Cross Posted from hereI ran a game of Dragon Age tabletop on New Years Day, and it went quite well. The positives I expected were there (as were the negatives) but I still ended up pleasantly surprised ( Read more... )

I wrote a bunch about the Dragon Age RPG over at my other blog, but I wanted to sync it here in advance of an actual play post that I'm working on. I'm sort of testing the waters on syncing more regularly, but it'll be kind of crude for the time being.

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I am somewhat gobsmacked that RPG.net did something very productive, and also exactly what it did.

So, if you start reading this thread, it is a complete and total clusterfuck for about 200 posts. Basically, someone saw the cover of a game by Outlaw Press and recognized the art as being work under copyright by someone other than the person given ( Read more... )

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So, the preview for the Skill Challenge chapter of the DMG II is up here and careful readers may note a reason I'm particularly curious to see it ( Read more... )

Through a conspiracy of circumstances, I’ve sat down for lunch with no connectivity and without the notes for my current writing thing. As a note to self, it’s important to remember to sync dropbox before I leave the house. Anyway, that leaves me at loose ends with pasta en route and an itch to write, so I’m going to dip into the grab bag and ( Read more... )

D&D, my place, noon on saturday, running til 5 at the latest. 7th level characters, usual treasure rules (1 7th, 1 8th, 1 6th or 3 7th level items, plus cash equivalent to a level 7 item ( Read more... )

If I were to run D&D tomorrow (Saturday the 22nd) from, say, 12-6, who would be interested? Trying to see if we have enough noses for a game.

I'm a big fan of the Birthright setting that TSR put out back in the day. It hit a lot of notes I really liked - the world felt populated, politics had a powerful role, monsters felt mythic - it just rocked. But one subtle note always impressed me. In one of the nations of the game, the default one detailed in the core book, the High King's ( Read more... )

So, yesterday was wall-to-wall gaming (Fred chistened it "Donocon"), and thanks to chadu, drivingblind, omphaloskepsis, ect, jwiv, traceracer, morganc14, evilhat and bastille for comung by and making it rock. Extra thanks to J, EV and Lil for coming by to grace us wit their overwhelming cuteness. Super extra thanks to my wife debela for enabling this all to happen ( Read more... )