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AKA Phil, married extroverted smartass gamer geek with kids. Phil.A.Menard(at)gmail(dot)com

Taking a break for some Gen Con Prep

June 28, 2008 – 6:46 pm

All right, up to now, whenever I posted about posting less, I always ended up posting more.
However, I now have to write quite a few pages worth of Trope and Player type GM tips and advice for the Gen Con seminar I’ll be co-hosting with DNAPhil and Vicki Potter.
I also need to do them now!
So [...]

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Chatty’s Wow Posse: So it starts

June 27, 2008 – 8:41 am

Image Credit: Heliopolis at Deviant art
So I joined the Kirin Tor Server after reading that Shamus Young was trying it (and if you read between the lines of his recent posts) liking it.
I was well received in the Pig & Whistle Society guild and have also had the pleasure of buggin Shamus with my [...]

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Chatty’s Review: The D&D 4e Player’s Handbook

June 26, 2008 – 8:01 am

Last week, I reviewed the DMG and found it to be the best version of this long-lived book. It wasn’t without flaws, chiefly among those was how the writing of Skill Challenges was doing the mechanic near-criminal injustice.
This week, I’ll tackle the 4th Edition Players Handbook, from the standpoint of its content and then [...]

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Chatty’s Debates: The Relative Merits of Action-Oriented RolePlaying

June 25, 2008 – 6:22 am

I know that this here site has been somewhat content-lighter lately.  Summer has arrived and I start to feel the pull for other evening activities than blogging.
Also, since I don’t have a game going anymore, gone are the periodic DM logs or Game Prep posts.  There’s nothing to be worried about, just a more infrequent [...]

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Chatty’s Gen Con (and contest update)

June 23, 2008 – 8:45 pm

It’s done, I just purchased my plane tickets for Gen Con Indianapolis 2008.
I will be there mostly for one thing, and it’s meeting with fellow bloggers, readers and some industry people I’ve quipped and had fun with since I have been online (You better have those Electo-fluff cannons ready and buffed Mr. Baur).
I have been [...]

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