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Humpday Links for June 26

As our nation’s birthday approaches (Oh, Canada! What do you get for the country that has everything?) we say goodbye to the links of June, and welcome the warmer and hopefully drier links of July. If I don’t get a chance to share a Timmie’s and a brew with you on the day, Happy Canada…

June 26, 2013
3 Tips for Running a Con Game

Summer con season is in full swing, and that means con gaming! I love playing and running RPGs at cons. It gives me a chance to try out new ideas and game with folks I don’t see or have just met. If you’ve never tried gaming at a con, I highly recommend it as a…

June 24, 2013
My Dice Obsession

I love dice. “Well duh, Brent. You’re a gamer, of course you love dice.” Well sure, but I reeeeeally love dice. When I was 12 I typed a program into my VIC 20, in Basic, that allowed me to apply a chi-squared test to my dice. I then rolled each of my dice 100 times, entering each…

June 21, 2013
Free RPG Day Reviews, Part 2

In Part 1 of my Free RPG Day Reviews, I looked at my three favourite small press offerings. Today I want to look at what the big publishers brought to the table. If you are sitting comfortably, and even if you’re not, we’ll begin. Star Wars Edge of the Empire RPG Quickstart/Shadows of a Black…

June 20, 2013
Humpday Links for June 19

Another week, another Humpday. And that means links! At least it does if you’re here, I have no idea what it means anywhere else. – Chuck Wendig wrote a great piece about sexism in publishing, and then some follow-up pieces. – For shame, Kickstarter! For shame! – I’d read these pulp Star Wars books. I’d…

June 19, 2013
Free RPG Day Reviews Part 1

If you aren’t a gamer, you might not be aware we just celebrated the closest we get to Christmas this past weekend: Free RPG Day. Inspired by Free Comic Book Day and started in 2007, Free RPG Day works with participating gaming retailers and RPG publishers to put new and exclusive RPG quickstart rules and adventure modules into…

June 18, 2013
Humpday Links for May 29

I’m going against all tradition and declaring June the start of summer. That allows me to justify calling this the last Humpday Link of spring! …well it was important to me, anyway. Your Humpday Links! – If this discovery is actually true, there are some pretty serious implications. Mammoth farming, anyone? – Gamers, if you’ve…

May 29, 2013
Dice! (AH-ahhhh!)

Those what know me know I’m the Venture-Captain for Pathfinder Organized Play here in Edmonton. A few months ago the Venture Officers around the world hatched a plan to have special PFS dice made. Chessex ran with our design, and Chris Mullican was the mastermind behind it. Mine arrived today, and as you can see they…

May 27, 2013
Time May Change Me, But I Can’t Trace Time

Bowie lyric in the title aside, there are some changes afoot at Renaissance Dork World Headquarters. I’ve had a long, hard think over the past few months and I’ve come to a conclusion. I’m not that much of a renaissance geek any more. Don’t get me wrong, I still love all the things I loved…

May 27, 2013
Humpday Links for May 22

Long time since my last post, ready to get back, yadda yadda yadda. Let’s get to the good stuff! – Nerds, I present your new queen. Bow down! – I’m making it my mission to do this in every college dorm across Canada. – Okay artists, it’s official: boob plate armour is dumb because it…

May 22, 2013