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So last time we played a superheroes game, it was suggested that the PCs protect their secret IDs by wearing hoodies and hooking up LEDs near their faces, because (I claimed) this will blind phone cameras.

Turns out this is an actual product, and it really doesn’t look very ( Read more... )

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Ask Chris - what 5 superheroes would you play D&D with?

Which brings me to my first point: Much as it might surprise you, there is no way in hell I would play D&D with Batman.

every pre-fabbed dungeon ever - a blueprint for nearly every D&D game you read/wrote/played/ran.

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The number of people who are fans of both D&D and Mad Men is small - but all four of us think this is brilliant.


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I know of Eugene Ahn thanks to his podcast War Rocket Ajax, which he hosts alongside Chris Sims. Two weeks ago I bought his debut album, The War For infinity. Although all the tracks are available streaming online, the thing is a concept album, and it requires the uninterrupted ( Read more... )

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Back in 2005, when we were playing our Science Fiction game, Empire of Doors, a certain recurring villain was a barbarian warlord on the planet Conan who recruited an army to conquer other planets (traveling through those eponymous doors). Israel dubbed him Schweinsteiger. He ended ( Read more... )

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I Hit It With My Axe: It’s D&D. With Strippers and Porn Stars. - a video series at The Escapist captures a session of a group of enthusiastic gamers who are definitely not your typical roleplaying geeks. It’s a spin-off of this highly entertaining blog (for example, see his ( Read more... )

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YouTube - SMBC Theater - Time Traveling Geek.

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G: In our game, nursery rhymes have magical power.
B: I have a magic sword.
G: You need a rhyme to activate its power.
B: With this sword, I set them free!
I: That doesn’t rhyme.
D: Oh, heck. “The was an old man called McGee, with this sword I set them free!”

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