Well things seem to be looking up.... In about 2 weeks, I will have gone from no gaming, to having two gaming groups to play with ( Read more... )

It's been weeks.

I'm having withdrawls.

Hell, I'd play a game of TORG right now....

I mentioned that I'm starting to see what the designers of 4th edition D&D had in mind, regarding classes.  Here's a quote from RPG.net that I think really hits the nail on the head:

In previous editioins (and in many games as a whole), combat is a tedious process for most of the folks at the table. Especially so at high levels. So, you put it off ( Read more... )

So I'm really trying to wrap my head around 4th edition ( no I'm not abandoning my plans for an old-skool game of 1st edition ).  I've spent some time looking over the books, trying to get over the blinding headaches the power layouts and white-space give me ( Read more... )

So here's a good question.  Which way should I orient the game?  Let's start with definitions:

Sword and sorcery (S&S) is a fantasy subgenre generally characterized by swashbuckling heroes engaged in exciting and violent conflicts. An element of romance is often present, as is an element of magic and the supernatural. Unlike works of high fantasy, ( Read more... )

I wanted to take a minute to mention why I'm so enamoured of the new Changeling from White Wolf.  The old Changeling the Dreaming had such promise I remember.   When you used to read the old Vampire, Werewolf and Mage books, they would hint at Fairies in the world, and some of what they could do.  From that, I got very excited about what I thought ( Read more... )

I've been listening to this Katy Perry song "Waking up in Vegas" and watching the trailers for that new movie "The Hangover" when I thought: "Hey! How about a campaign set around the characters waking up in Vegas, with no memory of what happened?

See, I got this book for Mage: the Ascension years ago, called "The Fallen Tower".  It's a setting book ( Read more... )

I'm working on my "primer" for my hoped for 1st Edition AD&D game right now. I've put some real work into the cleric class. I thought about leaving it as is, and having Christian clerics be the cleric class, and Pagan clerics be the Druid class.  After some thought though, I realized that how do you handle clerics from Roman temples, like Zeus and ( Read more... )

Its' been over a year since I last gamed.  I need to get a group together...

Had a little more time today to catch up...