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Give and Take

As I mentioned in my New Year’s resolution post, I want to branch out and take on some guest blogging in the coming year. Writing for my blog is all well and good, and I obviously love it or I wouldn’t keep doing it. I love writing about any gamerly topic that pops into my…

January 8, 2014
How Things Work: Gamer Edition

There’s plenty of misinformation, myth, and outright cow-dooky floating around about how things worked in Medieval times. How armour worked, which swords were better, how they actually fought, all of these are fodder for at-the-table discussion and, let’s be honest, argument. After all, it isn’t like we all wear and use this stuff any more,…

January 7, 2014
GMs, It’s Cold Outside!

In honour of the polar vortex spreading record low temperatures across North America, let’s talk about cold weather and adventuring. With the exception of a relatively recent Pathfinder Adventure Path ([shameless plug] Reign of Winter [/shameless plug]) and the odd adventure here and there, I haven’t seen a cold weather environment used to much effect…

January 6, 2014
Gaming Resolutions for 2014

Gaming-wise, 2013 was a good year. I made a commitment to the blog, I attended Gen Con for the second year in a row (third time in four years), and I began work towards my own publishing company, Prairie Dragon Press. As I look back over the year I’m pleased with my achievements. I didn’t…

December 31, 2013
Merry Christmas, Nerds!

Just a quick note to say Merry Christmas to all my readers! You guys and dolls have been great, and you make Renaissance Gamer fun and interesting for me. It’s your reactions and feedback that help me stay on task, so thank-you. Renaissance Gamer is going strong into the New Year, and you can expect…

December 25, 2013
Campaign Creation: Random Encounters

As we head ever closer to Christmas, I want to make sure I stay on top of blog posts. So they’ll keep coming this week, they’ll just be shorter. In that spirit, here is a Random Encounter Table for The Ruins. You can use whatever method you like to determine when an encounter happens; I…

December 21, 2013
Gamer Gift Guide 2013

With a week to go until Christmas I thought this would be a good time to break out the gift ideas. Nerds are sometimes hard to buy for, and gaming nerds can be among the hardest (hir hir hir). If you know what games the geek(s) in your life play your task is a little…

December 18, 2013
More Canadian Kickstarters!

I wrote a post a while back when Kickstarter opened itself to Canadian creators, so I figured it was about time to look in and see what’s new. First off, there are a lot more nerdy projects coming from the Strong and Free and it makes me happy. I’m glad Canadian creators are getting the…

December 16, 2013
Trail Rations: Qadiran Cockatrice Thighs

I like to encourage my regular Thursday night group to eat less junk, and to that end I often cook up a meal for us to enjoy before the game. Last time I posted a recipe for a hearty stew, but this time I wanted to get a little fancy. Since we’re playing Pathfinder, I…

December 9, 2013
Friday Linkdump for December 6

Back when Renaissance Gamer was still Renaissance Dork, I used to do a weekly link post of stuff I found around the internets I thought was cool and interesting. I want to get back to that, because I’m still finding cool gaming stuff to share, as well as things that are…let’s call them “gaming adjacent”.…

December 6, 2013