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The Overlord Welcomes 4e! Crunch Wins!

May 28, 2008 by The Chatty DM

Please take this post with the necessary grain of salt. See my comment below the post. Ahhh it’s been a long time now has it? What? You don’t know who I am? I am the dark power behind Chatty’s feverish prose. I’m his id, his darkest desires made thoughts! While he tries real hard to […]

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

Campaign Post Mortem: Part 1, Highlights and links

May 27, 2008 by The Chatty DM

I was taught in Project Management classes (I did 6 months of them) that it’s good practice and useful to go over a completed project and do what is called a Post-Mortem analysis. Well my last D&D 3.5 campaign has been completed for more than 2 weeks and I thought, while I await for my […]

Filed Under: Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: Post-Mortem

For a lucky few, 4dventure begins

May 27, 2008 by Dave

Looks like a certain online seller shipped out at least some of its copies of the 4th edition D&D core books almost two weeks before the street date when they were supposed to start selling it. Of course, several threads have popped up to start tossing out scoops left and right. While there is a […]

Filed Under: Critical Bits, Roleplaying Games

YouTube of the Week: Death to Mario! Edition

May 27, 2008 by Dave

Just a few ways that Mario could die, but doesn’t, the first few classic ones being the best.

Filed Under: Video Games, YouTube Tuesday

Out with a Bang: D&D Finale Checklist

May 26, 2008 by Dave

Back from Balticon, full of caffeine, and ready to work on the finale for my campaign! I’ve actually managed to keep my prepwork pretty light for this campaign. I knew between full time job, full time grad school, part time game design, and (of course!) blogging that I wouldn’t have an overabundance of time to […]

Filed Under: Editorial, Roleplaying Games

Robin Laws’ Revisited: Part 5, Creating your Adventure

May 26, 2008 by The Chatty DM

This post is part of a series where I discuss Robin D Laws’ seminal work on GMing: Robin Laws’ of Good Game Mastering, written at the end of the 90’s . I compare it to my personal experience and opinions and I check how well the guide has ‘aged’. The other posts of this series […]

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

Inq of the Week: Wii Wheel Rock You?

May 26, 2008 by Bartoneus

Oh, the pun hurts. Last week Dave asked everyone what their primary influences are in the Fantasy genre, and I’d say it’s no surprise at all that Tolkien Middle Earth and Lewis’ Narnia were the most common influence(77%). Next most influential were 70’s-90’s film, including Princess Bride, Labyrinth, Dark Crystal, and Willow with 44%, then […]

Filed Under: Featured, Inquisition of the Week, Video Games Tagged With: fantasy, Inquisition of the Week, mario kart, nintendo, wii, wii wheel

Chatty’s Review: Wii will get you Fit

May 24, 2008 by The Chatty DM

I just guest posted a new review about Wii Fit over at Critical-Hits. Why don’t you go and have a look… you might learn just how evil that thing truly is! I love it and my son loves it… he can’t wait to recover from his surgery to start playing it again. Enjoy! I may […]

Filed Under: Geek Stuff, Musings of the Chatty DM

Chatty’s Reviews: Wii Fit, the True Coach. Guilt and Insults included!

May 24, 2008 by The Chatty DM

Yo, it’s me again, that blogger from That Other Site, offering you yet another review of a Wii title. About a week before Mother’s day, I heard about Wii Fit being released on the North American market. Not having read anything other than a short blurb about it coming with some sort of smart Step […]

Filed Under: Featured, Reviews, Video Games Tagged With: nintendo, wii

Story Building tips, a Contest?

May 24, 2008 by The Chatty DM

I read this over Robin D. Laws’ Livejournal this morning. He starts with: Given that we’re learning a new crunch-based system I was concerned that the characterization could get lost. So I asked each of the players to submit a two-pronged character arc. This consisted of two opposed possible outcomes for their characters as they […]

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

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