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Story Contest results

June 11, 2008 by The Chatty DM

I’m slowly catching up on things. A few weeks ago, I launched a contest to get people to submit Characterization tips to help me and my group get better tools to create better integrated adventuring parties. Well I had about 40 tips from 20 people. Quite a nice turnout given that characterization is not the […]

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

How to Compare Birds to Fish

June 11, 2008 by Bartoneus

A common topic has come up several times throughout various discussions that has been wracking my brain lately. The discussions it has been most prevalent in are ones that pertain to game design, and specifically tabletop games or computer games. About two days ago a reader commented on my post which was mostly ranting about […]

Filed Under: Editorial, Featured, Roleplaying Games, Video Games Tagged With: Board, Card, and Miniature Games, D&D, Dungeons and Dragons, game design, Roleplaying Games, world of warcraft, WoW

Chatty’s Debate: How far can a DM go?

June 10, 2008 by The Chatty DM

Okay… I may be swamped but there are limits to what I can tolerate in other DMs. Heather’s been comparing her experience with her Game Day DMs and what she is reading in the DMG (she is a newbie RPGer and wants to try her hand at DMing. However as she reads, she is getting […]

Filed Under: Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games

I’m swamped! Obligatory Link cop-out!

June 10, 2008 by The Chatty DM

I can’t seem to find time to read the Core books and I’d like to take a stab at reviewing them soon. I have to write my monthly column for Roleplayingtips.com. Plus I have to do the draw for the Story/characterization contest. I also have to do some maintenance on the blog, add a few […]

Filed Under: Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games

YouTubes of the Week: D&D Classics Edition

June 10, 2008 by Dave

I’m sure most gamers have seen or heard all of these before, but hey, what better time than a new edition to showcase these? The first one is the “summoner geeks” version of the Dead Ale Wives first D&D skit. Then a performance of Stephen Lynch’s song about D&D. Finally, the music video to Flashlight […]

Filed Under: Music, Roleplaying Games, YouTube Tuesday

Inq. of the Week: Which Edition?

June 9, 2008 by Bartoneus

Just over a week ago Dave wrapped up his 18 Adventure long, and final, D&D 3.5 Campaign with a definitively epic finale.  This inspired him to ask you all how many campaigns you’ve been in that have seen completion, to which a huge 30% of you voted that you’ve never had a campaign finish, or been […]

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

D&D 4e Questions

June 9, 2008 by The Chatty DM

Heather from The Things They Still Carry has a few questions remaining from her first D&D 4e games. Here they are: I spent some time flipping through some of the Core set today as well as reading some of the DM Guide for the Keep adventure. My reading answered some questions and presented more. There […]

Filed Under: Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 4e, q&a

Playing 4e: Game Day recap and DMing 4e Musings

June 8, 2008 by The Chatty DM

So I spent all day Saturday at my local Game Store, called Libraire Donjon, in Northern Montreal. I DMed the Worldwide D&D Game Day adventure. I thought I’d make a post where I freely mix and match play reports from both games I played, adding semi-random DMing thoughts in the mix… Read at your own […]

Filed Under: Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games

The new age has begun…

June 7, 2008 by Dave

Out with the old, in with the new!

Filed Under: Critical Bits, Featured, Roleplaying Games

Playing 4e: Initial Thoughts

June 7, 2008 by The Chatty DM

Are you hungry for a review? Check Martin Ralya’s over at Gnome Stew, mine will come later (in one form or another). I got to play a few hours of D&D 4e last night with the D&D Game Day adventure. We were 7 (1 DM, 6 players). Here are a few tidbits: The Good From […]

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

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