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Launch Veritech Fighters!

September 7, 2007 by Dave

With Transformers already out and Voltron being fast-tracked, is that the end of movie remakes of 80’s tv shows about giant robots? No, of course not: not while Robotech lies untapped. In a few years, we’ll see a Hollywood version of the classic anime turned American tv show turned book series turned RPG (or whatever […]

Filed Under: Anime, Critical Bits, Music, News, Science Fiction & Fantasy Genre, Television

Look out Drizzt…

September 7, 2007 by Dave

I predict there being a new expensive rare hitting the Dungeons & Dragons miniatures market. In the latest “Previews” column on Wizard’s site, they showcase the number one most requested mini for D&D: a Gelatinous Cube. Further clarification by one of the D&D designers, Scott Rouse, says: “I don’t think the picture does it justice. […]

Filed Under: Critical Bits, Roleplaying Games

Why yes Dr, I do own a copy of the DMG!

September 7, 2007 by The Chatty DM

While browsing through the DMing Blogosphere I came upon an older post by Dr.Rotwang that talked about the place that the 1st edition A D & D Dungeon Master Guide occupies in a DM’s library. Instead of posting a comment on an article dated November 2006 I decided to ponder about it here. A copy […]

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

The start of a new thing

September 7, 2007 by The Chatty DM

Shamus of DM of the Ring fame has completed his first Opus. Before even letting the dust settle he presents us with his new comic over at the Fear the Boot site. Like a lot of his readers I stumbled upon DM of the Ring quite by accident somewhere around the story arc of the […]

Filed Under: Newest Critical Hits, Uncategorized

Game Prep: The Mental State

September 7, 2007 by The Chatty DM

Preparing an adventure represents about 80% of my game prep process. This includes stating the Bad Guys, setting the difficulty of the various Non-Combat challenges and creating loot that the players will appreciate. Aside: One of my last D&D 3.5 purchases was the Magic Item Compedium. This book is phenomenal and a preview of what […]

Filed Under: Adventure Prep, Musings of the Chatty DM, Player Psychology, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: DMing

Adventure Prep, Session 2

September 6, 2007 by The Chatty DM

I’m still shocked that people other than my close friends actually read this and even more shocked to have been mentioned by other DM bloggers. (I’m not going to Ego it up by linking to their post, but these guys have gotten added to my DM Blogroll). Oh and this is not a Meta-Blogging post […]

Filed Under: Adventure Prep, Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: DMing, rule of cool, Tropes

Touching is Good

September 5, 2007 by Bartoneus

Today Apple let loose a barrage of news, possibly most exciting of which for the masses is the new i-Pod Touchwhich is essentially an i-Phone – phone + more music. Not content to leave the day at that, the company also unveiled a new i-Pod Nano now as a squat device with a small screen […]

Filed Under: Editorial, Featured, Music, News

Two Great Tastes Together

September 5, 2007 by Dave

Ogrecave points us to The Supercrew, a role-playing game about playing yourself but with superpowers. While there are many superhero RPGs, this is the first that we know of to be done entirely as a comic strip. The preview’s narrative style even has something of an Understanding Comics vibe to it, though the art is […]

Filed Under: Comics, Critical Bits, Roleplaying Games

I CAN HAZ CRIT?

September 4, 2007 by Dave

It was bound to happen: a thread has started on ENWorld with D&D-style LOLcats. (And for those of you unfamiliar with LOLcats, you can go to the source. For those of you unfamiliar with D&D, I can help with that too.)

Filed Under: Critical Bits, Roleplaying Games, Web Meme

Exploring Evil in RPGs

September 4, 2007 by The Chatty DM

As promised, Vanir over at StupidRanger posted is 1st part of a series on defining Evil in NPC. His definitions of evil and the motivations that may lead a non-evil being to cross the line are spot on. A lot can be said on Evil and we actually have quite a few gaming books written […]

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

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