I’ll be out of town this weekend (and Jennifer will probably be sleeping the sleep of the righteous). We’re next on Friday, October 27th, unless something crops up. If something does, let us know.
(I’ll put the loot list on the wiki, so people can make comments & discuss individual items. When I do, I’ll edit in a link here.)
UPDATE: As you’ve probably already noted, I haven’t gotten around to the loot list, though I did get up the recap. Hopefully I’ll get the loot up next week.
I’ve updated the game log, but I’m a little hazy on the exact sequence of when we went up to heal the books. I think we did that first…
Let us know if you’ll have a problem making it Friday.
The game log has been updated, but I think I may be missing an early room or two.
Hopefully we’re all eager to play and able to show– let us know if you’ll have a problem.
Aim for an ending Good advice for creating a punchy game with a strong conclusion, without railroading.
EnWorld thread with lots of good game pitches. Specifically for a Chicago Gameday, but the pitches are well crafted.
Is D&D getting overwhelmingly complex? An interesting discussion.
[All Systems] Process of Character Creation. Lots of specific detail– great for inspiration and a teaser for lots of specific games.
[Design Theory] Fun outside of conflict scenes, about character development scenes and other places where the rules get thin.
Not roleplaying, but…
FUMBBL :: Online Blood Bowl League. From this post, Do you fumbbl?
Gameblog. A Finnish guy babbles about his board gaming, much like my After Actions.
Playing Ball— good advice on how you can enhance the enjoyment of everyone at the table.
Zombie Nirvana, a weblog with interesting downloads. The d20 CE seems like a Perfect 20 attempt, but it might have other stealable stuff.
Transitioning to Collaborative Roleplaying. An article about gradually sharing the GM’s responsiblities around the group.
Collaborative Campaign Setting, a huge world where everyone contributes independent bits. Hardwired d20, but it’ll be interesting to see what happens.
From “Frame me a scene”, great ways to frame a good scene.
The rule of three about description in RPGs; used by Zelazny when writing. You can extend that idea, such as: Detailing planets like Lucas does in Star Wars: “Pick a dominant color. What does the society seem like on the surface? What is one thing it defies expectations?”
Quirky alternate character generation for Amber diceless. Very parlor game like… it’d probably take a while, but it could be very cool. (Part one of a larger, not yet ready system.)
An invasion of family will keep us occupied this weekend, so we’re looking forward to Friday the 29th for our next get together. The Dragons Talons exploits will be updated in their log, hopefully soonish.
Let us know if you have any problem with the 29th or anything else.
One sentence character concept, Simple formula for exciting conflicts, and Story Skeletons. Combine them, and you get… A merging of the character concept stuff with the story skeleton.
Encouraging better descriptions with Previously, Meanwhile and Later.
Building a Barn — group campaign creation
Frank’s World Sadly, I’m linking just as he’s fearing burnout.
Searchable Dungeon Magazine Index— very cool. Search by game world, character level, and more.
Interesting Treasure distribution variant from the WotC site.
We’re ready to schedule our next game. We can either play Friday, but Jennifer will probably miss part of the session, or we can try to schedule Saturday (which conflicts with the Bulldogs game, which starts at 3:30 this week). Unless we try Saturday evening… would starting at 6:30 or 7pm be late enough for the game to be over? I wouldn’t want to start too much later than that, unless everyone’s going to be very well rested…
Can we make Saturday work, or is Friday the only real choice this week?
(2 sidenotes: Here’s a game log, much like the one we kept for Star Wars. Add to it and shape as you like.
Also, I turned off typekey registration– hopefully, that’ll make it easier to comment.)
This upcoming Friday, Jennifer will be finishing up a database to make the hearts of sports fans swell. (And staying in the office after midnight working on the project, most likely…) So the next scheduled game is Friday, September 8th.
Also: Jennifer GMed for the first time Friday. I thought she kicked ass, particularly for a first time. I feel proud, even though the work was all hers.
We’ve shifted from Star Wars to D&D– let the Dragon’s Talons ride forth. After wrapping up the Star Wars chapter, we shopped last week. If there’s any other stuff we need to buy, let’s discuss it in comments. Otherwise, we’re off to delve deep into the dungeon under the desecrated shrine to Pelor.
Assuming, of course, that Dad’s eye is healed enough for play to be an option.
UPDATE: Jennifer’s offered to run a Dragon Magazine one-shot for 3rd level characters (that we’d make up the night of gaming) if we’re looking for a fallback.