An interesting idea: trying to game 30 days straight. I still have a lot to read here: 30 days of gaming.
Quirky look at RPG prep, using chemistry as a metaphor.
What would a player’s advice chapter look like? Also, Players providing each other with fun. and A preliminary guide for playing mindfully.
Monte Cook’s: “Final Thoughts” about D&D Spell Casters and Rounds.
Sacredchao’s blog: Stuff, lots of movie reviews and discussion.
We had our negotiation with Despater, but it looks like the gods are leaving him to us. Let’s see what this week brings…
If you’ll have any problem making it Friday night, please let us know.
I think we’re looking at winding up the D&D game pretty soon– it’s been a lot of fun. Still, I look ahead and try to figure out what fun’s on the horizon. Here are the choices I’m hearing so far…
A cool blog, with a very specific purpose: Landon Darkwood’s Gamehacks is all about tweaking games to fit a group perfectly.
D&D:
Good advice about combat among NPCs.
Draconians: WotC article and ready to use.
The Marshal class. Cool class– very much a battle field commander. An alternative to the Bard in the party buffing role.
For RPGA: A very clear explanation of EV, CoH, and more. Also: recording the level bump in your adventure journal.
RPG tools, useful across games.
Interesting, humorous sounding board game: War on Terror and another interesting sounding Board Game: Dos Rios.
We got back into our campaign with a bang, executing an insanely optimistic “scry and fry” on a building full of Paladins of Tyranny, after returning to the Dragon Coast and our precocious king who would be a mage.
We’re on for next Friday, unless you’ll have a problem with making it. If you have any problem, just let us know.
I had a great 2006, and enjoyed the beginning of 2007. While the span from Christmas til yesterday was exhausting, it was great to see everyone, play a few games, and enjoy the presence of family. I’m a really lucky guy, you know?
Happy 2007 to everyone!
We’re off for the holidays– have a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. We’re scheduled to resume the evening of Friday, January 5th.
The Game Log should be updated soon– short form: the Queen is crowned, we were lauded… but Despater left us a note saying “You’ve won a battle, not the war.”
We’re next scheduled for a Friday night, the same 6:30 start time as normal.
If you’ll have any problems making it, just let us know.
That site I mentioned with the custom character sheets is Ema’s Sheets. Select dynamic sheets, and away you go.
Ema’s sheets on the web Cool, semi-custom character sheets. Includes a big “feat checkbox” sheet!
Spirit of the Century review.
Large Scale Battles advice thread.
The basics: What you need to start an RPG campaign
Well said: how to awesome up PCs.
Revised Beholder, Ogre Mage, and Rust Monster.
Making the party & Building Parties Together— a pair of posts about making good groups.
Form-Fillable Magic Item Slots (pdf)
Gamecraft: Levi’s roleplaying improvement forums.
Discussion of D&D play at various levels
Non-core Races & Classes for Xen’drik
Burning Wheel prep example
Our next session is scheduled for December 8th. Dad’s off to a Christmas Party tonight (Friday), while Jennifer and I already RSVPed for my office Christmas party Saturday night. So, we’re now looking at fitting the game in sometime else– perhaps Sunday? Let us know what works…
The log is updated– last week was pretty easy because battles take a lot of game time, but sum up quickly.
Kev’s out of town this weekend, while next weekend is Thanksgiving. We’re looking at Friday, December 1st for our next game.
As ever, if you’ll have any problem making it, please let us know. (I’ll also try to get to the log sometime soon.