See part 1 here. Oh wow, I leave my last post with a cliffhanger and a “What would the reader do?” and I get a ton of answers far better than I did. Still I’ll chalk this one in my lessons learned below. Here’s a reminder of the setup: All players are inside a room […]
5 Things I Loved and 5 Things I Hated About 2nd Edition AD&D
Greywulf and Mike Mearls both have given their opinions on Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2nd Edition on the occasion of it’s 20 year anniversary. While AD&D (1e) was the first version of D&D I played as a very wee one, 2e was the first where I was part of a regular gaming group, the first […]
DM Chronicles: Session 10 Fight Night! Part 1
Previously in Chatty’s game: Our heroes discover that they have been setup to be ambushed by the duergar. Planning to catch the Grey dwarves at their own game, they partially succeeded in turning the tables but had to face a brood of Kruthiks (Think hive mind insects with knife-shape claws). Our stalwart champions reached the […]
So You Wanna Write a RPG Blog? Post-Scriptum: The Crash
Wanting to get back on the blogging wagon, I decided to write a small addendum to this series. It won’t break new ground but it may help some see a bit of the darker side of blogging. A few months ago in the early throes of one of the most powerful creative surges I had […]
Inq. of the Week: 4th Edition Books?
I began to wonder how many people have bought these books. This led me back to a thought I had when 4E first came out, with the shift of magic items to the Player’s Handbook it became much less important for players that aren’t DMs to buy the Dungeon Master’s Guide and the Monster Manual, and back then I wondered how many people bought all three anyway. These curiosities have now combined into this poll!
The Tome (Show) of Dragons
Just a quick note: I was honored to be a guest of The Tome Show with Jeff, as well as with Quinn of At-Will. We talked about the Draconomicon, chapter by chapter. In case you didn’t get enough information from our review (or you just want to hear my sexy voice talk about beating up […]
Pain of Campaigning VIII: What About the Bad Guys?
Looking at the Campaigning Inquisition, I saw that the vast majority of people favor heroic or at least characters that have the potential to be heroes. Considering the nature of the D&D beast, this makes sense, but I worry that people may be hesitant to try one of the most enjoyable modes of D&D: playing as one of the bad guys.
Review: “Dungeon Delve”
It’s not often that I review a book without having read it cover to cover- this may be the first, in fact. But Dungeon Delve is a product that doesn’t require much explanation, and should be easy to figure out if this is something you need or not. The book’s concept is simple. 30 short […]
Dungeons & Dragons at New York Comic Con ’09
Even though I’m a comics fan myself and could have found plenty to do without it, the main reason I wanted to get to Comic Con was to play D&D. Here were the different parts of Dungeons & Dragons at NYCC.
Chatty DM Presents: Stargazer’s World
Last week’s post where I presented Zach’s RPG Blog II was a frank success, particularly among the blogging crowd. I guess that means I can continue! This week I want to present you a blog straight out of gaming-friendly Germany. I give you Stargazer’s World. In the world of its author (who goes by the […]
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