Category: Gaming

  • Friday Guest Post: Bookmonkey

    A while back I asked for guest post submissions, and from now on I’ll be throwing them up on Fridays as they come in.  I still have room for plenty more, so if you have something you want to talk about and need a place to do that, drop me a line. Our first Guest…

  • Gaming on a Budget

    It can be rough if you are a gamer on a budget.  To get the shiny source-books for your favourite RPG or the latest cool euro-boardgame, stores would prefer you traded them currency for their product.  And if you lack the required currency (say, because you were laid off seven months ago) you are not…

  • Three Browser Games You Should Like

    I will admit to having a love/hate relationship with browser games.  On the one hand, there are any number of fun, quirky little games out there ready to amuse and titillate.  But then there are the browser games that are simply the computer equivalent of playing the slots; do the task, press the button, look…

  • Of Pathfinder and Venture Captains

    If you follow me on Twitter (@renaissancedork, you’ll love it, trust me) you know that I’ve been hinting at some amazing geek news I couldn’t talk about yet.  Well, Paizo made the official announcement yesterday so now I can (metaphorically) shout it from the rooftops! I am the newly minted Venture Captain for Pathfinder Organized…

  • When a Game Master Gets Lost

    It can happen to any Game Master.  There you are, mid-campaign.  In an attempt to keep the party engaged you have plot threads running everywhere.  But some of those threads are fraying, others are getting snarled up.  You aren’t sure anymore what is going on, and if you aren’t sure it is only a matter…

  • 5 Resources Every GM Needs

    I have been playing RPGs for a very long time, compared to many of my peers.  It is likely, though I haven’t conducted a poll, that I have been gaming longer than many of my players have been alive (first person to call me Grandpa GM gets shanked).  And while I do sometimes get to…

  • A Vision of the Future for D&D

    While enjoying my morning cup of joe, what should catch my eye but the announcement that Monte Cook is once more teaming up with Wizards of the Coast!  Needless to say, the internets are abuzz and ablaze with congratulations, ululations and prognostications.  If you are a follower of Dave “The Game” Chalker and Stephen Radney-MacFarland,…

  • Speak Out with your Geek Out, Day 2: Miniatures

    (Due to a technical glitch, this post didn’t go up Tuesday, like I planned.  Enjoy it today, and I’ll have Humpday Links up later this afternoon/evening.) I’ve had a love/hate relationship with miniatures since very early on in my RPG geekery.  I loved using them, but my early attempts at painting were disastrous at best. …

  • Random Acts of Publicity: Amber E. Scott

    Continuing with Random Acts of Publicity, I want to tell you all a little bit about my pal, Amber E. Scott. As has happened with many of my writing friends, I read Amber well before I met Amber.  Her work graced the pages of Dragon magazine back before its fall, and as a happy coincidence…

  • Humpday Links for September 7

    In honour of Random Acts of Publicity Week, I’ve decided to provide some links to my favourite books, games and authors.  Check them out, you may discover some really cool stuff. – Let’s begin with Spider Robinson, one of my favourite authors of all time.  His writing in general and his Callahan books in particular,…