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.
You haven’t been keeping up with the exploits of D and his dad Tony? Why on earth not? Go here.
Watching the 4.0 DnD release
… is a fascinating kind of car-crash voyeurism. Lots of folks into gaming have never really tried anything outside of
Learn about DnD 4.0 with some cool, funny guys.
Okay, so here’s what happened. Tycho and Gabriel from Penny Arcade, plus Scott Kurtz from PvP, got together with one
For the nerd on your Father’s Day list
Dungeons and Dragons, 4th Edition. I’m sorry, I’m just hearing too much good stuff about it. The indie roleplaying community
How Conflicts Work (PTA, Galactic, and many many more)
So in this post, I’m going to talk about some different games and how they deal with conflict resolution. Specifically,
“I kick it (old school) for 1d6+2 damage.”
So a few weeks ago, I was poking through an old chest of junk from high school and found something
In a Wicked Age
So I’ve mentioned this game a couple times on the site, but haven’t really gotten into the game that much
The Sound of Silence
The internets are pretty darned quiet today… at least the areas I listen to. This is, I think, almost entirely
Greetings from Shell Beach Eriador!
Again, look at these as snapshots from a recent vacation. The first shot is from a few weeks ago, taken
A couple screenshots from World of Warcraft
Really, what is an MMO but a mini-vacation? And what should you do on a vacation? You take pictures. I’ll
So how did that “interview” raid go?
You know, the first time I went to Karazhan with Grezzk, I was geared up appropriately, ready to go, and
Not-a-job job hunt
Hmm. I wrote a really really long post that didn’t go anywhere. Let’s start over. Playing Grezzk, I’ve been working
No, there haven’t been a lot of updates
… that’s largely because there hasn’t been a lot of gaming going on. Sometime last month, Dave ran a session
Ding: the sound of PROGRESS!
MP3 sound files of the “level-up ding” from 40 different online games. Coming soon as a ringtone to a phone
Playing Wrong… Right
So Paul Czege (author of the RPG My Life with Master) has something really interesting to say about that game
Nobilis, renewed.
(Via Story Games:) Rebecca Borgstrom has released “Unlikely Flowerings”, the first part of the long-awaited Society of Flowers supplement for
Week in Review
Not a ton to say, really. Kate might disagree, but it doesn’t feel as though a lot’s been going on
“All right, you rudimentary-lathe people have gone too far.” (Galactic: introduction and Session One)
I’m really not going to be able to do the Galactic game justice with an Actual Play report. First, we’ve
“Let’s not create a WoW-widow before we even get married, hmm?”
… or, to be fair, a Gaming-widow in general. I’ve been giving my Google-calendar a workout for the last couple
Fiddling with my global cooldown
Cooldown: n. MMO-related. A period of wait time before a spell, ability or power can be used after that same
Almost suspiciously perfect
A job opening posted by Blizzard Entertainment. I’ll boldface the requirements I meet. Responsibilities: * Contribute to the written development
New TV spot for LotRO shows Ordinary People getting their MMO on
Quite a lot of fun: I like the sense that it’s just regular people, going about their day, and the
Week in Review
Tabletop Got everyone together for the third installment of our Galactic semi-playtest this Sunday. Despite horrendous paint fumes and a
Week in Review: Done with PvP
Okay, that’s not entirely true. I like WoW battlegrounds. I like WoW Arena. I even like flagging myself for PvP
Week in Review
Just a quickie. MMO: WoW Grezzk This was kind of an exciting week with the guild, as we expanded our
WoW, that’s a big number
WoW breaks 10-million subscribers. Blizzard also explicitly defined who it counted as subscribers, clarifying that the 10 million number (2.5
Week in Review
MMO – WoW Grezzk – level 70 (effective level: 117) Most of my time on Grezzk has been spent on
Sillof’s Workshop: Reimagining your Childhood
I’m not sure who this mad, mad genius is, but I can’t argue with the results. Boing Boing linked to