There are two (and sometimes three) ways that games tell stories. There’s the theme, which is the conceptual framework given to us by the game to understand it and give us motivation. For example, in my game Get Bit!, you’re told that you are swimming away from a voracious shark. This gives you the prime […]
Trip to my FLSG: Selling out in style!
We had a great game yesterday and I’ll have a lot to say about it soon. However, I’d like to post Yan’s journal entry 1st so I can build on it instead of playing it safe. So you’ll see it all later this week.Yesterday before the game, I went to my Favorite Local Game Store […]
Tomorrow is Worldwide D&D Game Day
Grab a d20 and head on down to Worldwide D&D Game Day! Well… maybe. The official WotC page says “pre-register with [a retailer] today!” Lame… I want to be able to walk into a store and play something and not be bound to an RPGA-ish schedule. Thankfully, here in Maryland we have plenty of quality […]
Spambots invasion
As you may have noticed, Spambots have started landing on my Four on the Floor Meme post. I don’t intend to do anything other than delete them as they come…. As long as they stay confined to this post, which, oddly enough, is the only post that has a backlink to it. I’d really rather […]
Guest Post: Perspective on Weekend Wizards: A Half-orc's venture into the wild.
This is PM’s second post of his Casual Player approach to D&D. Once again, PM’s wry humour entertains us in his tale of confronting his fears about that nasty multi-headed beast that is Role-Playing! Last week, my inner half-orc took a few steps out of the closet and while it was a bit scary out […]
"You are mistaken, commissioner. The Hostess cup cakes are the real hero."
On a quest today to educate Bartoneus on the wonders of Hostess Fruit Pies, I came across this awesome archive of all the real Hostess Fruit Pie comic ads from the 70’s and 80’s. I could probably spend hours basking in their ridiculousness. And don’t forget that they can stop all manner of villain!
A few quick Halloween hits…
I’ve been getting a kick out of Zombie Fluxx lately, after a while of being burnt out on Fluxx. It adds some new neat things to the game, and hey, it’s got lots of zombies and classic zombie references. I’ve been hearing good things about Last Night on Earth as a bigger zombie board game, […]
Messiah CompleX: Not Quite the Second Coming (Non-Spoiler)
General: When Jesus was born, there were wise kings, gifts, angelic visits, and immaculate conceptions. When the X-Office at Marvel kicked off its brand new crossover Messiah CompleX, they hired old artist Marc Silvestri , released tons of interviews with major comic book industry entities, discussed tidbits about the X-Men status quo after the event, […]
RPG Superstar!
Paizo, the fine folks behind many awesome Dungeon and Dragon issues (until recently), have started a new contest to attract people to the RPG writing biz. They’re calling it “RPG Superstar“, and the first stage of the contest, a completely open call, starts today and accepts submissions for the next two weeks. The first thing […]
Mining Tropes for RPG nuggets: Halloween Special!
This is a boring, repeating preface nobody reads anymore. It links to stuff I wrote some time ago that has a vague thematic link to what I’m about to write here… Actually this is a Very D&D specific Trope post. It features a lot of Crunchy bits… like the candy I’m eating right now…The kids […]
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