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RPGaDay Double Feature!

(Because “RPGaDay Double Feature” sounds better than “I was sick yesterday and didn’t post”.) August 10th: Largest in-game surprise you have experienced? Years back I played in a Shackled City AP campaign. I was playing a Lawful Good human monk names Ceres, and we had progressed through the campaign with the usual trials and tribulations.…

August 11, 2016
RPGaDay Catch Up!

You’d think, after doing RPGaDay for a couple of years that I’d remember it was coming up. You would be wrong. So here is my standard update post, bringing us from August 1 to today. Daily posts will begin tomorrow, as is my wont. August 1: Real dice, dice app, diceless, how do you prefer…

August 9, 2016
Get in the Con Game!

Gen Con started today, with tens of thousands of gaming nerds gathering in Indianapolis to celebrate the hobby they love. Sadly, I am not among them this year, though I have made the pilgrimage to gamer mardi gras in the past. If you have the means, I highly recommend attending Gen Con at least once…

August 4, 2016
Convention Time, Part Deux!

A longish while back I wrote a post about going to conventions, with some tips and tricks I use when conning around. Since then I’ve written a few posts on subjects touching on gaming conventions; if you search the convention tag I’m sure they’ll pop up. Since the Grand Daddy of all gaming cons, Gen…

August 2, 2016
Do It In Public!

Read an RPG Book in Public, that is! Why, what were you…naughty! Promoted tri-annually by The Escapist, Read an RPG Book in Public week is meant to raise the profile of the role-playing hobby and show our love for what is normally a behind-closed-doors activity. You grab a favourite RPG book, find a public area…

July 26, 2016
ENnies Voting is Now Live!

That’s right, fellow gamers, RPG award season is upon us and 2016 ENnies voting is now live. I don’t have a horse in this race at all, so this post is not an endorsement of any of the nominees. But it is an endorsement of voting for your favourite games. If you’ve really enjoyed a…

July 11, 2016
Encounter Locations – Part 2

Last time we talked about what inspires encounter location design, and how to start the process. Inspiration for an encounter location can really come from anywhere, so when you have an idea make sure to record it. You may not get to it right away, but it’s great to have a list of ideas on…

July 6, 2016
Encounter Locations – Part 1

One of the things I’m enjoying about running a D&D 5e campaign is a return to setting creation. I talked a bit in an earlier post about the world I created for the campaign, and what a welcome change that was after years of pre-written material. As a busy GM I’m not knocking published material…

July 4, 2016
Summer Kickstarter Picks!

My Kickstarter “problem” (I can quit any time) continues, and I have three campaigns I’m currently backing which I think will be of particular interest to all of you. I’m talking about them in order of closing soonest to closing, uh, not-soonest. Knuckle Sammich – I have been an unabashed fan of the Kobolds Ate…

June 15, 2016
Sounds Like Fun!

I haven’t always been great about including sound in my role-playing sessions. I used to at least run an iTunes playlist of cool fantasy/sci-fi soundtracks in the background, but even that has fallen by the wayside in the last few years. But I’m starting to look at audio options for my games again, for a…

June 13, 2016