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I’ve mentioned before that I have no geeks in my office. None. I work in an IT department, and not a one of them is a geek. Can you believe that? Ugh.
Anyway, all the guys in the office are playing Fantasy Football, since the season is started up. I was asked if I wanted in. I declined.
Why? Because the only reason I know the rules to football is because of Madden 98 on the Nintendo 64. The only Fantasy Football I’ve ever played was my goblin team of Blood Bowl who were known to be really fantastic at losing every game ever.
When I hear about Fantasy Football, this is what I think of:
See? I just can’t take it seriously.
Now, if someone where to come up with a Fantasy Quidditch league, I’d be all in.
I know there are a lot of geeks out there who are also sports fans. How do you keep track of all the statistics in both Football and D&D?
Number of Views :697Forget my last post; it didn’t cut it: it’s been a great week for gaming! On Thursday, I sat down with my brother, sister-in-law and Ross Watson to play some Mouse Guard. Yes, that Ross Watson, the designer of Deathwatch and Rogue Trader. How’s that for intimidation! If you’ll allow me a [...]
Number of Views :653It’s been more than a year since I’ve done one of these, so I decided to do an Off the Shelf Review. For those who don’t know what that means, it means I grab a random game book off my shelf and talk about it for a bit. Today’s review is for [...]
Number of Views :689“Nothing is original. Steal from anywhere that resonates with inspiration or fuels your imagination. Devour old films, new films, music, books, paintings, photographs, poems, dreams, random conversations, architecture, bridges, street signs, trees, clouds, bodies of water, light and shadows. Select only the things to steal from that speak directly to your soul. [...]
Number of Views :769I’ve been blabbering on and on about Mini-Campaigns and their benefits. I know, I know. “Move on!” you say, “we get it.” But I thought I’d share some mini-campaigns I’m looking forward to running in the future. 1. Mouse Guard: Naturally. Probably run the game over the course of a full game [...]
Number of Views :1804I was sent a free review copy of the Conflict Roleplaying Rulebook recently by Conflict Roleplaying, and have perused it. Conflict is a roleplaying game supplement by Mark M. Scott for the Pathfinder and OGL d20 rule systems, allowing for a group of players to play PVP combat while making sure the [...]
Number of Views :1284In the end, RPGs are just big games of improv. No matter how firmly the GM has everything plotted out and is railroading the players along, there’s still going to be improv on all counts. One of the big rules of improv, is the “Yes, And” rule. The “Yes, And” rule states [...]
