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Clean up in Aisle 4!

July 26, 2008 – 6:41 am

Hey all,
Without getting into details (in order not to break my Golden rule of Blogging), the ‘big thing’ I was waiting for didn’t pan out.
I’m done with disappointment and I’m moving on to re-organizing my projects.
One of the things I’ll be doing over the next few days is to re-tag my whole blog to make [...]

By ChattyDM | Posted in General Musings | Comments (16)

I made it! Musings turns 1 and 400!

July 24, 2008 – 12:01 am

Image Credit: Labareda (As a gift to me)
On July 24 2007, I wrote the first post of what was to become the biggest, most incredible project I ever tackled!
Yes, a few weeks behind Stupid Ranger and Dungeonmastering.com, Musings of the Chatty DM turns one today.
What’s more, true to the avatar I created for this [...]

By ChattyDM | Posted in Geek Stuff, General Musings | Comments (56)

So you wanna write a RPG blog? Part 3: What?

July 23, 2008 – 8:03 am

I started this series to share my views on starting and maintaining a RPG blog. I first explored the “Why” and then the “How” of RPG blogging, both of which applied, more or less, to all blogs.
Today I want to delve in the specific aspect of RPG blogging which is the “What” of [...]

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So you wanna write a RPG blog? Part 2: How?

July 22, 2008 – 12:00 am

A few days ago I started a series where I share my views on starting and running a (hopefully successful) RPG-themed blog. Last time I tackled the “Why” which covered the reasons to start a RPG-Blog. Today I’ll tackle the “How”.
Blogging Platforms and Hosting:
The very first things you have to decide are [...]

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Chatty’s Questions: Heroes’ Feast

July 21, 2008 – 5:51 am

One of the philosophy of tabletop gaming I adhere to is Cheetoism, which basically boils down to:
We game for the snacks. And also the dice. But mostly, just to hang out with friends and tell tall stories
I used to be more hardcore about ‘THE GAME’ until I realized that my gaming friends weren’t all that [...]

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