So I was talking with friends on Twitter and someone mentioned the Monster Manual Gnome and his Pet Weasel named Francis. Many people remember that it was kicked out of the scene by a Tiefling Warlock in the D&D 4e promotional TV ads. That gave me an Idea I do not currently have the time […]
Blog Carnival: Super Heroes in RPGs
The RPG Blog Carnival‘s idea started with Johnathan of The Core Mechanic (Although Geek’s Dream Girl used to do it too): Initial Idea (Subject: Resurrection) Roundup Then Donny the DM took up the torch This is Homebrew Roundup This month I offered to take up the torch and reinforce a nascent RPG blogging meme that […]
Critical Hits Podcast #12: Interview with Scott Kurtz of PvP
At Baltimore Comic-Con 2008, we caught up with Scott Kurtz of PvP fame. We talk about the D&D Podcasts, ask him about his D&D character, and get a little advice about starting your own gaming webcomic. Critical Hits Podcast #12: Interview with Scott Kurtz of PvP (5 minutes long, 3 MB) Two minor scoops within: […]
New Kobold Love post
I posted the last half of Scene one of the Kobold Love project adventure over www.chattystudios.com. In it you’ll see a fully stated Gnoll Ranger, complete with awesome Stat Bloc look, thanks to Asmor‘s 4e.css packaged with his Monster Maker application. You’ll also see the attempt by Graham and I to create a D&D 4e […]
Keeping up with the Hyperactive & Chatty DM.
If you want to keep up with my numerous projects, without having to jump all over my no less numerous websites, I invite you to subscribe to my most excellent (cough) content on your windows bookmarks or your favorite RSS reader (I like Google Reader myself). Please follow these awesome links: Chatty Studios: My new […]
Chatty’s Question: Losing it, RPG style!
There’s been a ‘nostalgic’ revival of anti-D&D material on several blogs lately (Sorry if I don’t link, I don’t have the time right now). I saw the movie Mazes and Monsters about 20 years ago and like all 15 year old teenager geeks, I scoffed at the plot and snickered at all the ways the […]
Kobold Love’s Website Updated
I just updated all the Kobold Love posts over Chatty Studios’ website to better together. I also created a Project main page where you can navigate to all other related posts. You can find the project’s main page here and check on those who manifested interest in tackling the community part of of this project. […]
Bedtime Campaign: Nico outsmarts Smaug the Dragon!
This post is part of a series where I explore freeform roleplaying as a bedtime story for my 6 year old son, Nico. Chatty: So what do you want me to read tonight? Nico: Can we play the story game again? It’s been a long time and I’m sure your friends on the computer miss […]
Free GMing advice from the GM-FU masters!
As of late last night, I’m officially a published RPG author! You can now download the Gen Con 2008 workshop booklet we created for our GM-Fu Seminar. Along with my blogging and GM-for-Hire friend Phil Veccione and with the masterful editing of Vicki Potter, we offer you a free PDF filled with: Trope tips Tailoring […]
DM Chronicles: Session 2, Indiana Gnomes and the Technicolor Snake, Part 2
See part 1 here. Spiders Blind, Strikers Shine! Fresh victim of the fiendish rolling boulder trap, Yan’s Bjerm the Fighter fell 50’… Only to land unhurt on a huge spider web while pieces of granite were punching through it left and right. As he got up, he noticed 3 Human-sized bristly spiders (a new monster […]
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