No, My Five Games
Liz posted her five RPGs that changed how she looks at gaming, and I was planning to write a post about one of my total favourite games in the world, Smallworld. Instead of that, I’m going to post...
View ArticleGet Your Friends to Push Your Buttons
Your first time at the D&D table: maybe it happened recently, or maybe it’s something you’re looking to try! The first time I sat at a gaming table, I remember a hurricane of excitement, ideas,...
View ArticleMy Mom Plays Pathfinder, Everybody Dies
Long time no see, everybody! I have been rather busy lately. I had a booth at the Calgary Comic Expo, and it was amazing. I got to wield a longsword and Nightmare Moon was my backup: Before the Calgary...
View ArticleTake a Moment to Stop and Smell the Glue
Not every RPG party is a precision built, totally mechanically cohesive team. Our lives are busy, and a character creation session is time that could be spent actually playing. For gamers with jobs,...
View Article“I Attack with the Kobold”“You miss.”
So here’s a problem: I still haven’t played D&DNext with Liz. Hey Liz, remember when we did all that yelling so we could play online together? Let’s reasses our priorities and do that. I had the...
View ArticleFear of Games: Failing Will Saves
Here’s what confuses me about other gamers’ origin stories: “I picked up a copy of the red box. I made up the weirdest dungeons, stuff I’d never show anyone today, and I ran the game for my friends” I...
View ArticleSuspension of Disbelief: The Gaming Table’s Magic Spell
So if you follow me on twitter, you’ll know that I recently watched all of Community. I do this quite often – I inject a TV show straight into my brain in a continuous stream as I work at my sewing...
View ArticleMerry Christmas from Character Gen!
Hello, our lovely readers. Today, we’re excited to give you a Christmas present! A Fiasco playset written by Lyndsay and myself. It’s called And To All A Good Night and it’s inspired by our Christmases...
View ArticleGame Turducken: Launching my Pathfinder Campaign
This November, I started playing Magic The Gathering: Duels of the Planeswalkers on Steam. If you follow me on twitter, you may remember that I referred to this as #eggquest. I had a fun time playing...
View ArticleCastles Up Close
I can’t believe I haven’t written about this yet. It’s possible you read this blog and don’t know that I went to Germany in February. Liz and I spent a glorious week touring the castles along the...
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