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DM Chronicles: Session 6: When Fun Trumps Story, Part 2

December 30, 2008 by The Chatty DM

See part one here. After some discussions, the party set out for Thunderspire Mountain.  I described what Fizban (eleven Wizard) knew about it since we established that he had visited it before in his researches. That’s when I gave the players a rundown on the setting’s background:  Old Minotaur city now called the Labyrinth, denizens […]

Filed Under: Campaign Logs, Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 4e, Chatty's 2008-2009 campaign, Tropes

Dice Contest Contest Winners!

December 29, 2008 by The Chatty DM

Man its been quiet around here lately… Of course, I also stopped writing a new post every day for some time now and, well, we’re still smack dab into the holidays.  So I kinda know why! All right, for those who remember, we had a contest last week about Dice! I’m happy to announce the […]

Filed Under: Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games

DM Chronicles: Session 6, When Fun Trumps Story, Part 1

December 29, 2008 by The Chatty DM

Heya all, I more or less expected to stop playing from late November until mid January. However, by a strange coincidence, we all (i.e. the 6 players and myself) managed to be free on December 19th! Joy! Warming up with  the Band! Some of the group made it to Math’s early enough so we could […]

Filed Under: Campaign Logs, Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 4e, Chatty's 2008-2009 campaign

Playing Online Part 3: Wrapping-Up

December 26, 2008 by Wyatt Salazar

Chatty DM: Here’s Part 3 of Wyatt’s wordilicious series on playing RPG through text interfaces online.  I wish to thank him warmly for stepping in when I needed the break! Hey there, this is Wyatt Salazar, your DJ for the night, and as we have done before (and before) we will talk online gaming! Now […]

Filed Under: Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games

A million little pieces (of equipment)

December 23, 2008 by Dave

I’ve come to the realization that encumberance rules bug me. There are several paradigms that I’ve run into, but all of them have their issues.

Filed Under: Editorial, Roleplaying Games, Video Games Tagged With: D&D, encumberance, equipment, fallout 3

Chatty’s Mailbag: Describing a Scene Through the Senses

December 22, 2008 by The Chatty DM

No sooner am I getting back into the thick of blogging that I get an email asking me for my thoughts on a given subject. Joy, instant inspiration! Reader Cool Cyclone chimed in last week with quite an interesting letter: “I wanted your opinion on something.  When describing a setting for foreshadowing, how do I […]

Filed Under: Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games

Playing Online Part 2: The Mediums

December 21, 2008 by Wyatt Salazar

While I’m back in the saddle, I still have a few more guest posts for you during the holidays.  Enjoy! Hey there again folks, thanks for the warm reception before, this is Wyatt Salazar from this place and that place again, continuing our chat from before about online gaming (and not the type you usually […]

Filed Under: Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games

Happy Birthday Alex!

December 20, 2008 by The Chatty DM

Hey there! December 20th marks a very special day in our family.  This is the day that the holidays officially starts as it’s my wife Alex’s birthday.  She’s the love of my life and she’s been by my side for more than 12 years! We’ve spoken about gamer friendly significant others in the past.  I […]

Filed Under: Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games

Critical Hits Gift Guide 2008

December 19, 2008 by Dave

This year’s gift guide goes out to all of you last minute shoppers who need to pick up some games and gifts for all the nerds in your life. Many of our suggestions are products we’ve reviewed, so I will link to the review where appropriate.

Filed Under: Board, Card, and Miniature Games, Comics, Featured, Movies, Roleplaying Games, Science Fiction & Fantasy Genre, Television, Video Games Tagged With: board games, christmas, gamer, games, gift guide, gift ideas, Movies, presents, videogames

Contest: Dice Stories!

December 18, 2008 by The Chatty DM

I’m back! I’m taking small steps to get into the writing groove, but I feel it coming back! One of the companies that advertises on this site, Game Master Dice, has generously  offered to give away 2 dice bags to the readers of Musings of the Chatty DM (other sites are also participating, see end […]

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

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