In the summer of 2005 I found a game store that opened a block from my house. However, at that time my future was uncertain. My girlfriend at the time was getting a Masters in Library Arts and it was possible that I would move with her when she found a job. So I went [...]
Archive for the ‘RPG’ Category
Imagine something that you have heard about all your life. For me that something is Shadowrun. Even before I really knew what RPGs were I remember friends talking about the game in middle school. I have never had the opportunity to play this game until Saturday. I bought the 3rd Edition rule book I even [...]
Star Wars is my favorite universe. I have read most Star Wars novels, I have played a generous portion of the games and of course watched all the movies. When my friend was trying to get me into roleplaying games he thought buying me the newly published Star Wars Roleplaying game by WotC would do [...]
I was eating lunch today when I received a text from a friend. The test was simple “Wizards just announced D & D 5th Edition”. Before getting caught up in the rumor mill, I gave a one word answer and went back to eating. When I was done with my meal I got online and [...]
Every year I get asked my New Years Resolutions. I found a long time ago that New Years resolutions don’t work for me. However it is kinda fun to come up with goals for this year and see if you can accomplish them. So I am going to list them here. I will break them [...]
I am going to call them Wally’s (Twinkie Recipe) 1/2 pound (2 sticks) butter, plus more for pan 3 cups sugar 5 eggs 3 cups flour, plus more for pan 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon baking powder 1 cup milk 1 teaspoon ground vanilla beans Filling 2 teaspoons very hot water 1/4 teaspoon salt 2 [...]
I don’t know how your group is. But my group is a little bit of Min/Maxer, with a little bit of Hack n’ Slash, with a dash of roleplay. Our games rarely consist of hours long roleplay. However, we do have some and that is one aspect that I love. My current group came from [...]
In 2007 probably while watching an episode of Stargate SG-1 I saw an advertisement for a new show on Sci-Fi (yes when SyFy had a good name) called Dresden Files. I had heard about a new show that was going to be based off of the Urban Arcana campaign setting from Wizards of the Coast. [...]
Inspired by an article by Vanir on critical-hits.com I hear a sound when my players see a battlemat, the sound of disgust. I kid you not a quote from a week ago: “Do we really have to use a battlemat?” I currently run a Dragon Age game (which is a great system and if you [...]
At Gen Con they handed out free copies of Rift. You also got a month free subscription with the game. I decided to give it a try. First impression: the gameplay is almost identical to WOW. I finally got my third soul last night and teleported to the past last night. Haven’t played too much [...]
