• Discussion: Rated ‘M’ For ‘Mature’ from Reality Refracted
    Reading the Life and Times of a Phillipine Gamer (which is something all of you should be doing), I noticed that he was looking for a change in tone in the game he is running. Specifically, Pointyman is looking to run a lighter toned game. Something cl... […]
  • The Insanity Commenceth! from The Player's Side of the Screen
    Well, not until later today. In fact, I'm not really going to be posting anything substantial for today. Posting will move to (hopefully) Tuesday/Saturday, so that I can write up session recaps from Friday's games. That'll include tonight, which will be (drumroll) the PRE-SESSION!Wherein all of the... […]
  • The Challenge Of Writing Skill Challenges from Dungeon's Master
    While attending GenCon this year I had a eureka moment. Or to be more precise, the sky parted, a brilliant ray of light shone down, I turned to Ameron and said, “We’re already doing that!” This was in response to almost every hand in the room going up in the air when Bill Slavicsek asked [...] […]
  • Notes on Demons and Undead from Nevermet Press
    by John Payne I wrote this for Shayakand and plan to develop it in the future. Feel free to adapt them to your setting. For more details behind the scenes, I’ve also included a discussion we had on our internal Google Groups site: Gmail – [NMP] Demons and Undead Many of these undead and... […]
  • Scavenging for Inspiration: The Hunger Games from Level 30 Yinzer
    I admit, I’m only halfway through The Hunger Games (by Suzanne Collins).  I know there are two more books in the series so far, and I am already eager to tear through them.  The author has done many things that I complained about when I tried to mine The Room for inspiration.  The characters... […]

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4321 Apocalypse-A Zombie R*PG for when you don’t have a GM

If you are like my ex-roommate, you might be having trouble finding a GM. This is one of the things that intrigues me about RPG’s, namely, how necessary is a GM? I think several of the roles of a Game Master can be shared with other player or worked around with tools created by the players . . . → Read More: 4321 Apocalypse-A Zombie R*PG for when you don’t have a GM

And I’m Back. At least for a bit.

Well, a major overhaul has been done and I’m up and running again. Clutter has been reduced back to an acceptable level, and the games have been put back up. I haven’t put all the backed up posts here yet, because too many of them are just non-posts, with little redeeming value. But no fear(which I . . . → Read More: And I’m Back. At least for a bit.