So I’m on my little loremaster last night, just poking at a few quests, and find myself in the Chetwood,
Tanking Vows (So You Want to Tank, Part 3)
So we’ve got to part where we decide if we’re going to cowboy up and do this tanking thing. Below
I play Wizard 101: Confessions of a wizened wizard
Depending on which corners of the internet and gaming metasphere you inhabit, you may or not be aware that Wizard
So You Want to Tank (Part 2)
You came back. Okay then. Let’s talk about the real challenges of playing a tank class. First thing: the challenge
Cry of Vengeance can Bite Me (LotRO)
We interrupt our regularly scheduled Tanking Part 2 post to bitch about Cry of Vengeance. I’ve said this before in
So You Want to Tank (Part 1) (LotRO)
First off, let me dissuade you. There are some necessities that come with taking on a tanking role, and they
“So fast, the bowstring smokes”
The first character I ever created on Lord of the Rings was a hunter. I didn’t know much about the
Raiding for a New Raider, Part 2: Good Manners
When I first starting playing Lord of the Rings Online, I was struck by one really consistent element among the
(LotRO) Salves are Evil and Worthy Only of Disdain
Heh. Got your attention? I actually have a two a few other posts I plan to write today, but I
A new raider’s raid-readiness Checklist (LotRO)
(Disclaimer: I’m not an uberleet raider in LotRO by any means, but I do run raids and I do know
Wrapping up Diaspora, Shakespeare-Style
So quite a little while ago, we started out a Diaspora game. Our schedules have been a little crazy —
So What can Two People do in a Moria six-man?
… pretty much anything they want. (Click for bigger.) A few notes: No, this wasn’t challenge mode. We certainly didn’t
Someone’s Working Through Some Issues
From “Conversations With My Wife As We Play LotRO”: A Disturbing New Trend In Faction Reputation
Diaspora Hacks, by way of Dresden Files
After a series of scheduling problems, we finally got back to the Diaspora game last night for the first time
In a Wicked Amber
I don’t listen very well, even to myself. Short version of that post — following a session of In a
Sacrifice, Interesting Failure, and Diaspora Hacks
I’ve been thinking (and talking) about sacrifice in games, and how that ends up playing out at the table. Originally,
My daughter, the wizard
I know I said I was going to write my next post about games that use “pushing” and “sacrifice” a
“I bleed and take another action.”
There is a kind of magic in sacrifice. No, I don’t mean literal magical sacrifices with babies and goats and
Diaspora, Session 3: Heat up the Iridium, it’s Shootin’ Time
It had been my intention to introduce everyone to the Ship, Personal, and Social combat mini-games in Diaspora during the
Diaspora, Session 2: Fight!
When we last left our space-faring heroes, they were delivering a cargo bay full of “mining equipment” to a (one
Diaspora, Session 1: Teacup on The Tempest
I tell you, I don’t know why I bother prepping. Last night was the only Wednesday in February where I
Being Immortal in Fate (Diaspora)
Tim challenges me. First, he never lets me coast during our games: not as a GM, certainly, but neither as
Diaspora: Cluster and Character generation (ridiculously TL;DR)
Exactly one year after our first gathering, the Wednesday night group got together for our first session of the new
Farscape as gaming group
Recently Farscape became available on the ‘view on my computer’ queue via Netflix, part of a re-release that also put
What not-game am I not-playing, here?
Yesterday I was pondering a couple of recent gaming purchases I’ve made. Annalise. Diaspora. 3:16. Trail of Cthulu. Like that,
2009: The Year In Gaming
Well, the year in *my* gaming, anyway. Last year, during the holidays, Tim (I’m pretty sure it was Tim) suggested
Happy Ninja Christmas
Have a Merry Ninja Christmas. More gaming stuff soon. Promise.
Avatar: my thoughts, my opinions, my recommendation
… and my background: with the exception of Piranha Part Two: The Spawning, I’ve seen all of James Cameron’s movies at least three times. Yeah, even Titanic (though the third time was against my will). Understand that simple fact about me first: I’m pretty much the guy’s target audience. Kate and I went to see […]
Avatar: my thoughts, my opinions, my recommendation
… and my background: with the exception of Piranha Part Two: The Spawning, I’ve seen all of James Cameron’s movies at least three times. Yeah, even Titanic (though the third time was against my will). Understand that simple fact about me first: I’m pretty much the guy’s target audience. Kate and I went to see …
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Avatar: my thoughts, my opinions, my recommendation
… and my background: with the exception of Piranha Part Two: The Spawning, I’ve seen all of James Cameron’s movies at least three times. Yeah, even Titanic (though the third time was against my will). Understand that simple fact about me first: I’m pretty much the guy’s target audience. Kate and I went to see …
Continue reading “Avatar: my thoughts, my opinions, my recommendation”