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Chatty on 4e: Nostaglia vs Fun

March 14, 2008 – 6:27 am

As I mentioned when I proposed this theme week about endings, I can’t stay away from D&D 4e until June. I’ve enough of a ‘business’ sense that Love it or Hate it, the 4th edition of D&D is on the minds of a lot of people and writing about it is going to garner [...]

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Ending a Campaign: a Few Tips

March 13, 2008 – 5:17 am

It’s no secret that with the advent of the next edition of D&D, I have endings on the mind.
While I’ve still got to make my final decision to adopt 4e upon reading the new Core books over the summer, chances are we are going to go the 4e way.
I know many others are in a [...]

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You want to end… D&D? White Wolf’s ready…

March 12, 2008 – 2:50 pm

I’m not dead… I’ve hit one of those deadly pockets of ‘work’ that drain all energy and creativity from your being. Plus my Friday game is not yet ready.
If I finish early tonight, I’ll put up a short ‘ending your campaign’ post with tips.
In the meantime, here’s something interesting that Tommi sent me.
As he [...]

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Adventure Prep: Planning Ahead for the End

March 10, 2008 – 7:37 pm

This series covers the thoughts that go behind my Adventure Preps. I don’t go into details as my players read this blog, but I try to showcase the key challenges and choices I face every time I sit down in the days before we play.
Game week again!
For those who don’t know, our [...]

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Mining Tropes for RPG Nuggets: This is the End, Friend

March 9, 2008 – 7:43 pm

No no, I’m not ending this series, no worries. As mentioned here, I’m exploring “Endings” as applied to RPG campaigns…
Many long-lasting Role playing campaigns based on power-gaining PCs hinge around a progressively increasing threat that almost invariably escalate to the World Destroying level.
The threat usually takes the form of an impeding Cataclysm [...]

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