Got a chance to go back and play some Mouse Guard this weekend with Dave and Margie and Kate and
Category: Table Top
Meta-gaming, Actor-Stance, Author-stance, and Narration
Twitter. The final frontier new hotness. These are the transcripts of gaming nerds, trying to discuss involved game sessions using
“This ends in Mud.”
((The title of this session is a tongue-in-cheek tribute to the finest, most awesome line in the new Mouse Guard
[3:16] Actual Play: Reptiloid Chameleon Tricksters in the Goya Asteroid Belt — no way were those actual troopers.
So the player of this episode’s spotlight character didn’t show up for PTA last night (Khaaaaan!), I suddenly needed to
[PTA] Ironwall, Episode 1: The Ambassador
Wow, it’s been awhile since this episode aired, but as Episode 2 is playing tonight, I thought I’d better get
Optimizing my free time
I don’t have anything against DnD 4e. In my opinion, it’s a big step up – a real evolution –
Primetime Adventures: Ironwall, Pilot Episode, “The Hill”
((Our pitch session is here. The cast includes: Cam, mechanic and tinkerer-savant Joseph, one of the pillars of the settlement,
My thoughts on the Mouse Guard RPG
I’m very excited about the first play session of our new Primetime Adventures game this Wednesday, and while I’m putting
Primetime Adventures Pitch Session: Apocalypse Fairies!
So last night we got got together to work through the Pitch Session for a new Primetime Adventures game. ((For
Coming back to the old home town: Paragon City
Saturday morning, I revved up the old comp and prepared to get in a little gaming goodness. Would I get
We got our butts kicked by Shadows over Camelot, and it was excellent.
As I’ve said before, I’ve wanted to play Shadows Over Camelot for quite a long time. Two and a half
Why I wouldn’t use IAWA to run Amber (at least not with Amber players)
Wednesday night rolled around, and we were set to play In a Wicked Age. This was going to be my
Story Games for Everybody – Shadows Over Camelot
Kate picked up Shadows Over Camelot for me this week, which is a game I’ve desperately wanted every since I
Heck yes I’m preordering it.
Leonard Balsera talks about Swashbucklers of the Seven Skies. It’s The Three Musketeers meets The Princess Bride meets pre-mecha Final
Birthday presents for nerds
From a GChat with the DM in my once-a-month DnD game: 12:59 PM Dale: Congratulations: your character gets 175 xp
A review of my recent gaming, via pictures.
Interpret as you see fit. MMO: Lord of the Rings Online That would be Geiri, Tiranor, and our new friend,
Amber Diceless doesn’t make the “Bucket List”?
Related to my previous post, a spin-off discussion about why Amber Diceless doesn’t make some people’s top-12 list. I contribute
d20 update (and a bit of a rant at the end)
I feel weird using ‘d20’ to refer to a game of Dungeons and Dragons 4.0, as the game is fundamentally
Patch 4.1 out for DnD
Okay, not a patch, but people make the DnD = MMORPG comparison so much, I figured one more tired joke
Gaming Update
Haven’t done one of these in awhile, mostly because I’d been updating WoW and LotRO play stuff using Twitter. However,
To my gamer-homies that don’t live within 10 minutes of me…
I’m seriously thinking about this camera (thirty bucks, so… less than a tank of gas), plus Skype (free), for in-home
Hacking the DnD Action Point rules
So I looked over the various gaming threads that had come out of discussions of Action Points and how they
The One Where He Totally Geeked Out Like a Mid-1980s Gamer Nerd ((Hacking DnD 4 into Lord of the Rings))
I noticed early on that LotRO’s main conceit about their “Health Bar” really really works in DnD 4th with regards
DnD Skill Challenges
Skill Challenges are a new wrinkle in DnD skill use that aim to make said skills use… well, more interesting.
DnD “DM” Reference Screen
In Flash, hosted here, and thus accessible anywhere. Because I am a nerd with a few minutes free time.
DnD errata
*WotC’s official D&D 4e errata *enworld’s unofficial D&D 4e errata
“Keys” for DnD
For a longer-term DnD game, I am seriously considering using something like the experience point system in The Shadow of
Actual Play: Keep on the Shadowfells, Session One
As I mentioned, had a chance to play the first couple events in the sort of “DnD 4th Edition Lite”
Dealing with the whiff-factor in DnD
Played some DnD last night. It was good. I will talk about that more in a bit, but for now,
OM Freakin’ G: The DnD 4.0 game with the seven-year old got even more awesome.
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