In case you still follow me here and wonder why you haven't heard from me...

I just don't post to LiveJournal any more. My current default blog-like spot is http://aethanbear.tumblr.com/

As many of you know, I often write about gaming. Recently, I got picked up as a staff writer by GeeksDreamGirl.com as their official GGG (gay geek guy). My first article went live this morning. Check it out!

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I don't know...the great solidness of LiveJournal makes it harder for me to post here. I can still look back and see posts from 2002, when I started my LJ. Most of the time, I just don't feel like I have much to say, so the mercurial nature of Twitter is more amusing and satisfying. Making a meaningful comment in 140 characters is an enjoyable ( Read more... )

Sorry for the late notice. I realized that I posted this on Pandemonium's info, but I might as well post it here, too. Pandemonium Books & Games will also be hosting a Worldwide D&D Game Day on March 20, beginning at Noon. This game day coincides with the release of Player's Handbook 3 and will highlight content from that book ( Read more... )

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So, a friend of mine recently journaled about his dislike of people's behaviors during the holiday season. With respect to him, I took some issue with part of his comments, which essentially indicated that Christmas would be great, except for the Christians, who had usurped the season from the older pagan traditions ( Read more... )

I've been thinking, for some time, about developing a shared world project. Something that could be used for games, stories, art, etc.

Nominally, I'd like it to be D&D related. Something just for fun. Probably using 4E concepts, races, classes, etc.

Would anyone be interested in working on this?

- Andy

So, since I've seen a few people here bashing 4th Edition Dungeosn and Dragons, I thought I would drop in my 2 cents from the opposite view.

I've been playing D&D since the old blue Basic set, in 1979. And, for my money, 4E is the most enjoyable version of the game to date.

Let me try to address some of the common complaints.

4E is a clone of ( Read more... )

So, I was looking at the art gallery for the upcoming Adventurer's Vault 2 for 4E Dungeons and Dragons. The first pic in the gallery is the cover art, and, as I looked at it, I had a sudden moment of deja-vu. I'd seen that picture before...not the actual picture, but something extremely like it ( Read more... )

As an experiment, I've been posting links to the site for my D&D campaign, Seven Kingdoms, on my Facebook account. Recently, I asked for folks to ask questions about the campaign setting. I thoughnt I'd open that up here, too ( Read more... )