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
Advice
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
Dungeon Master Burnout… My cure!
Some context… I read a post by Chatty DM on twitter this past Sunday about him possibly taking a D&D sabbatical and ended up briefly tweeting with Greywulf about D20 burnout and how...
July 26, 2010
DM Rewards: Tomb of Horrors Review
I got something very unexpected in the mail last Friday when I went to check my PO box. Wizards of the Coast sent me my second DM Rewards package of the year. I...
July 21, 2010
Growing the Hobby: The Horticulturist Way!
Mad Brew Labs is hosting this month’s RPG Blog Carnival and the topic is an interesting one, how to help the growth of the hobby? This is a topic I’m very interested in...
July 20, 2010
Salmon and D&D
Last Saturday I ran my weekly Dungeons & Dragons adventure. This weeks adventure was one I called “The Royal Sword of the Elvish Plains People” which addressed the back story of one the...
July 16, 2010
Free Stuff Friday: Mouse Guard Wiki
This week’s Free Stuff is: Mouse Guard Wiki Looking for some character sheets and maps? Then check out the Mouse Guard Wiki over at BurningWheel.org The Mouse Guard Wiki has a section of...
July 16, 2010
Free Stuff Friday – Firefly RPG
It’s Friday and it’s time to give you some more free stuff! This weeks Free Stuff is: Firefly RPG Here’s How It Is… The Earth got used up, and we found a new...
July 2, 2010
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My Orcus & Me!
Today I got my Orcus, Prince of Undeath Gargantuan Figure. I was so excited to get the news that my FLGS had received it that I spent all day daydreaming about it. To...
July 2, 2010
Combat Tiers Review
Recently I ran into an issue with my weekly D&D game. My players where trying to attack a dragon while it was flying away. It became increasingly difficult to track how high up...
June 30, 2010
Review: The Kobold Guide to Game Design Volume I
Recently a lot of RPG blogs have posted reviews of the third volume of the Kobold Guide, so it seems I am a bit late to the party. In the long run I...
June 23, 2010
Free Stuff Friday: Tolkien Fonts
It’s Friday and it’s time to give you some more free stuff! This week’s Free Stuff is: Tolkien Fonts Fonts? What the heck would I need fonts for? Well let me tell you...
June 18, 2010
The Worst Game of My Life
A couple of weeks ago I ran the worst Dungeons & Dragons game of my life! It was the kind of game that felt like a slow motion train wreck. Something had gone...
June 16, 2010
Improve Your Game: Character creation as a team effort
In some modern roleplaying games, especially games based on FATE rules, character creation is something one player can’t do on his own. In order to create your character you have to cooperate with...
June 7, 2010
Supers, supers everywhere!
With the release yesterday of the new superhero game ICONS from Adamant Entertainment my superhero fever has reached new heights. I’m getting my copy today after missing out on the pre-order due to...
June 2, 2010