So, the preview for the Skill Challenge chapter of the DMG II is up here and careful readers may note a reason I'm particularly curious to see it ( Read more... )

Through a conspiracy of circumstances, I’ve sat down for lunch with no connectivity and without the notes for my current writing thing. As a note to self, it’s important to remember to sync dropbox before I leave the house. Anyway, that leaves me at loose ends with pasta en route and an itch to write, so I’m going to dip into the grab bag and ( Read more... )

D&D, my place, noon on saturday, running til 5 at the latest. 7th level characters, usual treasure rules (1 7th, 1 8th, 1 6th or 3 7th level items, plus cash equivalent to a level 7 item ( Read more... )

If I were to run D&D tomorrow (Saturday the 22nd) from, say, 12-6, who would be interested? Trying to see if we have enough noses for a game.

I'm a big fan of the Birthright setting that TSR put out back in the day. It hit a lot of notes I really liked - the world felt populated, politics had a powerful role, monsters felt mythic - it just rocked. But one subtle note always impressed me. In one of the nations of the game, the default one detailed in the core book, the High King's ( Read more... )

So, yesterday was wall-to-wall gaming (Fred chistened it "Donocon"), and thanks to chadu, drivingblind, omphaloskepsis, ect, jwiv, traceracer, morganc14, evilhat and bastille for comung by and making it rock. Extra thanks to J, EV and Lil for coming by to grace us wit their overwhelming cuteness. Super extra thanks to my wife debela for enabling this all to happen ( Read more... )

So, the ennie votes are in, and you can read them hereAs could be predicted from such a tremendous slate of games, I'm retty happy with all the winners. I can't ay the game I would have chosen won in every category, but there's not a single category where I'm unhappy with the outcome ( Read more... )

Chris Hanrahan, being an intensely cool guy, sent me a pair of dice from the Endgame 8 mini-con out in Endgame, Oakland . They’re gorgeous six siders with a mother-of-pearl finish and the endgame logo where the 6 should be. I found them in my pocket today and have been rattling them around in my hand every now and again, thinking ( Read more... )

Awards are in the air. Voting is open for the Ennies, and the Diana Jones awards shortlist has been announced. In large part this has been greeted with enthusiasm, because both slates are filled to bursting with fantastic products. This has been a really wonderful year for gaming and it is telling how many fantastic games did not make any final ( Read more... )

The Empress of Chains is dead, and the Palace of Doors is covered in black of mourning, and will remain so until one of her heirs or other claimants to the Barbed Throne manages to raise above the pack and seize it, and in the meantime the Wheel is in chaos. Without a guardian, old locks grow weak and new doors to fresh hells open every day.

( Just getting this down on paper )