So, something interesting happened on Friday night. I had a bunch of friends over, and we played the Battlestar Galactica boardgame. It was a lot of fun, as usual, but I messed up in setting the game up – I mistakenly added an extra Cylon loyalty card to the mix. … Continue reading
1947-2009 When I was in high school, first playing Dungeons & Dragons, lo, these many years past, Dave Arneson was how you established your geek cred. See, everyone knew about Gary Gygax – I mean, even my parents knew who Gary Gygax was. But you had to be a real … Continue reading
So, here’s the thing. Back when 4E first came out, one of my friends and I had a conversation about the builds they present for each character class. He was talking about optimal builds for individual classes, and I was talking about options for creating the kind of character you … Continue reading
Well, I’ve had the PHB 2 for a couple of weeks, now, and ran the World Wide Dungeons & Dragons Game Day adventure with the new material over at Imagine Games. About time I spouted off on my opinions. In general, I want to say that I was really impressed … Continue reading
It’s been a while since I posted anything. I blame the flu that’s still hanging on nearly two weeks later. This past session of Storm Point, I wanted to try something a little different with the group. I wanted to give them a session where the optimal solution to their … Continue reading
Well, my players were fairly quick to respond to my questions about a new Hunter: The Vigil campaign. I got all their answers in, and looked them over. Here’s a little secret about asking these sorts of questions before starting a new campaign: you gotta be ready to listen to … Continue reading
Not a lot happened in yesterday’s game – it dealt with the trip from the last adventure site back to Storm Point. Still, I got to apply some real pressure to the group, and I think they’re starting to realize that they aren’t invulnerable. After the previous session, they had … Continue reading
Last Friday, I ran my second of two playtests for Hunter: The Vigil. You can read about the previous playtest here. We used the One Year Later quickstart adventure available for free at DriveThruRPG.com. This used the same characters as the previous playtest we did (The Hunt), with some experience … Continue reading
Last Friday night was the second of our Post Tenebras Lux sessions, the continuation of the campaign that started as a Scales of War adventure path. In it, our heroes arrived at Witchcross, met a few of the locals, took in some of the sights, and headed off into the … Continue reading
Just got back from seeing the movie. I’m a huge fan of the graphic novel, and had some real trepidation going in. Overall, I liked the movie. I’ve got some detailed thoughts outlined below, but first I want to put up a Spoiler Alert! Yeah, I’m gonna be talking about … Continue reading
