I was playing D&D last night, and it went pretty late. Around 3 in the morning we ended the session, and I was sort of annoyed at myself, because I know I had to get up early this morning, and I wanted to be well-rested. Then I woke up and realized I'd been asleep and dreaming the whole time.

So. Psyched.

I'm not a hardcore gamer. I'm an enthusiastic player of pencil-and-paper role-playing games, but I've probably played or run less that a dozen different systems. I like computer role-playing games, but generally only when played as a group, with multiple people in the same room. One thing I have never been able to get into is online role-playing ( Read more... )

I am staying pretty darn busy. Work is busy, and involves producing electronic versions of reference books, which is always fun. lumpybeast and I spent Thursday and Friday evenings getting her classroom set up for the arrival of her students on Tuesday. (This was made more pleasant by the arrival of silkblade's entry in the Good Things Come to Those Who Wait mix swap ( Read more... )

( The book is fully open... )

New D&D ad makes fun of [ETA: or tries to convert] online gamers.
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From Boing Boing.

Just in from shoveling, am a bit winded.
So we were looking at the D&D 3rd edition Epic Level Handbook and found the feat "Zone of Animation" which led to this:

( Cue the Pixies )