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Mini Crunch: Fun with D&D 4e Action Points

August 4, 2008 – 4:59 pm

I get ideas sometimes.
Ideas that, if I don’t use them, will leave me for another, younger, more prolific writer.  Being a slave to nubile, half-dressed ideas, I take them and put them on electronic paper.
One such idea struck me while reading UncleBear’s latest post about using Hero Points in Hollow Earth Expedition (through our nifty [...]

By ChattyDM | Posted in Tabletop RPGs | Also tagged | Comments (30)

(Really)Mini-Post: A GM’s Authority

April 7, 2008 – 10:52 am

I took two days off from work today and tomorrow and that somewhat includes blogging (unless I get an inspiration like I just did now).
I’m currently writing a guest post for another RPG site and while I was editing my work, I added this small sentence:
It’s one thing to have a rule book say you [...]

By ChattyDM | Posted in Player Psychology, Tabletop RPGs | Comments (31)

Mining Tropes for RPG Nuggets: The Crowning Moment of a Character

March 16, 2008 – 6:10 am

As I reading through the recent changes on TVtropes.org, I stumbled upon a Trope whose application to RPGs is as simple as it is brilliant:
Crowning Moment Of Awesome
The moment in a show when a character does something for which they will be remembered forever, winning for them the eternal loyalty of fans.
While I was [...]

By ChattyDM | Posted in Tabletop RPGs, Tropes | Comments (3)

Mini-Fluff: More on-the-fly world building

February 27, 2008 – 4:06 pm

Mini-posts are approx. 500 words posts on one of my pet subjects. I usually do them when I have a busy evening, like Adventure Preping or doing things like, you know, exercise!
I’m deep in adventure prep, deeper than I have been for a long time.
I don’t know if it’s the same for you (and [...]

By ChattyDM | Posted in Adventure Prep, Player Psychology | Also tagged , | Comments (19)

Mini-Links: Whole Wheat Bastard Boardgame Ninjas!

February 1, 2008 – 2:35 pm

Ahhh it’s Friday afternoon, a snowstorm rages on Montreal and my boss just gave us the day rest of the day off…
Of course, on Fridays, our lab is drenched in fresh blood samples that we can’t leave on the bench for 3 days, so while I can relax and kickback a bit, I have to [...]

By ChattyDM | Posted in House Rules | Also tagged | Comments (0)
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