Sandboxes and Players – They Make The Story! (Part 2)
Michael / Chgowiz Yesterday, I started a (soft) rebuttal of DMDavid’s analysis of sandboxes and why players “don’t like them.” I’ll continue that today and wrap up with some thoughts. David continue in…
Sandboxes and Players – They Make The Story! (Part 1)
I’ve found a couple of interesting blogs over the summer that have made for some interesting reading. One of which is DMDavid’s blog – he seems like a nice guy,…
Campaign movement at wargame and D&D scales
Gary Gygax famously wrote that Dungeon Masters must keep careful track of time in their campaign, for ensuring that player resources were being used, for tracking for wandering monsters/encounters, and…
Tucker’s Kobolds or The DM as the Monster
“Sly Flourish” aka Michael Shae asked something on Twitter this past Saturday morning that got me to thinking… Mike asks a lot of questions, mostly from what I would call…
D&D at the Library – Session 2 – The Caves and the Circus
I run a D&D 5E game out of my campaign world at the local library’s monthly Board Game Night. It’s a great way to introduce new people into D&D, to…
GenCon Wrapup – Picture Heavy!
GenCon 50 is over and it was, in a nutshell, crazy awesome and freakin’ overwhelming. The area was ginormous. The gaming hall was huge as in, it took serious minutes…
See you at GenCon & a Swords & Wizardry hint…
Wow! The 50th GenCon is just a couple of days away! Will I see you there? Are you in any of my games? Here’s what I’m running… stop by and…
Tips for Improving My Minis Painting
I’ve been incrementally improving my painting over the last couple of hundred minis or so. A lot of them I’ve cranked out with the focus on tabletop quality. I’ve become…
Chgowiz goes to GameHoleCon – Attempt #2
GameHoleCon is a very popular regional gaming convention held in November in Madison Wisconsin. I wanted to go a couple of years ago, but work and timing wouldn’t let me…
Library D&D – Session 1 – Kobolds! Zillions of Kobolds!
I hosted my first session of 5th Edition D&D at a local library this past Wednesday. The game takes place in my (mostly) OSR campaign world – Etinerra. The game…