Hello Dear Readers – today I am unfurling a new feature series here on the blog. It’s called Chapter by Chapter, a series in which I intend to go through the 4e rule-set one chapter at a time and talk about some of the important parts of those chapters. I think the Dungeon Master’s Guide […]
Lessons Learned in the Past 2 Years
One of my great beliefs about running role-playing games is that I can stay fresh and avoid burn-out by always being in a learning mode. I learn new things all the time – it’s one of the reasons I play as well as DM, because you can learn so much by taking part in a […]
Gar StrongStone, the NonMetalist
As some of you may know, @NewbieDM has started a Basic D&D (OD&D) game via skype with some DM Bloggers (@SarahDarkmagic, @ThadeousC, @Deadorcs, @gamefiend, and @ChattyDM). The game has evolved, after just one session, into something of a phenomenon, with it’s own website. Several players have posted backgrounds for their characters online. Since I am […]
Paragon Tier Game Session 01
My regular group started a new 4e game tonight. We decided to go with the Paragon Tier since we haven’t really done a lot in that level range before (most of our adventures have been in the Heroic Tier). – I started the session with a cooperative party building exercise. I describe my method in […]