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Instant Dungeon Crawling, Trial by Dragon

December 20, 2011 by The Chatty DM

In which Chatty shares the highlights of his New York Comic Con D&D 4e game, featuring dungeons crawling and dragon mustering… or was that dragon mustarding. I forget.

Filed Under: Actual Play, Game Hacks & Content, Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: Adventure Prep, convention, d&d 4e, DMing, DMing tips, new york comic con, nycc, One Shot games

Instant Dungeon Crawling, The Formula and the Setup

December 14, 2011 by The Chatty DM

In which Chatty shares is instant dungeon crawling formula that he used at the New York Comic Con to improvise a full D&D session.

Filed Under: Actual Play, Adventure Prep, Featured, Newest Critical Hits, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: Adventure Prep, convention, d&d 4e, DMing, DMing tips, new york comic con, nycc, One Shot games

D&D Zombie Apocalypse, Part 2: The What Ifs

November 17, 2011 by The Chatty DM

In which Chatty asks a series of questions about the why and the how of a zombie apocalype in a fantasy world and comes up with solid ideas for campaign plots.

Filed Under: Featured, Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: D&D, d&d 4e, Mini-Campaign, nycc, setting

D&D Zombie Apocalypse, Part 1: Genesis

October 27, 2011 by The Chatty DM

In which Chatty tells the story of a great 100% made up on the spot D&D 4e game he ran for new players at the New York ComicCon. Be careful, it contains zombies and wolves.

Filed Under: Featured, Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games, Tropes Tagged With: D&D, d&d 4e, Mini-Campaign, nycc, setting

Chatty’s New York Trip Highlights, Part 2: Queens is Burning

October 15, 2010 by The Chatty DM

In which, Chatty Phil wanders the street of Astoria, looking for Burning Con and a chance to play some truly engaging Burning Wheel scenarios.

Filed Under: Musings of the Chatty DM, Newest Critical Hits Tagged With: Burning Con, Burning Wheel, convention report, Learn to Play, Mouse Guard, new york comic con, nycc

Chatty’s New York Trip Highlights, Part 1: NYCC and D&D

October 12, 2010 by The Chatty DM

In which Chatty DM Phil starts telling you ALL about is New York Nerd trip. Well not all of it… just the crunchy parts. Enjoy!

Filed Under: Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: comic con, convention report, D&D, D&D essentials, Learn to Play, new york, nycc

Dungeons & Dragons at New York Comic Con ’09

February 8, 2009 by Dave

Even though I’m a comics fan myself and could have found plenty to do without it, the main reason I wanted to get to Comic Con was to play D&D. Here were the different parts of Dungeons & Dragons at NYCC.

Filed Under: News, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 4e, D&D, new york comic con, nycc

New York Comic Con ’09 Report

February 8, 2009 by Dave

The convention doesn’t go far from what I’ve come to expect from Comic Cons. The exhibit hall is the big thing, which contains a mix of publisher booths, seller booths, creator booths (artist alley), and assorted other miscellany. The big difference is how packed everything is. Except during the very end before the hall closed, it was hard to get almost anywhere, and even harder to get pictures (which you want to do, since it’s quite a spectacle). Plus you have events with back-ups: signings and portfolio reviews all took place in the same space, which caused a few choke-points.

Filed Under: Comics, Featured, News Tagged With: new york comic con, nycc

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