I've just been playing with the Basic/Expert D&D random class generator and came up with this one:

( My thrilling new class )

There's been some discussion about the portrayal of women in games in my Google+ circles recently. Rather than rehash all the arguments again over here, I'm going to give some examples of what I consider to be doing it right ( Read more... )

For this year’s Halloween game I volunteered to run a game of Don’t Rest Your Head, an indie horror game from Evil Hat Productions with one of the most awesomely innovative systems I’ve seen in years. I’ve been wanting to play it since I first got my hands on a copy.

( Dinner and a game )

Well, there goes another elf. Lyzara's replacement Jekila the alchemist met a horrible end underneath a rakshasa's fireball. Two characters died in that fireball and one was only one point away from failing a fort save and joining us. The previous week, when I was away, one character turned himself into an undead to save the life of another, so ( Read more... )

Another excerpt from "Unpopular Tourist Destinations: a visitor's guide to the lesser-known demi planes".

( The Demi Plane of Meat )

I had my first proper character death last night. ( Fadilah died, but that was a heroic sacrifice in the last session of the game, so I don't really count it.) Lyzara the witch is dead, and has taken all the plot that was about to happen to her with it. Serves Marc right for the giant poisonous exploding zombie snake ( Read more... )

I've been playing a game of Vampire: The Requiem for a while now. We started off during the war between King Steven and Empress Matilda, and are currently at the beginning of Henry VIII's reign ( Read more... )

So a food-obsessed rat person, an immortal desert prince and a belly dancing fairy met in a bar...

( Venturing into the world of Everway )

Glen Bowman, champion caber tosser and scion of Thor, had found himself temporarily at a loss until Hugin and Munin showed up again and sent him off with another job from Dad - go to the Mexican jungle and help out some scions. Fortunately the ravens came along to help him navigate his way through. He passed a number of large, dead monsters ( Read more... )

Kitty gets better! But we have to find a nightmare beast.

( Heading for the final showdown )