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NewbieDM Review: Pathfinder Gamemastery Guide

July 23, 2010

Being the author of a relatively successful D&D blog comes with its perks. One of the perks being that publishers seek you out for your reviews and opinions, lavishing you with free stuff along the way. Sadly, that’s not the case with my blog just yet, so I’m forced to borrow books I don’t actually […]

Gencon-bound thanks to the Ennies

July 22, 2010

So I bit the bullet and bought a plane ticket to go to Gencon. I wasn’t going to attend this year, but then I got nominated for the Ennies and thought that maybe I should be there to clap for the winners… 🙂 So what does this mean for you? Well, I have a press […]

2010 Ennies Voting Is Now Open

July 16, 2010

Just a quick post to let you know (as if you didn’t already, silly me) that Ennies voting is now open. It would be an honor if you casted a vote for my blog and podcast, which are both nominated in their respective categories. If you’ve ever felt helped by anything I’ve written here, offered […]

A program like D&D Encounters for the rest of us

July 15, 2010

So I was thinking about D&D Encounters, and how it can really be a fun thing for those people who may not have too much time to game, and can squeeze in an encounter a week for about 2 hours or so or gaming. The problem is that WOTC limits this program to gaming stores […]

Warstories: I Need My Prep Time Woman!

July 15, 2010

Warstories is the name I gave to a series of short articles meant to spark discussions and advice amongst DM’s. With the series, I hope to tackle common problems that crop up during the game, and see how other people deal with them at their table. If you have an idea for a future subject […]

Regarding the 2010 Ennies

July 11, 2010

Although still in my European vacation, I am now sitting in front of a proper computer and can give this post the attention it deserves. I wrote a post acknowledging the Ennie nominations from my blackberry in my hotel room in the dark after a whole day of walking through London, and it came out […]

Win a copy of the Dungeon Tiles Desert of Athas set

June 28, 2010

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EDIT: 7/2/2010 – Well, 226 comments here, and quite a bit on twitter led this to be probably the most successful contest I’ve run with Gator Games yet, and now it’s time to announce the winner. His name is Will, who wrote “I can’t wait to expand my dungeon tile set”. Well Will, you are […]

Eureka! by the writers from Gnome Stew

June 28, 2010

Back in April, I wrote about Georges Polti’s wonderfully inspiring “The 36 Dramatic Situations”, a writers tool offering 36 types of plots for a story, or in the case of our hobby, adventures. From the moment I read it, I thought “how cool would it be if somebody adapted all these to an RPG?”. I […]

I really like the Monster Manual 3

June 26, 2010

This past week another edition of the Monster Manual released, this one with a shiny new stat block for the monsters, new math under the hood for some of the monsters, and a new way to present the “fluff” or story for the monsters. Is it a must have? I think it may be, unless […]

Minicast Episode 11 released

June 25, 2010

I’ve released a new Minicast, where I’m joined by Jeff Greiner, host of “The Tome Show” and creator of the Temporary Hitpoints D&D blog. Here are the show notes: In this episode of the Minicast, I am joined by Jeff Greiner, host of The Tome Show, a long running D&D podcast. Jeff is also founder […]