So, in Dragon 379, the 4/e team talks about Skill Powers -- utility powers you may take if you're trained in a particular skill, rather than just being wholly class-based. I think the idea is amazing, and I'm all for it, but I didn't realize what it opened up until recently ( Read more... )

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Hey! This Just In...From GenCon, the live podcast show that Paul Tevis & I did twice daily at GenCon last year, has just launched the first pre-GenCon episode for 2009!

Check it out at: http://thisjustinfromgencon.com/

From the kick-off episode:
Ryan kicks off this second year of This Just In with his co-host from last year, Paul Tevis. But this ( Read more... )

So, I'm about to leave for my OrcCon-Dreamation trip, and thus won't be around the Internet much (except for Twitter, thanks to the ease of using it from my iPhone). If you find yourself missing out of hearing me talk out of my ass about gaming crap, I sumbit these shows I've recently guested on:

• 2d6 Feet in a Random Direction #41, where I talk a ( Read more... )

Master Plan #43: Interview with Crafty Games, Part 2
Right before heading off on a bi-coastal convention adventure, Ryan serves up the second half of the interview with Crafty Games. In this half, they talk about collaborating as a team and their main hurdles in revisiting their system & making Fantasy Craft & Mastercraft -- along with, naturally, ( Read more... )