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D&D Discussion: Are you doing it wrong?
I used to post these updates over on my own site (www.vanitygames.com), which started out as a totally D&D DM blog-centric site. I was attempting to support my spouse, who had some vague aspirations towards game design, so I got into D&D so my spouse’d have a cheerleader on the sidelines. Well, that totally fell [...]
Reasons & Resources for Playing Pen & Paper RPGs Online
For many people, finding a consistent group of players with which to enjoy an RPG, especially for a long campaign, is a difficult, if not completely insurmountable task. Why might a person want to play online? What are the benefits and advantages to doing such a thing? What tools are available to players? I got [...]
Thoughts on the Dungeon World Basic Game
Before you do anything else, I want you to go read DM Samuel’s post about Apocalypse World, located here. Done? Okay. The reason I do that is because Dungeon World is what happens when D&D and Apocalypse World get together and spawn a new game. The game really has an old school D&D sensibility to [...]
Apocalypse World: An Introduction
As an RPG GM I like to think of myself as a jack-of-all-trades rather than a one-trick-pony. Not that there’s anything wrong with only playing or running one system, if nothing else it allows for a great deal of system mastery that can be utilized to run great games, but for myself I like to [...]
Opportunity Actions: Game Night Blog Carnival – Zombies!!!
Welcome to the Game Night Blog Carnival! This is a new feature we’re doing once a month with a few other RPG blogs. If you have an RPG blog, and would like to participate, check out the FAQ at the main Game Night page. “This One’s a No-Brainer!” So says the ubiquitous line at the top of the [...]
Opportunity Actions: Blog Like It’s The End Of The World ’11 Timeline
This past Monday was “Blog Like It’s The End Of The World”, a yearly event where people pretend the zombie apocalypse has struck. I participated in it last year (right here at RPGMusings, no less), and have decided to make a tradition of it. This year, I posted both to Twitter and Facebook. I’m including [...]
Opportunity Actions: A Fiasco Review
“I don’t care if you’re the Pope of Rome, President of the United States or Man of the Year; something can all go wrong.“ This quote, from Blood Simple, is on an early page of Fiasco, by Jason Morningstar, from Bully Pulpit Games. I’d say it’s more than fair warning for what you’re about [...]
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