It varies greatly based on the game we are playing and the campaign I’m running. Typically at the start of a campaign I’ll set out to find art that either matches my vision or helps inspire me. This is particularly[…]
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Category: Role-Playing Games
Blogworthy: Pathfinder Playtest, Bracketology, The Fantasy Trip, Black Box Manifesto
Blogworthy is a regular column dedicated to blog posts that I’ve read and enjoyed. It’s a direct outcome of my RPG Blogs Reading List on Feedly. Pathfinder Playtest Review: Roll for Combat looks at the new Pathfinder 2 rules and how well it[…]
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#RPGaDay2018 – Describe the best compliment you’ve had while gaming
“Good game.” I can’t point to one particular compliment that stands out from all the others, but any time we have a great session and someone goes out of their way to say “good game”, I appreciate it. A great[…]
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#RPGaDay2018 – Describe your plans for your next game
I’m contemplating a return to lunchtime gaming. It’s been on hiatus for quite a while do to an overwhelming lack of time, but I miss it and so do the rest of the Gamer Working Group. As a brief re-cap, the[…]
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#RPGaDay2018 – Describe a tricky RPG experience that you enjoyed
I struggled with this one until I read the earlier iteration in the originating blog post: “Which RPGs do you enjoy running even if they are difficult for you?” Two games immediately come to mind. The first is Dungeon World, which I[…]
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#RPGaDay2018 – Describe a failure that became amazing
It’s been an exceedingly long day at work and home, so to avoid falling behind on #RPGaDay2018, I’m going to point to a blog post I wrote about the life and times of the Aeon Harrier, one of the signature starships from[…]
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#RPGaDay2018 – Describe how your play has evolved
As a group we’ve become more tolerant of non-standard character concepts, especially when it comes to the World of Greyhawk. When our Dungeons & Dragons campaign started 20 years ago, we were diehard devotees of Greyhawk canon (there is a reason, after all,[…]
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#RPGaDay2018 – Wildest character concept?
There was once a Blackrazor redshirt named Zilanderan. A strange man, Zilanderan claimed to be part of a larger, near-infinite multiverse of alternate realities. He’d excitedly talk about how this multiverse interacted with this, the Prime Material Plane, boring his[…]
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#RPGaDay 2018 – Wildest character name?
It’s a toss up between Forceful Truth and Zilanderan … but I want to write about Zilanderan for “Wildest Character Concept” for Day 12 so Forceful Truth it is. A few years ago another player in my lunchtime gaming group[…]
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#RPGaDay 2018 – How has gaming changed you?
Gaming increased my confidence, made me more articulate, taught me how to lead small groups, and increased my organization skills. As a geek in middle school and high school, my self-confidence was low. I had a hard time meeting new[…]
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