Archive for September, 2008:
filed in Random, Role-Playing Games on Sep.23, 2008
So, I was listening to Episode 50 of the Canon Puncture Podcast, and Luke Crane dropped the title of the next Burning Wheel book – The Adventure Burner.
I have a feeling that this is going to cause Mr. Crane no end of annoyance, as all of us BW fanboys ask him when the book’s coming [...]
Tags: adventure burner, book, Burning Wheel, canon puncture, luke crane, magic burner
filed in Articles, Ramblings, Random on Sep.23, 2008
The Bad Astronomer, Dr. Phil Plait, mentioned a new show from CBS called “The Mentalist”. It makes me incredibly happy that a major network is growing the balls to premier a show that is blatantly skeptical. Kudos to CBS for this!
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Tags: mentalist, phil plait, skeptic
filed in Articles, Ramblings, Random, Role-Playing Games on Sep.12, 2008
I’ve been trying to make something of an effort to keep this blog on the topic of RPGs and gaming in general. However, sometimes some of the other things I’m passionate about are going to make an appearance. For example, you may have noticed the big scarlet letter over on the right-hand side of the [...]
Tags: essay, Gaming, Heliotrope, magazine, R. Scott Bakker, skeptic
filed in Updates on Sep.09, 2008
Wow. One of the servers at my hosting provider crapped out, and we were down from around 4 pm until sometime after 11:30 pm. I coulnd’t tell you exactly what time, since I was asleep. I apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused anybody. I know I was ready to pull my hair out.
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Tags: hosting, issues, server, what the crap?
filed in Dresden Files Playtest, Gaming, RPG Design, Role-Playing Games on Sep.07, 2008
We created Portland in two sessions. The first took just a hair over three hours (from other posts, this seems about the right amount of time), the second took maybe an hour. We had an additional player for the second session.
Choosing a city – we started with a list of about a dozen candidates, purposely [...]
Tags: Alpha, Dresden Files, playtest, report, RPG