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Taking a break for some Gen Con Prep

June 28, 2008 by The Chatty DM

All right, up to now, whenever I posted about posting less, I always ended up posting more. However, I now have to write quite a few pages worth of Trope and Player type GM tips and advice for the Gen Con seminar I’ll be co-hosting with DNAPhil and Vicki Potter. I also need to do […]

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

Chatty’s Wow Posse: So it starts

June 27, 2008 by The Chatty DM

Image Credit: Heliopolis at Deviant art So I joined the Kirin Tor Server after reading that Shamus Young was trying it (and if you read between the lines of his recent posts) liking it. I was well received in the Pig & Whistle Society guild and have also had the pleasure of buggin Shamus with […]

Filed Under: Geek Stuff, Musings of the Chatty DM

Origins 2008 Coverage

June 26, 2008 by Dave

I’m at the 2008 Origins Game Fair in Columbus Ohio. Here’s a list of all the posts I’ve done about Origins: Travel Day (Podcast) Pictures from the Show (updated daily) Valerie of Rio Grande Games explains Dominion (Podcast) Luke of North Star Games explains Say Anything (Podcast) Lucas of Fantasy Flight Games explains Mutant Chronicles […]

Filed Under: Board, Card, and Miniature Games, Featured, Roleplaying Games

Critical Hits Podcast #1: Origins Travel Day

June 26, 2008 by Dave

Hear my sultry voice describe the difficulties in finding a place to sleep in Columbus in this very first Critical Hits podcast! Critical Hits Podcast 1 Today is literally my first experiments with doing podcast/audio. When I have more time I’ll see about doing the iTunes subscription and all that jazz. For now, it seemed […]

Filed Under: Critical Bits, Critical Hits Podcast

Chatty’s Review: The D&D 4e Player’s Handbook

June 26, 2008 by The Chatty DM

Last week, I reviewed the DMG and found it to be the best version of this long-lived book. It wasn’t without flaws, chiefly among those was how the writing of Skill Challenges was doing the mechanic near-criminal injustice. This week, I’ll tackle the 4th Edition Players Handbook, from the standpoint of its content and then […]

Filed Under: Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games

4th Edition: Class Acts

June 25, 2008 by Bartoneus

In the convoluted web of intrigue that blogs create, Phil (the Chatty DM) led me to a link via a guest post at Geek’s Dream Girl, to a very cool fan-created Bard class for 4th Edition.  Unlike some other fan-created classes for the new edition, this one actually boasts a complete list of powers/’sploits from […]

Filed Under: Critical Bits, Editorial, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 4E d&d, 4th Edition, class roles, D&D, Dungeons & Dragons, Dungeons and Dragons

Chatty’s Debates: The Relative Merits of Action-Oriented RolePlaying

June 25, 2008 by The Chatty DM

I know that this here site has been somewhat content-lighter lately.  Summer has arrived and I start to feel the pull for other evening activities than blogging. Also, since I don’t have a game going anymore, gone are the periodic DM logs or Game Prep posts.  There’s nothing to be worried about, just a more […]

Filed Under: Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games

YouTube of the Week: Andy vs. Everybody Edition

June 23, 2008 by Dave

In honor of heading off to Origins this Wednesday, check out this video of my buddy Andy Looney playing many of his games at once at last year’s Origins. Bonus: he calls his own La Strada !! on camera, which of course is illegal.

Filed Under: Board, Card, and Miniature Games, YouTube Tuesday

Chatty’s Gen Con (and contest update)

June 23, 2008 by The Chatty DM

It’s done, I just purchased my plane tickets for Gen Con Indianapolis 2008. I will be there mostly for one thing, and it’s meeting with fellow bloggers, readers and some industry people I’ve quipped and had fun with since I have been online (You better have those Electo-fluff cannons ready and buffed Mr. Baur). I […]

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

WTF is up with D&D Insider

June 23, 2008 by Dave

I consider this a public service, since there’s tons of confusion about the issue (and for that I can place the blame solely on Wizards of the Coast.) With the advertisement in the back of every core book, it seems like the service launched, but that’s not the case. I’ve been asked lots of questions […]

Filed Under: Editorial, News, Roleplaying Games

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