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Happy Anniversary!
No regular post today, it's my 24th Wedding Anniversary!24 years ago I stood on a beach in Ocho Rios, Jamaica and I said "I Do" to my best friend.It's been a wonderful ride so far. Two houses, two...
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D&D Essentials Kit: Unboxing and Review
Today I want to spend some time with the new D&D Essentials Kit. I had held off buying this when it first came out. It was only available at Target stores and it is designed to get people up and...
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Review: Blueholme Journeymanne and Prentice Rules
It's been a year of Basic-era games for me and I want to talk about one of my newest favorites today.Earlier this week I talked about the new D&D 5 Essentials Kit, I wanted to have another look at...
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Kickstart Your Weekend: Everglade Angels
There is a new comic coming out and it looks like a lot of fun.EVERGLADE ANGELS - a graphic novelhttps://www.kickstarter.com/projects/blake-northcott/everglade-angels-a-graphic-novelFrom the minds of...
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Monstrous Monday: Demonic Trolls
Gearing up for the big finale of the Order of the Platinum Dragon game this week. Five-six years, spread out, has now come down to the big confrontation between the forces of Good and the forces of...
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Was doing a little research today and discovered these Lord of the Rings fan films.I have not watched them all yet, but the production values are really good and they look good as well. Yeah, they are...
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The Return of #RPGaDAY 2019
Once again I am participating in Dave Chapman's #RPGaDAY for 2019.He will be posting on his blog, AUTOCRATIK and elsewhere on the net, esp. Twitter. I am planning on cross-posting in a lot of places...
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#RPGaDAY2019: First
Today's topic is First.I imagine that a lot of people will talk about their first RPG. Well given that I have been celebrating all year my first RPG, I think I will follow along!Seriously though, my...
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#RPGaDAY2019: Unique
Today's topic is Unique.I have to say I have had a lot of very interesting and fun RPG related experiences. But for my money my favorite unique experience was the night after a freak storm we played...
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#RPGaDAY2019: Engage
Today's topic is Engage.How do you engage your players?When I am running a new game with new people I will often drop them into the middle of combat. This is a trick I learned when I was writing and...
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#RPGaDAY2019: Share
Today's topic is Share.One of the reasons I have a blog is my desire to share what I do with others.This hobby has given me a lot of joy and despite the occasional bad actor out there I still consider...
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Back from Gen Con!
I just got back from Gen Con 2019!Took the whole family and we had a great time. In fact, it was one of the best Gen Cons in recent memory. We played a lot of D&D 5 and Call of Cthulhu 7th ed. I...
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#RPGaDAY2019: Space
Today's topic is Space.Space can mean a lot of things. I was originally going to go with Space as in Outer Space. Space the Final Frontier Space. But instead, I would rather talk about my gaming...
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#RPGaDAY2019: Ancient
Today's topic is Ancient.I have to admit my first thought when hearing this is not Ancient tomes or civilizations, but the Justified Ancients of Mu Mu, also known as The KLF.This post is not about The...
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#RPGaDAY2019: Familiar
Today's topic is Familiar.Again, I think I'll make a hard turn here and talk about Familiars; as in animal familiars, not something that is familiar.I have talked a lot about familiars here. Books on...
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#RPGaDAY2019: Obscure
Today's topic is Obscure.Again I am going with a different version of the word because this made me think of Pink Floyd's "Obscured by Clouds". A very, very underrated album and one semi-central to my...
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#RPGaDAY2019: Critical
Today's topic is Critical.Yes. Today I am going to talk about Critical Role.For the one or two people out there that don't know, Critical Role is a Web-based show that covers a group of professional...
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#RPGaDAY2019: Focus
Today's topic is Focus.Interestingly enough this is the topic that struggled with the most even though I knew roughly what I wanted to say.Interesting because it is not "focus", but rather a lack of...
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Zatannurday: Superhero Girls Ad Blockers
Lauren Faust's DC Super Hero Girls continues to entertain. So when a new one comes out with Zatanna, well you know I am paying attention.Zee and Oliver Queen have shows at different theaters the same...
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#RPGaDAY2019: Examine
Today's topic is Examine.ὁ δὲ ἀνεξέταστος βίος οὐ βιωτὸς ἀνθρώπῳ""The unexamined life is not worth living" - attributed to SocratesGen Con is a great time. I get to run different kinds of games and I...
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