Three weeks ago I was on a fairly long car trip with both my children. I decided to test freeform storytelling with both of them to see how well young siblings could cooperate. After quite a rocky start we managed to agree on some rules so we could avoid fighting and move our story forward. […]
We Must Not Remind Them Giants Walk the Earth
Dark Knight Returns remains one of my favorite comics of all time for a variety of reasons. While it doesn’t tend to stand up in most people’s minds against its contemporary, Watchmen, it ends up tackling some of the same themes but with characters we know inside and out. It’s also, to me, the pinnacle […]
The more things change…
I have read the system – it’s a pretty nice system – but it’s no more a new edition of Dungens and Dragons than a 2001 Jeep Grand Cherokee is a revision of a 1940s Willys Jeep. The problem lies in its being called something it is not – a new edition of an existing […]
DM Chronicles: Session 3, Snaking Toward the Lost City of ‘Meh’
Previously in Chatty’s game: Dodging rolling boulders and fighting technicolor giant snakes, our heroes explore the depth of the recently uncovered ruins of a lost civilization. They are seeking who or what sent an Ape Man assassin against them. There’s no reason to beat my DM head against the table and implore all the saints […]
Kobold Love Playtest pack available
Hey there! Last weekend I attended Draconis, a small Gaming Con in Montreal. I had the occasion to DM 2 playtest sessions of Kobold Love (one in English and one in French). I’ll post the playtest Report over at the Chatty Studios site later this week. Suffice it to say that it was very successful, […]
Epic Laundry Basket: After the Rule of Cool and the Rule of Fun…
From a Gtalk discussion earlier with Dave the Game about a game he played in over the weekend. Dave: But I think (the DM) also hit on a new rule of DMing in a later part of the adventure We arrived in a new town, snuck through it, etc. Basically (this) gave us a new […]
Inquisition of the Week: Upcoming 4e Options
Last week, with comics on the brain, we asked what kind of comics you read. 62% of you read Webcomics, possibly because they’re great, possibly because they’re free. Second at 48% are mainstream comics that you can pick up in most comic stores (and some book stores.) Third are the indie/self-published fans are at 30%. […]
Review: “Advanced Player’s Guide”
Overview: Advanced Player’s Guide is one of the first licensed 3rd party products for D&D 4th Edition. It bridges the gap between editions for races and classes, providing options for those who miss certain iconic classes and races from previous editions. It is highly recommended for anyone who wants to play one of the missing […]
Chatty jumps from an unexpected cliff… and catches an updraft.
Last week I was prepping for a one shot D&D 4e game. I got this really good idea and it started eating my brain as good runaway ideas are wont to do. I sat down to write a blog post about it when my nascent buisness sense chimed in. You see, after Gen Con, the […]
The Professor X Paradox
Many of us here at Critical Hits enjoy comics, especially of the superhero variety. So it’s natural to try and combine our love of roleplaying games with our love of superheroes into one solid package. Primarily, our experience with superhero games was in GURPS Supers. GURPS is a system we developed a fair amount of […]
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