So, Wizards of the Coast developer Rodney Thompson has posted a retrospective on his work on the Star Wars Saga Edition "Dawn of Defiance" campaign ( Read more... )

Back when I first read the first story arc of the Star Wars: Legacy comics, my very first thought was, "Holy shit, this would be an amazing setting to run an RPG campaign in."

I lent those books to tealfox, and he thought the exact same thing. We regretted not having enough time in our schedules to do more gaming, since we both had a number of campaigns ( Read more... )

So, an old friend of mine from college dug up this, er, old picture from college.


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So, yesterday, my copy of the new Star Wars Saga Edition supplement, Galaxy at War, arrived, all fresh and brand new.

And holy crap, this is a dense book! Unfortunately, I haven't had a lot of time to sit and read it, yet, since I was out playing poker last night, and tonight I've got to get ready for Rainfurrest (which I leave for tomorrow, ( Read more... )

I will not make a Sith Lord NPC based on Gordon Ramsay.

I will not make a Sith Lord NPC based on Gordon Ramsay.

I will not make a Sith Lord NPC based on Gordon Ramsay.

You Know You're Too Much of a Gamer Geek When:Your fellow GMs from the local gaming group need to call together a strategy meeting over email in order to figure out exactly how the upcoming month's worth of gaming will need to be divvied up between GM preparedness, player availability, and other social obligations ( Read more... )

"I guarantee you that no roll is going to give you the answer."

So, just a couple weeks ago, Star Wars: The Essential Atlas was released. Now, much as I'm a slavering Star Wars nerd, I've never really been much into the "essential guide" stuff that gets released every now and again (besides, all those pretty pictures and that info can be found online, usually, anyway ( Read more... )

To the players in me and tealfox's Star Wars: Legacy campaign -- I offer you words of warning.

Last night, your two GMs knocked heads together and went into what can only be described as a planning frenzy. Heaping spoonfuls of awesome and win are lined up and ready to be mixed into the coffee cup that is this coming Saturday's gaming session, with ( Read more... )

Kohai_Tiger is the biggest queen of a GM ever.

And it is fabulous.