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Hope in the Dark Heart of Evil is Not a Plan

January 24, 2022 by multiplexer

Hope is Not a Plan

Playing my typical day-to-day as a game didn’t feel like much fun. But, I thought, if I made Hope is Not a Plan a Dungeonomics story, maybe something darkly funny would emerge.

Filed Under: Actual Play, Dungeonomics, Featured, Newest Critical Hits, Reviews, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: Actual Play, Dungeons and Dragons, hope is not a plan, journal game, solo rpg

“Leverage” RPG: The Misidentified Dolphin Job

December 13, 2010 by Dave

The Miami Crew helps out a disgraced football player by reversing a lookalike brother con into a Kansas City Shuffle within a Xanatos Gambit.

Filed Under: Critical Threats, Editorial, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: Actual Play, leverage

Critical Hits Podcast #22: Tomb of Horrors Actual Play (Part 1)

September 7, 2010 by Dave

As part of my ongoing campaign, I was able to inflict, I mean, run the 4e conversion of the Tomb of Horrors (from the DM Rewards program) for my regular group as part of a flashback to a previous group of heroes. The further they got in the adventure, the more information revealed for when their regular characters would tackle the older version of the classic dungeon.

Filed Under: Critical Hits Podcast, Podcasts, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 4e, Actual Play, tomb of horrors

3:16 Carnage Among Friends: Part 2, Lead 4 Dead

June 20, 2010 by The Chatty DM

To say that 3:16 little prep is like saying that rain is wet. With the help of a few charts to pick planet names, planetary environments, alien appearances, alien powers and various NPC names, the GM just needs to add a few creative sparks to create a 2-3 hour long adventure.

Filed Under: Actual Play, Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 3:16 Carnage Among the Stars, Actual Play, science fiction, Space Marine, Tropes

3:16 Carnage Among Friends: Part 1, Sarge’s Review

June 15, 2010 by The Chatty DM

3:16 is a rules-light, hyper-focused, indie-as-hell roleplaying game. All players are space marines fighting in the 16th battalion of the 3rd army. Their sole mission in life? Drop on planets with scores of other troopers and officer and kill absolutely all life in the name of protecting the Terran home world.

Filed Under: Musings of the Chatty DM, Reviews, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 3:16 Carnage Among the Stars, Actual Play, Humor, Reviews

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    Emily used to write for pen-and-paper RPGs (Steve Jackson Games, Guardians of Order, White Wolf). She disappeared into the AAA Game Industry for a while to "build an MMO" because "it sounded like fun." Then she wandered out and now writes about applying modern economic principles to very un-modern murder hobo and magic slinging wizard banker infested worlds. During the day she does crazy computer things. She has a husband, a child, and a small orange dog named for Arthur Schopenhauer. She reads history, politics, economics, and philosophy for fun.

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