Are mini-campaigns the solution?
Back in the day, when we were still young and had too much time on our hands, we played in long campaigns, sometimes even spanning years. But in recent years I haven’t finished...
August 30, 2010
Advice
Dungeons & Dragons Red Box Review
I received and early copy of the Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition Red Box Fantasy Roleplaying Game Starter Set last week. It’s the first product to be released from the 4th edition Essentials...
August 30, 2010
What’s in a name?
I’ll admit it, naming non-player characters and places in role playing game is HARD! If you are not careful you’ll end up with names your players will make fun of for years to...
August 26, 2010
Eureka!
Some time ago, Martin Ralya of GnomeStew.com and Engine Publishing asked me if I was interested in reviewing Eureka. I’ve read about Eureka before and since I am chronically under-prepared for my games,...
August 25, 2010
Trying something new…
I’ve never been particularly handy. I’ll write, talk in public, and I can tell a pretty good yarn (or so I’ve been told), but I’m not great with cars or home repair. I’ll...
August 25, 2010
Food & Games
Don’t worry; this has NOTHING to do with all the electronic cooking games out there. This is about gamers and the food they eat when they game. Junk food and role-playing games are...
August 24, 2010
Dicebook review
Some time ago I had the opportunity to give away a free copy of Dicebook, a PDF reader and dice rolling app for the Apple iPad. But since I haven’t had an iPad...
August 23, 2010
Free Stuff Friday: Sword and Sorcery Saga
It’s Friday and it’s time to give you some more free stuff! This week’s Free Stuff is: Sword and Sorcery Saga Swords and Sorcery Saga is a free website containing information, links, and...
August 20, 2010
Writing A Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition Adventure
Over the last few years I have been reading books on management and starting a business. I really enjoy reading books on these topics and I have benefited greatly from reading them. One...
August 19, 2010
Pathfinder RPG Spellcards, for free!
I know free stuff is usually Youseph’s topic but I discovered this website this week and I’m thrilled. As you doubtlessly know I’m a Pathfinder RPG fan and have run a weekly game...
August 19, 2010
GameScience Dice Review
Last March I wrote a post titled The Importance of Dice where I talked about how important dice are to both players and game masters alike. It seems like everywhere I look every...
August 18, 2010
Gen Con: GM’s Jam!
One of the highlights of this year’s Gen Con was definitely the GM’s Jam seminar. Since I had brought my video camera with me, I recorded the whole thing and uploaded it to...
August 16, 2010
Electronic Tools for Gaming – The iPhone
I’ll admit it, I was a holdover. I didn’t make the switch to an iPhone until last winter. Before that I had an ancient Palm Treo that worked perfectly well for years. I...
August 12, 2010
Carcassonne
As last Saturday’s D&D game was approaching, I came to the realization that I was not going to have an adventure ready. This has happened to me once or twice before and generally...
August 5, 2010
Special 2nd Anniversary Post: Getting your Players to Play Indie RPGs
I have been spending the last few months playing such titles as Burning Wheel, Mouse Guard and 3:16 Carnage Among the Stars so I thought I could share some tips on convincing your players to try new, non-mainstream RPGs (or Indie RPGs, if you prefer that label ).
August 4, 2010
Character Death, woe or wow?
Last night I played a particularly long session of my weekly Pathfinder RPG game. During this game I killed a player character. Well that’s not quiet accurate. I wasn’t gunning out for him;...
July 29, 2010