As discussed last week, GMs are often really hard on themselves. Yet we can’t all be doing a bad job now can’t we? So I thought to myself, how about we talk some more about that. I want to know that one thing you know you are good at as a GM. Tell us what […]
Are you ready to ROCK?
Thoughts on the official 4e D&D Bard, comparisons to the other 4e Bards recently released, and a look back on old 4e speculation.
Supers Carnival Roundup!
Hello, I’m Chatty DM, your host for last month’s RPG Blog Carnival. It was quite a month for Super Heroic RPG blog goodness let me tell you. So here’s my digest! Things started out with my good friend Greywulf where he picked some Supers Tropes (Alternate Origins, Costumes, Group names, Base of Operations, etc) and […]
Chatty’s Finds: Kids, Castle and Caves
During my daily luminotherapy sessions, I travel the net for some blog goodies. Through Jeff’s Gameblog and through James’s Lamentation of the Flame Princess, I found a link to an outfit called Brave Halfling Production that currently supports some of the Retro-Clone games out there (i.e. New RPGs inspired by the rulesets of the Original […]
Chatty’s Inter-Review: Yan on Forgotten Heroes
I decided a few weeks ago that weekend posts would be experimental in nature. This is where I would test out new concepts or potential series, a writing workbench so to speak. This week, I’m posting a review of a product a friend of mine read and I interviewed him on it. I’m calling this […]
Mean Things I Have Done in Horror RPGs
Had a PC’s longtime girlfriend seduced by a butt-ugly vampire. Replaced a resurrected PC with his evil twin… permanently. (As a result of this) Force said evil twin into working with the PCs after he was disowned by the rest of his doppelganger crew. Killed a PC’s roommate, brought him back as a Frankenstein’s Monster. […]
Afterschool Trope Special: Fill Up the Nighmare Mobile
What, two Trope posts in the same week? Why not? It’s been ages since I wrote any of them, and this is Halloween after all. With a satisfying ‘thunk’ Tragak the barbarian sheared the Orc Shaman’s head, sending it flying in the room’s dank, dark corner. As he was looting the body, he failed to […]
Give Feedback to your GM… and live! Part 2.
In part 1, I discussed about players giving feedback (both good and bad) to DMs in such a way to make it more useful and to limit the damage of criticism. Today I want to talk directly to the GMs who, while craving feedback, aren’t always that ready to get it. Having to prep, run […]
Kobold Love Playtesting Posted
Last night I posted the last part of Kobold Love’s playtesting report from the Draconis gaming con. (For those not in the know, Kobold Love is a long winded project where I tackle writing a D&D 4e adventure directly on a website, open to comments and feedback. Other readers are also invited to tackle this […]
Afterschool Trope Post: Holy Super Heroic Fantasy Batman!
This month, I am the custodian of the RPGbloggers Monthly Carnival which is about Super Heroes. I thought it would be a perfect occasion to do a new Trope post about mixing some Super Heroes in my D&D Kool Aid! Trope: A narrative shortcut taken in a story that the audience will recognize and have […]
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