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Will it be another F20 Year?
Last year’s gaming stats confirmed a dominent display of D20 fantasy games of various hues had been played and GM’d. I suppose that a year with the numeric 2020 really should see the d20 predominent, though really I should be … Continue reading
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First time D&D4e DM
Well, 12 years too late (it’s never too late), I am now a 4e D&D DM, having run my first session last night on the Role VTT with a great group of players. If you are only counting official D&D … Continue reading
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D&D 4e Countdown
With less than a week to go before we start our D&D4e game set in the Nentir Vale, the Discord chat channel is now full of posts about characters and forging a team of heroes to right the wrongs and … Continue reading
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Preparing for my first 4e Game
I’m new to 4e and thought I’d share the things I’m doing to get started with a 4e game, inhabiting as I do, a 2021 time-frame, rather than late 2000s. This grants me some hindsight advantages and gives me some … Continue reading
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My Look Ahead for Gaming in 2021
We are all probably looking forward to something that looks a little bit like old normal for 2021. With a fair wind and a strong dose of ingenious science, perhaps we will as the year continues. Most markedly, I would … Continue reading
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A Review of my Gaming in 2020
2020 Gaming Year in Review It is safe to say that 2020 will live long in the memory, if not for a lot of good reasons. The World has changed and we will take some time to bring ourselves back … Continue reading
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Noughty but Nice
I have a reputation as one who chases the shiny, the new hotness, an ever revolving swirl of Kickstarters and spanking new tabletop roleplaying game lovelies. A recent example would be the new Warpstar from Fire Ruby Design. Dom’s provided … Continue reading
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Blade and Spell
In the background I’m writing a new fantasy RPG using the underlying Omni engine, with dollops of ideas from Talislanta 5th, Omega, and the new draft of Godsend Agenda. It’s presently just jottings of ideas and systems to create a … Continue reading
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Scheherazade
I ran Scheherazade, the One Thousand and One Nights RPG at The Owlbear and Wizard’s Staff #OBaWS3 online convention last night. Much fun was had with a great team of players who threw themselves into the magical setting with great … Continue reading
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Gaming Bonanza
It’s all going on and it is all good. The lock-down gaming bonanza continues with a whole host of things happening at about the same time. The volume of games continues to astound me, and I’m tame compared to some … Continue reading
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