Telling the story my way…
As a long time Game Master I like to try different ways of telling a story. My latest session serves as an example. The previous adventure had ended as the players set forth...
September 28, 2010
2010
Zombie Dice
While I was at the Penny Arcade Expo I waited in several lines to attend various events thought out the course of the three-day weekend. While waiting in the lines I noticed that...
September 28, 2010
Market Research for RPG Product Development
Stemming from my last post on fantasy product design a reader asked me to go into a little more depth with regards to market research for fantasy products. As they put it there...
September 27, 2010
Essentials and me…
This weekend I made my one D&D Essentials purchase, the Dungeon Tiles Master Set. I briefly considered buying the Rules Compendium, even had my FLGS pull a copy for me, but when I...
September 27, 2010
Free Stuff Friday: Dungeons & Dragons Essentials Character Sheets
It’s Friday and it’s time to give you some more free stuff! This week’s Free Stuff is: Dungeons & Dragons Essentials Character Sheets!!! Wizards of the cost Coast has created a slimed down...
September 24, 2010
Lazy Friday Video Post: JourneyQuest trailer
Recently my friend CK told me about a new and upcoming fantasy comedy web series by Dead Gentlemen Production: Journey Quest! Following a group of dysfunctional adventurers on a quest to discover and...
September 24, 2010
And finally, the Book Club!
Missed me yet? Anyone… Are those crickets I hear? Well I certainly missed all of you! Real life has kept me away from the blog for too long, and I figured what better...
September 23, 2010
Small Press Publisher Spotlight: Rogue Games
If you have been following this blog for the last two years you’ve probably noticed that I have a spot for the small press publishers. In my humble opinion, in the recent years...
September 23, 2010
PAX Prime 2010 – Day 3
Waking up on the last day of PAX was slow and painful for not only myself, but for Hannah as well. I pulled myself out of bed and lazily stood up. That’s when...
September 22, 2010
Dragon Age: Set 2 in Open Beta
It seems Paizo started a new trend with allowing the gamer community to beta test their products openly. Now Green Ronin has jumped the bandwagon and released an open playtest document for their...
September 22, 2010
PAX Prime 2010 – Day 2
Waking up and pulling myself out of bed I was feeling like I had been at PAX a week already. I could not figure out why I was feeling like this. Maybe it...
September 21, 2010
My thoughts on the D&D Essentials Starter aka “Red Box”
I recently got my own copy of the new Red Box. Although I am not that much interested in D&D 4th Edition, I still wanted to have a look what they’ve changed for...
September 21, 2010
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PAX Prime 2010 – Day 1
Hannah and I woke up early and eager on Friday so we could attend the PAX keynote address and meet up with our good friend Lyle. The Keynote was taking place at Benaroya...
September 20, 2010
Designs from the Mind – product development part 2
Welcome back for part 2 of my blog posts on RPG product development, for those who may have missed part 1 and would like to catch up with the conversation so far click...
September 20, 2010
Free Stuff Friday: Dungeon Master’s Battle Screen
It’s Friday and it’s time to give you some more free stuff! This week’s Free Stuff is: Dungeon Master’s Battle Screen The Dungeon Masters’ Battle Screen Free tool for helping D&D 4e Dungeon...
September 17, 2010
Gamer Media, Parody and Negative Stereotypes
For at least the past year now, a close friend and gaming partner of mine has been trying to get me to watch The Gamers 2: Dorkness Rising. I refused because of what...
September 17, 2010
Are we DMs really that weird?
Yesterday, my friend Christian Kennig, sent me the link to this excerpt from the documentary film “The Dungeon Masters”. Do you think your dice need punishing, too?
September 16, 2010