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DM Chronicles, Session 12: The Great Game! Part 2

March 5, 2008 by The Chatty DM

Life goes on… See part 1 here. So when I left off in part 1, Nogard had been accosted in his Dragon Temple by Plantagonox, the Juvenile Bronze Dragon errand boy of House Dallimothan (i.e. The Dragon-friendly Noble House of Ptolus). When ‘Gonox asked Nogard if he know about Xorvindaal, Nogard responded that he did […]

Filed Under: Campaign Logs, Musings of the Chatty DM Tagged With: dragon

YouTube of the Week: A Giant Among Us Edition

March 5, 2008 by Dave

Filed Under: Roleplaying Games, YouTube Tuesday

Thanks Gary… Peace be unto you.

March 4, 2008 by The Chatty DM

I just read from Dave that E. Gary Gygax, co-creator of Dungeons and Dragons died. Enworld is down, probably from traffic overload. But the story is creeping up on the net and CNN confirmed it. I owe my favorite hobby and way of life to this man. I would have wished to thank him in […]

Filed Under: Geek Stuff, Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games

RIP Gary Gygax

March 4, 2008 by Dave

I am completely devastated right now. No sooner did I make the post about GM’s day when I spotted the story on ENWorld. Up until the end he was posting on message boards and talking to his fans. He touched the lives of so many, including my own, and I am so sad right now […]

Filed Under: News, Roleplaying Games

March Fo(u)rth for GM’s Day!

March 4, 2008 by Dave

Just a reminder that today is the official holiday of celebrating GMs! As usual, various publishers are having sales to celebrate (which tends to mean the GM spends more money, not less) but it seems there are fewer sales this year, possibly due to the pre-4e holding pattern. Regardless, either today or the next time […]

Filed Under: Critical Bits, News, Roleplaying Games

Hot nerd girl! (Safe for work)

March 4, 2008 by The Chatty DM

I Found this video on Dane of War‘s blog by way of Jeff the Evil DM‘s blog. She’s got other stuff that she posted here. I don’t know if she has a blog… I like her style! Nerd/geek girls are the best for us guy geeks. I married one and I bless my luck every […]

Filed Under: Geek Stuff, Musings of the Chatty DM

DM Chronicles, Session 12: The Great Game! Part 1

March 3, 2008 by The Chatty DM

I guess I had to complain about attendance in order to get a full house last Friday as everyone showed up! Yay! Franky and Stef showed up first and I got to clean the floor with them in a few Magic game with my rebel and Elf decks. Then Yan showed up and we teamed […]

Filed Under: Campaign Logs, Musings of the Chatty DM Tagged With: 3.5e, Chatty's 2007-2008 campaign, Tropes

First (Level) Impressions: D&D 4e

March 3, 2008 by Dave

(To those of you coming in via search: this article was written after the D&D XP convention, which featured only a limited preview of 4e. This is not a comprehensive review of 4e. –ed) With four games under my belt, along with talking to some of the designers and developers at length, I’m ready to […]

Filed Under: Editorial, Roleplaying Games

D&D XP Interview: Andy Collins and Scott Rouse (Part 1)

March 3, 2008 by Dave

(This is the first part of our very long interview with Andy Collins and Scott “The Rouse”. In this installment, we cover how they came to Wizards and what their job entails, along with a few other personal matters.) Critical-Hits: How did you get started at Wizards? Andy Collins: I started about 13 years ago […]

Filed Under: Interviews, Roleplaying Games

Inq. of the Week: Systems Operational

March 3, 2008 by Bartoneus

Dave’s poll from last week asked what size of dice you prefer, the d20 came in at a huge 29% with the rare and exotic d12 in a surprising second with 27%. The entire spread is actually in descending order with the d10 at 18%, d8 at 12%, d6 at 5%, and d4 at 5% […]

Filed Under: Featured, Inquisition of the Week, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: D&D, dice, Inquisition of the Week, mac, pc

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