Posted by Mark on May 31, 2010 in
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Number of Views :491This post originally appeared on October 3, 2008. On an episode of Fear the Boot, the hosts posed a question: what percentage of roleplaying books that you own have you actually read? This is an interesting and multi-layered question. The question arises: what do you mean by read? If you mean flipped [...]
Posted by Mark on May 29, 2010 in
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Number of Views :674This post originally appeared October 18, 2008. Almost every RPG player has faced it: either playing a game with your significant other, or playing in a game where a couple was playing. I’ve heard a lot of horror stories. Some tell of a GM who would give their significant other a break, [...]
Posted by Mark on May 28, 2010 in
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Number of Views :635Over the next week or so, we’ll be in the process of moving from the East Coast to the Midwest. We’ll be posting up old posts that we don’t think a ton of people have seen, as they’re almost 2 years old. Keep an eye out for some great old posts. Thanks, [...]
Posted by Mark on May 12, 2010 in
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Number of Views :982It appears that Virginia Nibbelink has lost her battle with cancer. Virginia is the wife of Steve Nibbelink, known to the RPG Blogger community as VulcanStev, and a mother of three. As a husband myself, I can’t imagine the pain Steve is going through right now. The Gamer Traveller, Daniel Perez has [...]
Posted by Mark on May 9, 2010 in
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Number of Views :1450Penny Arcade has made another fantastic series in “Lookouts: A Boy Must Learn”. In the previous Lookouts comic they did, they showed how dangerous the Eryewood is. Now, we actually see it as the boys train to battle the Winter King, an awesome creature I’d love to see the stats for. This [...]
Posted by Mark on Apr 26, 2010 in
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Number of Views :925A little off topic from RPGs directly, but I’ve found (as I’m sure many have) that most comments I get here at Dice Monkey are primarily from other members of the RPG Blogger’s Network. Now, this isn’t to say it’s a bad thing. At this point, the RPGBN has, what, about 200 [...]
Posted by Mark on Apr 25, 2010 in
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Number of Views :3563Right now I’ve got a ton of different projects on my plate which are in different phases of incompletion, as well as a couple of campaigns I’ve tried to start up and failed. First off, at the top of my to do list, is Conflict, a 3.5/Pathfinder RPG designed for PVP combat [...]
Posted by Dalepatrick on Apr 3, 2010 in
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Number of Views :1082[Editor's Note: Dale's back as a guest writer to deliver up some thoughts on gaming crossroads. Welcome back, Dale.] I’m at a bit of a crossroads in my gaming life. Y’see, I went nearly a full year without gaming, and I’ve got to say: It really really really really… well again you [...]
Posted by Mark on Mar 25, 2010 in
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Number of Views :715It is official: Bridget and I have both got our media passes to GenCon! However, due to neither of us having been to GenCon before, we don’t know what the next step is. Do we begin signing up for games? Do we just wait with eager anticipation? What are your GenCon plans? [...]
Posted by Mark on Mar 2, 2010 in
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Number of Views :683This conversation is with a different new gamer than last time. There’s a guy I know at work who’s really into MMO’s. He’s not in my department, but his berthing is right next to mine, and we usually ride the bus in together. One of his co-workers used to be in our [...]