I’m sitting on a big announcement and I promised myself I’d only post it Sunday night. But my urge to post something is so strong! 🙂 So here’s a few more links for you to look at… not all RPG related. When a hobby becomes an incredible opportunity This morning in my morning newspaper, there […]
DM Chronicles, Session 7: Of Performing Crunch and Norming Fluff, Part 2
Blog lessons learned: Never post a ‘Part one’ on Wednesday night… it guarantees no comments on the highest traffic day! Next time’ 2 entries articles’ will posted on same day with a few hours in between. See here for part 1. When a Custom Scene Blows Up in Your Face So the players made their […]
DM Chronicles, Session 7: Of Performing Crunch and Norming Fluff, Part 1
Image Source: Paizo’s Pathfinder, Lamia Matriarch, copyright 2007 Paizo publishing (under Fair Use). Please note that this post features spoilers of Paizo’s Pathfinder #2, more precisely the nature of it’s boss monster. Previously in Phil’s game: The heroes vanquished the last Child of Sehan, squared off against a Succubus (and won), dodged deadly traps and […]
A Fey's Journal: Under Ptolus' Necropolis (Second day, early morning)
Image Source: Art from Song of Serenity (Magic the Gathering, Exodus, Wizards of the Coast), Copyright 2005 Tony DiTerlizzi (Check his site!), used with the artists’ permission. Here is another of Yan’s player log detailing last Friday’s continuing tomb crawling (I think he’s getting bored about it, but maybe that’s just me…. Tee Hee like […]
The Brooch of Hunting, Design Postmortem.
Did you see Dungeonmastering’s Top 50 RPG sites yet? It’s a good roundup of many of the great RPG-related sites out there. Of course the fact that I’m in 4th place has absolutely nothing to do with me pimping it right now. No Siree. Absolutely not! It never crossed my mind! As mentioned before, I […]
Tabletops & Tropers: That would make such a…
While looking at the TV Tropes Wiki for inspiration for my next trope post, a recurring idea kept coming back. You know that thing where a bunch of gamer geeks come out of the latest Superhero/Spy/ Action/Sci-Fi/Fantasy movie and they have this discussion: “Dude, this, like, totally rocked!” says the extroverted enthusiastic geek! “Yeah, ’twas […]
Mini-Links: Evil Editions and Vicious Superstar Scandinavian Clambake!
Ahhh, the Echo Chamber: taking other people’s stuff and talking about it on your site. I haven’t done one of those in some time, so here’s a short post on stuff I found cool lately. Evil in Mythic Scandinavia Yeah, Beowulf is out and I must say that Grendel’s mom is quite the MILTFAW (…to […]
PWW: The Apprentice Half-Orc DM
Here’s the time for another Perspective on Weekend Wizards post by PM. This week our boy has started to contemplate something that may very well break his spirit and steal his soul. Enjoy! In my previous post, my inner closet half-orc was last seen running in the hills and howling at the moon after enjoying […]
Mini-Crunch: Chatty's Top D&D Crunch books!
Yeah I know that making lists can be considered bad form by some, but they do serve a purpose. They are perfect for a 500 word Mini-post!!! (Italics included) Oh and if I can get 2 comments on this we hit the 800 comments mark! With D&D 3.5 nearing the end of its useful shelf-life, […]
The Pain of Campaigning III: The Plot Thickens
So, assuming you’ve considered pre-campaign decisions and successfully started your game its now time to keep running a campaign. Not just treading water, but also have it be interesting, engaging, and fun. Maintaining interest, engagement, and enjoyment from all players and a DM can be incredibly difficult, but here are some of the most common […]
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