The folks over at Wizards released their latest preview article and I have to say some of the items definitely look interesting. Among the upcoming offerings are City of Peril which is part of their Fantastic Locations series, and a couple of what they are calling super-adventures, Expedition to the Demonweb Pits and Eyes of…
I just received an email pointing me towards a posting on Jae Walkers’ blog, Game = Life – Supporting Our Troops In a Whole New Way. This is something outside of the realm of politics and policy, it’s a simple request from the troops in Iraq for some help to put on a gaming convention…
Almost every role-playing group has used miniatures, or minis, in one form or another. Sometimes they’re the lead figures most are familiar with, other times they’re plastic, or maybe even a piece of card stock paper with your character’s name on it, but in all cases they do the same thing – represent where you…
Over at Treasure Tables Martin Ralya asked the question, NPC Stats: Full, Partial or Loose? which I have to say is an excellent question. There are benefits and drawbacks to each and a lot depends on your style as a GM. For myself personally I find that most of my NPCs start at the “bottom”…
For those of you that celebrate it, Happy Easter! Today is a day to spend with family and enjoy the company – you are going to do that right? I thought I would be remiss if I didn’t give you something role-playing related today to think about so why not give some consideration to the…
A question for all those GMs out there, how much do you vary the climate your party moves through? If you’re like most (myself included) the answer is typically, “not much” or “not really.” I think there are two reasons for this: We don’t understand climatology. Nothing wrong there, most of us don’t need to…
