October 2013 Blog Carnival: Spooky Spots! The Wrap-up

The goblins and ghouls have retreated, the cleric has blessed the unholy ground and the realms sleep soundly thinking they’re safe . . . . . I want to thank all that participated in the very first blog carnival hosted here at of Dice and Dragons. It was a fun experience for me and while…

The Clearing in the Woods

(The following is my contribution to this month’s Blog Carnival, Spooky Spots!) There’s a place few go. It’s avoided by even the most hardiest of individual. A place where dark things are welcome. The clearing in the woods. Just outside of town there’s a spot where the old game trail opens up and during the…

A Custom Google+ URL for the Blog

I received the email today that of Dice and Dragons could have it’s very own custom URL on Google+. So for those that want to bookmark it or would like to check the account out the new URL is: http://google.com/+ofDiceandDragons. I haven’t done a lot with the location but I’d be interested from all of…

October 2013 Blog Carnival: Spooky Spots!

UPDATE: The Carnival has closed, thanks to those that contributed. Be sure to check out the wrap-up post with links to all the blogs and posts. This month of Dice and Dragons is hosting the RPG Bloggers’ Carnival and in honor of Halloween, we’re traveling to Spooky Spots! What is a spooky spot? It’s a…

SMS and Evernote For Capturing On The Run

If you do a little digging you’ll find no shortage of apps you can use on your smartphone to capture ideas, in fact I mentioned a few myself in this post a while back. But, what if you don’t have a smartphone? What if you’re trying to conserve your data plan? What if you just…

It’s All About Location . . . .

or to be more specific, location description. This month the folks at Campaign Mastery are hosting a blog carnival and the topic is location, something that every RPG GM and player most likely knows something about. We all have our favorites, places we’ve read about or maybe have played in, what makes them special? What…