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Random Thoughts: Story Telling Dungeon Crawling Kids in Diablo’s Caves to Crit Mearls

June 30, 2008 by The Chatty DM

(Told you I would not last a week) I was supposed to be at work, getting ready for the arrival of a new colleague in my team but my 6 year old son has developed a case of Chicken Pox. I’m therefore at home, playing some Raving Rabbits 2 with him and drawing some Manga […]

Filed Under: Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 4e, gaming with children, Gaming with Kids, Story Telling tips

Critical Hits Podcast #6: Interview with Mike Mearls

June 30, 2008 by Dave

On the final day of Origins 2008, I sit down for a short interview with Mike Mearls, lead developer of 4e D&D. We talk about the game’s release, some DMing tips, older adventures, and much more. Critical Hits Podcast #6 (Quick note: I ended up moving the voice recorder at the beginning of the interview, […]

Filed Under: Critical Hits Podcast, Interviews, Roleplaying Games

Critical Hits Podcast #5: Steve from Kenzer & Co explains Aces & Eights

June 28, 2008 by Dave

I stopped by the Kenzer & Company booth to admire the setup for the new Western RPG Aces & Eights. Steve at the booth offered an indepth explanation of the game, and explains how it supports different styles of play, from minis combat to resource management to gambling to Al Swearengen. Critical Hits Podcast 5 […]

Filed Under: Board, Card, and Miniature Games, Critical Hits Podcast, Roleplaying Games

34th Annual Origins Awards Winners

June 28, 2008 by Dave

It began, as last year, with an introduction by Phil Lacefield Jr. Miniatures Rules of the Year Presented by Rick Loomis Classic Battletech Published by Catalyst Game Labs Created by Jordan Weisman Edited by Michelle Lyons, Diane Piron-Gelman Saganami Island Tactical Simulator, Second Edition Published by Ad Astra Games Created by Ken Burnside and Thomas […]

Filed Under: Board, Card, and Miniature Games, News, Roleplaying Games, Science Fiction & Fantasy Genre

Taking a break for some Gen Con Prep

June 28, 2008 by The Chatty DM

All right, up to now, whenever I posted about posting less, I always ended up posting more. However, I now have to write quite a few pages worth of Trope and Player type GM tips and advice for the Gen Con seminar I’ll be co-hosting with DNAPhil and Vicki Potter. I also need to do […]

Filed Under: Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: gen con

Origins 2008 Coverage

June 26, 2008 by Dave

I’m at the 2008 Origins Game Fair in Columbus Ohio. Here’s a list of all the posts I’ve done about Origins: Travel Day (Podcast) Pictures from the Show (updated daily) Valerie of Rio Grande Games explains Dominion (Podcast) Luke of North Star Games explains Say Anything (Podcast) Lucas of Fantasy Flight Games explains Mutant Chronicles […]

Filed Under: Board, Card, and Miniature Games, Featured, Roleplaying Games

Chatty’s Review: The D&D 4e Player’s Handbook

June 26, 2008 by The Chatty DM

Last week, I reviewed the DMG and found it to be the best version of this long-lived book. It wasn’t without flaws, chiefly among those was how the writing of Skill Challenges was doing the mechanic near-criminal injustice. This week, I’ll tackle the 4th Edition Players Handbook, from the standpoint of its content and then […]

Filed Under: Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games

4th Edition: Class Acts

June 25, 2008 by Bartoneus

In the convoluted web of intrigue that blogs create, Phil (the Chatty DM) led me to a link via a guest post at Geek’s Dream Girl, to a very cool fan-created Bard class for 4th Edition.  Unlike some other fan-created classes for the new edition, this one actually boasts a complete list of powers/’sploits from […]

Filed Under: Critical Bits, Editorial, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 4E d&d, 4th Edition, class roles, D&D, Dungeons & Dragons, Dungeons and Dragons

Chatty’s Debates: The Relative Merits of Action-Oriented RolePlaying

June 25, 2008 by The Chatty DM

I know that this here site has been somewhat content-lighter lately.  Summer has arrived and I start to feel the pull for other evening activities than blogging. Also, since I don’t have a game going anymore, gone are the periodic DM logs or Game Prep posts.  There’s nothing to be worried about, just a more […]

Filed Under: Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games

Chatty’s Gen Con (and contest update)

June 23, 2008 by The Chatty DM

It’s done, I just purchased my plane tickets for Gen Con Indianapolis 2008. I will be there mostly for one thing, and it’s meeting with fellow bloggers, readers and some industry people I’ve quipped and had fun with since I have been online (You better have those Electo-fluff cannons ready and buffed Mr. Baur). I […]

Filed Under: Geek Stuff, Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: gen con

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