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Dungeon Master Guys, Episode 10

May 3, 2011 by Dungeon Master Guys

Dave talks with Jason Morningstar about Fiasco, we talk about starting up new campaigns, and answer reader email about organization and DM binders.

Filed Under: Dungeon Master Guys Podcast, Podcasts, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: DM advice, dm binder, fiasco, new campaigns

Chatty’s PaxEast Highlights: 3 days of Fun Among Friends

March 15, 2011 by The Chatty DM

In which Chatty miraculously fits his highlights of a spectacular convention in only one 1500 words post. A record some will say!

Filed Under: Board, Card, and Miniature Games, Featured, Musings of the Chatty DM, Newest Critical Hits, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: Boston, fiasco, Gabe, games, gamma world, Jane MacGonigal, leverage, magic the gathering, Mouse Guard, Munckin, pax east 2011, Tycho

Fiasco Friday: Chatty’s Tale of Suburbia, Act 2 and Aftermath

December 6, 2010 by The Chatty DM

In which Chatty concludes his tale of drugs, meaningless sex and violence in an unnamed American suburb. Reader discretion is advised.

Filed Under: Actual Play, Musings of the Chatty DM, Newest Critical Hits, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: Drugs, fiasco, Revenge, sex, tales from suburbia

Fiasco Friday: Chatty’s Tale of Suburbia, Act 1

December 3, 2010 by The Chatty DM

In my quest to play as many different RPGs as I could before settling on new campaigns after the holidays, I finally got to play Fiasco last Friday. Here be the game report, part 1!

Filed Under: Actual Play, Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: Drugs, fiasco, Revenge, sex, tales from suburbia

Fiasco, It’s Not

July 15, 2010 by Chris Sims

I’m here to report as a Fiasco player. I played with four other veteran gamers, a few among us industry pros. Logan Bonner got us together and learned the rules with us. For the record, I have read on bits of the Fiasco rules, so this report is purely experiential and relies heavily on my memory of events. I’m also trying out a Chatty DM style post for a change.

Filed Under: Analysis Paralysis, Featured, Reviews, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: coen brothers, fiasco, freeform games, freeform roleplaying, indie games, Rodriguez, roleplaying, Tarantino

Origins 2010: Final Round-Up

July 1, 2010 by Dave

Origins has once again come and gone. Due to various scheduling mishaps with the convention and technical problems, we didn’t get to do much in the way of scheduled gaming, and spend our time looking for things to do. Here’s just a sample of some of the stuff that we did do and I was excited about in the convention.

Filed Under: Board, Card, and Miniature Games, Editorial, News, Roleplaying Games, Video Games Tagged With: 4e, clerks, crokinole, dominion, dresden files, dresden files rpg, evil hat, exhibit hall, fiasco, legedermain, litko, mayday games, microsoft surface, origins, Origins 2010, rogue, rogue-like, rowboat, settlers of america, settlers of catan, shear panic

Review: “Fiasco”

June 25, 2010 by Linnaeus

Fiasco is inspired by a certain type of movie, most strongly associated with the Coen Brothers, where there are several characters that have a plan, plus, possibly, a couple who have strong convictions. These plans and convictions run up against each other over the course of the movie, and a human train wreck results.

Filed Under: Featured, Reviews, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: coen brothers, fiasco, indie rpg, jason morningstar

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