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Archives for March 2009
Open Game Table Vol. 1: Now Available!
Open Game Table, the Anthology of RPG Blogs, has finally been released for your purchasing. Aside from containg an article from our very own The Main Event, I worked heavily with Jonathan Jacobs in getting it edited. Plus at the end, a page written by yours truly about the origin of the RPG Bloggers Network, […]
The Chatty Den Mother
It started as a Twitter discussion. While I was home with my recuperating son, I twittered as a joke that I could write a Stay at Home Mom blog. I jokingly called myself a Chatty Den Mother. Then some of my readers riffed on the concept, saying it would be some kind of Guardian monsters. The […]
Inq. of the Week: Worldwide D&D Game Day
Last Saturday was Worldwide D&D Game Day, showcasing four of the classes of PHB2 (but only one of the races for some reason) as Paragon PCs sliced their way through One Dark Night in Weeping Briar. I was there, how about you?
DM Chronicles, Session 12: Blind and Bloodied Dungeon Crawling, Part 1
Previously in Chatty’s Game: Our heroes entered the Well of Demon. After dispatching some underdark predators, the party faced some gnolls and had no trouble dealing with them. They found the wayward Dire Boar they were looking for but were having trouble calming the pain-crazed creature that had been tortured by the sadistic gnolls. We […]
Critical Bits for the week ending 2009-03-21
Next DC animated movie after Green Lantern is Superman/Batman Renamed: The SciFi Channel will become the Syfy Channel in June 2009 Arcane Power excerpt on Rituals, including Unseen Servant Design & Development: The Deva (Pronounced, DAY-vuh) (sub required) Beer2-D2 Stan Bush’s “The Touch” — free download available for Guitar Hero World Tour soon. Horde? Alliance? Dew. […]
War in Low Level Campaigns
Most gamers tend to think of fantasy warfare as a clash that centers on heroes of outlandish skill, immense power, and blistering charisma. Wading through common soldiers to find other champions is equally pervasive in literature and cinema (Lord of the Rings, Troy, etc.). To that extent, DMs reserve massive warfare for characters of mid to high level. This article intends to look at a few ways of showcasing low level PCs in large scale warfare and the inherent advantages to taking your game in a warfare based direction.
Robin Laws’ Revisited: Part 7, Running your Game
Way back when, I started a series of posts where I would review and comment on Robin D. Laws excellent GMing book called Robin’s Laws of Good Mastering. My main goal is to compare his thoughts on GM to mine and see how the 7 year old book stayed relevant today. My objective isn’t to […]
PHB2 Roundtable: Races and Other Topics
As with yesterday, I’ve (virtually) assembled a roundtable of bloggers who have delved into the Player’s Handbook 2 (released today). This time, we’ve taken a look at the Races of the PHB2 (like we did with the PHB), along with two of the other topics therein.
Chatty’s Megadungeon: Building the Font of Sorrows
A word of warning to my players, this post will reveal the first dungeon of our next campaign. First up, a big hello to Grognards and other readers coming from the Old School side to check things out. I may talk about D&D 4e a lot, but I do love dungeons a lot! All right, […]
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