Number of Views :279 This evening, I’ll be explaining my fantastic weekend at ConCarolinas. I had to work Friday evening, so was unable to experience the first day. Me and Dave got on our way by 10 the next morning, heading down to Charlotte, NC. It’s about a 6 hour drive, and I was [...]
Posted by Mark on May 29, 2009 in
Advice/Tools,
Fluff/Inspiration
Number of Views :299 I’ve had this idea running through my head for a while now of using songs to inspire adventures. There are some fantastic stories told in songs, and they should be fully used to benefit your game. I’ll be running this as a semi-regular series as I hear songs that would work [...]
Posted by Mark on May 28, 2009 in
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Number of Views :185 I have a few players who began playing RPGs with 4e, which is fine, but for one problem: They really like power cards. While this wouldn’t really be an issue, when I’ve tried to introduce them to Star Wars, D20 Modern or 3e, they aren’t interested, because they don’t like that [...]
Posted by Mark on May 27, 2009 in
Advice/Tools
Number of Views :184 My trip to NYC was incredible. Highlights included: being in the audience for different morning shows, sitting behind the cameras on the Glenn Beck show and talking to him afterwards, visiting the Statue of Liberty, being given an exclusive tour inside the gates of Ground Zero itself, visiting Saint Patrick’s Cathedral, [...]
Posted by Mark on May 17, 2009 in
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Number of Views :172 I’ll be off in New York City for the next couple of weeks, so we won’t be posting much here! Just wanted to let all of you know! Thanks. Mark, the Dice Monkey
Posted by Bridget on May 17, 2009 in
Food/Recipes,
Forgotten Realms
Number of Views :258 Carrion Crawler Chili Colorado Ingredients 1 lb. cubed beef or pork (such as a bottom round steak or pork loin roast) 2 small cans or 1 lg. can of enchilada sauce in medium 1 small green bell pepper chopped 1 small onion chopped 1 small can green diced chilis 1 [...]
Posted by Bridget on May 16, 2009 in
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Number of Views :218 The other day I was sitting at the dining room table with an old friend of mine. She is a lovely woman. We initally met as co-workers years ago. I have never mentioned to her any of my gaming hobbies. As we were talking I mentioned the blog that my husband [...]
Posted by Mark on May 15, 2009 in
Advice/Tools,
Other Systems
Number of Views :292In my ongoing mission to like Star Trek more and more, I’ve found quite a few good resources around the webbernets for the RPGs. Wholesale Gaming is selling all of the books that Decipher came out with for only $35 bucks. A fantastic deal I will have to jump on. Patrick Goodman [...]
Posted by Mark on May 13, 2009 in
4e D&D,
Advice/Tools
Number of Views :257 I’m a very easily amused guy. I liked both “Daredevil” and “Electra”. I got a kick out of “Spiderman 3″, and have even been known to watch “Phantom Menace” with delight. Hell, I was mildly amused by “Catwoman”. Why is this? Well, simply put, I like to be entertained. The movie [...]
Posted by Mark on May 12, 2009 in
Fluff/Inspiration
Number of Views :214Everybody’s been writing about it and I thought I would take a crack at it as well. RPG Blog II asked readers: What is your Appendix N? For those of you who don’t want to click away, he basically asks, “what inspires your campaigns, play stiles and writings?” In Appendix N in [...]