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101 Days of D&D: Holiday break

Posted on 24 Nov 2005 · tagged , , · comments off

I’m pretty much familied-up for the next few days, and I’m cooking the Thanksgiving meal at our house this year, so I haven’t had much time to write anything. I’m working on a scenario for this week’s game on Saturday night, and I’ve got a list of pieces for this series I’m thinking about, too, [...]

101 Days of D&D: reward systems

Posted on 21 Nov 2005 · tagged , , · comments off

I spent much of last night involved in a long email conversation with one of the players in my Eberron campaign, we’ll call him “Tim” (which is convenient, since that’s his actual name). Tim sent me a link to the Experience section of “Sweet20″, which is Clinton Nixon’s (of Shadows of Yesterday and The Forge [...]

101 Days of D&D: “Spotlight episodes”

Posted on 20 Nov 2005 · tagged , , · comments off

There’s a great RPG called Primetime Adventures by Matt Wilson. It’s a heck of a game. It’s my favorite of the “indie,” narrativist RPGs. It’s really good stuff. I highly recommend it if you love good stories and good TV. It’s also a great one-shot or convention game, too. Not only is PTA a great [...]

101 Days of D&D: self homework assignment #1 (Actions and Attacks of Opportunities)

Posted on 19 Nov 2005 · tagged , , · comments off

I warned you about posts like this! Friday night’s session revealed a couple of real shortcomings in my knowledge of the rules of 3.5e. So, my homework before next session is to get down a solid understanding of the following: Actions: what’s a movement action, what’s a full action, what’s a free action, etc. — [...]

101 Days of D&D: good roleplaying blogs

Posted on 17 Nov 2005 · tagged , , , · comments off

There are tons of good (and even more bad) websites dedicated to all facets of the roleplaying experience. I’ve been a regular reader (though rarely a participant) in the RPG.net forums, ENWorld, The Forge, and other rpg forums for a long time. But, it’s only recently that I’ve been reading and actively seeking out good [...]

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