Posted by Mark on Feb 20, 2010 in
Game Stores
Number of Views :864Many gamers will never get the opportunity to work in the game industry. The sheer number of gamers out there compared to jobs is astronomically small. But there are a few who get the chance. My brother for instance. He and his wife just got hired at Fantasy Flight Games, her as [...]
Posted by Mark on Feb 19, 2010 in
4e D&D,
Star Wars RPG
Number of Views :627I’ve been gaming for about a decade now, and have seen a lot of players at my table. Some have been good, some have been particularly bad, but here’s my list of my favorite players who have graced my table. 1. Mike Lehman This guy was the one to introduce me to [...]
Posted by Mark on Feb 18, 2010 in
4e D&D
Number of Views :1022Okay, it’s time for the crazy to set in… I meticulously organize my D&D books on my shelf. Take a gander: You may notice, if you’re as crazy as I am, that on the spines of many of the D&D books there is a kind of triangualar edge below the D&D logo, [...]
Posted by Mark on Feb 17, 2010 in
CthulhuTech,
Reviews & Culture
Number of Views :2407CthulhuTech is an interesting beast. A strange cross of Anime and H.P. Lovecraft, it’s really made a splash in the RPG community. I love me some giant robots, so that’s the draw for me. Throw in the Old Ones, and I’m rearing to go! Vade Mecum is the CthuluTech companion, offering new [...]
Posted by Mark on Feb 17, 2010 in
World Works Games
Number of Views :1864I have two reams worth of cardstock in my closets. All of them are of various papercraft RPG terrain, and none of them are actually assembled. They’re just sitting there. Doing nothing. I have a constructed tavern sitting on top of my D&D bookshelf, and a smashed-up wizard’s tower in the closet [...]
Posted by Mark on Feb 16, 2010 in
Reviews & Culture
Number of Views :988These are my Top 5 favorite things this week. I’ll try to put up a new one of these each week, God and country willing. These are RPG related things, geek related things, and me related things. If you have anything you think I should take a look at to have in [...]
Posted by Mark on Feb 15, 2010 in
3e D&D,
Actual Play
Number of Views :1620It was 2004. I was working at Getaway Games on Garland St. in Spokane, WA. One of the regulars, (we’ll call him Bear, since that’s what he reminded me of) asked me if I was interested in joining his D&D group. I wasn’t in any group at the moment, so I excitedly [...]
Posted by Mark on Feb 14, 2010 in
Uncategorized
Number of Views :536Inspired by this post at Beyond the Black Gate. My wife is truly startling. She puts up with a lot more than most other wives would, including, but not limited to, the following: -Puts up with me spending a lot of time at the computer, writing blogs and forum posts and reading [...]
Posted by Mark on Feb 14, 2010 in
Uncategorized
Number of Views :717Sitting down and discussing this new Mouse Guard RPG we’ll be playing soon, one of the players was confused as to how this whole RPG thing worked. I found it fascinating, as everyone I’ve ever gamed with in the past (besides my wife) has always already known about RPGs and how they [...]
Posted by Mark on Feb 13, 2010 in
Lunch-Time Campaign,
Mouse Guard
Number of Views :811After previously sending out the email asking my buddies what to do for a lunch-time campaign, I mentioned Mouse Guard to one of them. He jumped at it. “We have to play Mouse Guard,” he said. Mind you, he’s never read the books or anything, but he remembers me describing it to [...]