August 7, 2008
The stars were finally right on Saturday night: we managed to kick off the first session of our 4E DnD campaign. To ease ourselves into the new rules, and to shake off the cobwebs, I ran the first two encounters from Keep on the Shadowfell over the course of 2.5 hours. Even though [...]
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June 27, 2008
I am entirely in love with and immensely proud of my kids, but each in their own way have been squaring my circle when it comes to my hobbies. Liam is on the verge of walking, so his added mobility and attraction to the buttons and cables of the ‘Siddy and Triple makes video gaming [...]
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June 3, 2008
Today’s post title comes from the mouth of my darling daughter, Abigail. Over the weekend, she got to watch Ghostbusters for the first time, and for hours afterwards was saying the following:
And then the doggy came out of the door *SMASH* and looked at you like you was food; imma EAT you!
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May 26, 2008
In a week and a half’s time, the 4th edition of the venerable Dungeons and Dragons rules will be on sale. I’ve owned every damn version, most recently running two abortive Eberron campaigns under 3.5, and I can honestly say I’m excited for June 6. There are other systems I want to run (like Dark [...]
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March 11, 2008
R.I.P Gary Gygax. Your creation was a one-way ticket to ultra-nerd land. I will never forget the day that I bought the D&D Basic Set at the local W.H. Smiths bookstore when I was 10 and puzzled at your odd name. 27 years later and I’m still playing make believe around the [...]
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February 8, 2008
I haven’t played any Role Playing Games in some time. Its been a few months since I’ve managed to get out to any of the local LARP games. Its been even longer since I’ve played any table top games. In the past, I’ve enjoyed a range of games, with one of the [...]
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February 3, 2008
I’m late to the pod-casting party, but I’ve recently started listening to a couple of good ones: Fear the Boot and Geeks On. As a result, the urge to return to pen and paper role-playing is rising. Sadly, our last two attempts at an Eberron campaign faltered at levels 5 and 1 [...]
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