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Archive for June, 2010
Malevolent Mines – A Spontaneous, Con-Style Delve
I ran a spontaneous online game last night via skype, inviting players I did not previously know for a 3-4 hour session. I planned to run a short delve using the maps from the Dungeon Delve book but with a different storyline. Because none of us knew each other before the game began, I am [...]
Opportunity Actions: D&D Tutorial, or How To Manage Theft
It commonly comes up: I need something here. A name, a plot hook, a background event that ties my character in to the campaign. Many of us like the idea of taking the time to write a deep story, with complex characters, and compelling plot twists. Some of us don’t have that kind of time. [...]
Foolish Introduction
I’m a rule breaker. I don’t like rules. At least not in games that don’t involve a ball. When it comes to sports, I’m about as big a rules lawyer as one can be, but when it comes to my gaming, I don’t want rules constraining my fun. When I play video games, I want [...]
Opportunity Actions: BLITEOTW Timeline
For more, see: Blog Like It’s The End Of The World or My Last Post. The Night Before At my parents’ house. It’s good to know the world will always be as it is… There’s a weird smell in the air. Like washing farm animals. Funny how the rain does that. Just saw a flaming [...]
Opportunity Action: Notes About BLITEOTW10 Posting(s)
By the way, I’m Seamus, The Opportunist. This is my first post here, and I’m going for the jugular. BLITEOTW10, for the uninitiated, is “Blog Like It’s the End of the World ’10″. I participated via Twitter (follow me at @icu_seamus). To sum up, this event is a sort of War-of-the-Worlds-esque (think the radio show) take [...]
Gaming Styles Clarified
I received lots of feedback about my gaming styles post. I really appreciate all of you twitter friends that responded, as well as those that emailed me or left comments on the site. I truly appreciate hearing your thoughts. In listening to all of the feedback two things have become abundantly clear to me… 1) [...]
NEW RPG Contributors!!
We have exciting news here at RPG Musings – we have decided to take on new contributors to the site. In an effort to expand our RPG offerings and bring you more innovative and inspirational RPG content, we are bringing in two new contributors, The Opportunist and AlioTheFool. (Note: You can also access the biographies [...]
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