […]
Inquisition of the Week: Bat-sequel
Last week, in preparation for the release of The Dark Knight, we asked which Batman movie was your favorite. The clear winner, with 59%, is Batman Begins, the reimagining with an all-star cast that lead into The Dark Knight. The previous first Batman movie came in second with 20%, and the first animated Batman movie, […]
Chatty’s Questions: Heroes’ Feast
One of the philosophy of tabletop gaming I adhere to is Cheetoism, which basically boils down to: We game for the snacks. And also the dice. But mostly, just to hang out with friends and tell tall stories I used to be more hardcore about ‘THE GAME’ until I realized that my gaming friends weren’t […]
Oh Noes! Joss Whedon is onto my plans…
I know, I know I’m late to the party and almost missed it. I love Joss Whedon, I like Nathan Fillion and I have a schoolboy crush on Felicia Day (She’s Codex from The Guild). Add that Dougie Howser guy (Neil Patrick Harris) and you got the weirdest, geekiest thing ever created (yeah I’m in […]
Report Card: Space Marine Units (Part 3)
And now for the third and final installment of my analysis of every unit in Codex: Space Marines. The first part contains the overview and my grades for HQ, Troops and Transports. The second part contains my grades for Elites and Fast Attack. This final part contains my grades for Heavy Support and Ultramarines Special […]
One Sentence NPC Update
I haven’t forgotten about you. The One Sentence contest closed last week end. I formatted all entries posted on the blog and sent them to Johnn Four for processing. As soon as I hear from him, I’ll let you know. We’ll post the edited entries here and on Johnn’s site (I think). P.S. Did ya […]
Comment issues: Defensio gets the Boot, Akismet called back in
I’ve been having incresing troubles with Defensio spamming my fellow blogger’s comments and Trackbacks. Since the last thing I want is to create a hassle for readers and delay their comments, I’ve booted Defensio out and reactivated Akismet. If any of you are experimenting similar (or other) commenting issues let me know at chattydm@chattydm.net. Sorry […]
So you wanna write a RPG Blog? Part 1: Why?
Blogging is a strange beast. There are literally tens of millions of blogs on the internet. I’m sure most are inactive or are nothing more than Bot-driven post-stealing Google Ads strewn smears but it’s still a very impressive number. Even in the restricted niche of RPG blogs there seems to be scores of blogs (my […]
Watchmen Trailer
If you haven’t heard yet, the Watchmen trailer is out! I believe it’s showing before The Dark Knight, in which case I’ll be very excited to see it on the big screen at midnight tonight. But do you really think you’d have to wait until then to see it, of course not! You can check it out […]
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