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Monthly Archives: January 2008

Magic Online III Beta.

January 31, 2008 – 8:33 pm

I’m too tired to write a post tonight so I’m sharing a little Magic the Gathering goodness to those who would like to play for free (I think you need to have a Magic Online 2,5 account though).
Magic Online players,
We’re hoping that you, along with thousands of other MOL players across the globe can help [...]

By ChattyDM | Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged | Comments (3)

Mini-Blog: Recent and coming changes to Blog.

January 31, 2008 – 11:45 am

I’m currently moving a few things around this blog and changing things as I grow more comfortable with it.
In parallel, Graham is hacking me a new swanky theme and I’ll switch to it as soon as everything is done (and you’ll finally see the new banner).
So while we wait here are a few things I [...]

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Chatty’s Review: Silvervine, Basic Challenge Mechanics

January 30, 2008 – 8:38 pm

This post is part of a series that tackles the reading review of a yet unpublished RPG called Silvervine. Please note that this game is still in development, my review is part of the pre-playtest feedback. Last time I tackled Character Generation, now it’s time for the 1st (of 3) posts on the game’s Crunchy [...]

By ChattyDM | Posted in Review, Tabletop RPGs | Comments (16)

Mini-Post: Shamus’ new game

January 29, 2008 – 7:31 pm

Yesterday, Shamus Young posted about concluding his D&D campaign and starting a new one.
One of his key challenges was that everybody in his large group (8 players) wanted to play a different style/theme than the rest.
D&D was chosen last time because it’s the default game that his group seems to have agreed to. [...]

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Mining Tropes for RPG Goodness: You, Bastard!

January 28, 2008 – 9:50 pm

As promised, after having covered the Overlord trope in all (well at least some of) its RPG glory, I now want to tackle another of my favorite character tropes:
The Magnificent Bastard (I’m making no reference whatever to any good friend of mine, honest!)
Love him or hate him, there’s a certain type of character that [...]

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