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RPG Bloggers Unite! GenCon Panel

November 8, 2008 by Dave

At long last, the audio for our GenCon panel on being an RPG Blogger is up. The panel includes: Myself and Bartoneus Yax from Dungeonmastering Phil the ChattyDM Tasha the StupidRanger Bob from RPG Digest (Which, you’ll note, includes all the founders of the RPG Bloggers Network.) Therein, in addition to hearing all of our […]

Filed Under: Roleplaying Games Tagged With: gen con, gen con 2008, rpg bloggers

Free GMing advice from the GM-FU masters!

September 25, 2008 by The Chatty DM

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 […]

Filed Under: Geek Stuff, Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: gen con 2008, GM-Fu

The Unauthorized Ascension of the Drow Spy Report

August 24, 2008 by The Chatty DM

This is my play report of Nicolas Logue’s Ascension of the Drow prequel Mega-Adventure. It was a free-for all, storytelling-intensive D&D 3.5 game featuring 126 players (21 tables of 6) and more than 33 GMs. Everyone was sharing the same game at the same time! It was held at Gen Con and ran from 7h00 […]

Filed Under: Adventure Prep, Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: gen con 2008, pathfinder

Gen Con 2008 Rambling (Semi-Live blog)

August 13, 2008 by The Chatty DM

Two Sentences Summary: Gen Con is the most fun I ever had with tabletop gaming, ever. It’s about making friends, laughing like hell, and having no shame about being silly. I thought it would be a one shot ‘meh’ thing, turns out I’m now addicted to the Con! I’ll put my ramblings here as I […]

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Random Thoughts: Gen Con, Job Posting for ZeStuff, Mearls joins network!

August 13, 2008 by The Chatty DM

I’m off to Gen Con. I just finished packing my suitcases and I’m done doing all the prep work for my games, seminars and other fun stuff. I don’t plan to live blog because I’m already so overbooked that I fear I won’t enjoy Gen Con as much as I should. Between DMing 13 hours […]

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Chatty’s Vacations

August 3, 2008 by The Chatty DM

Depending on how long you have been a reader here, you know that the biggest inside joke here is that whenever I say I’ll stop posting for some time (for whatever reason), it’s usually the best sign that I’m on the verge of starting a posting storm.  No wonder I wrote 400 posts in one year. […]

Filed Under: Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: gen con 2008

Mini-Post: Ascension of the Drow and 4e Fantastic Terrain

July 2, 2008 by The Chatty DM

Gen Con Drow Insanity This morning I had an email by Nicholas Logue, adventure writer extraordinaire from both Paizo and his own Sinister Adventures. Here it is: Hi All! If you are on this list, it means you have volunteered to GM and or assist with the Ascension of the Drow mega-event at Gencon this […]

Filed Under: Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 4e, gen con 2008

Registered for Gen Con!

February 4, 2008 by The Chatty DM

Well it’s done. I registered for Gen Con and I booked the Hotel. I’ll be staying at the swanky Omni Severin hotel which, apparently, sits about 0,2 miles from the Convention Center. Wee! It’s going to be my 1st stay in Indianapolis and my 1st Gen Con experience. I’ll stock up on sleep beforehand! Here’s […]

Filed Under: Geek Stuff, Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: gen con 2008

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