I spent all day last Saturday cleaning, shopping, and generally getting ready for my upcoming birthday party. This one is especially interesting as I’m adding
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West Marches Update
I am now 4 sessions in to my West Marches campaign. A couple of those games had rocky starts, with the invite list growing and
Rising Phoenix Game Convention
There’s a new game convention coming to the New England area – Rising Phoenix Game Con. Not only is it super cool to have another
More on Social Skills
It seems I’m not the only one contemplating the mechanization of social skills these days. Reader BubbaDave pointed me at Justin Alexander’s post from just
Insight Check
I’ve become fairly addicted to Critical Role. I think the key to getting into actual play recordings is simply giving it longer to hook you
Fantastic Races
I seem to have stirred the pot a bit with my recent posts on 5th edition, and especially my opinion on the unusual races that
First Foray Into West Marches
We played our first West Marches game last Wednesday, and I think it went reasonably well. It was my second attempt at running 5th edition,
5e
I ran my first game of 5th edition D&D last Sunday night. My regular Sunday night group has decided to switch from Demon wars to
West Marches
I’ve always loved the idea of running a West Marches style game, and tried once to do one virtually, but I’ve never been able to
Getting My Streaming Rig Ready
In a little more than 4 weeks I’ll be doing my first live play old school D&D stream. I was going to say that I