Tag: role playing
WagonCon 2017
Another year, another wonderful gaming con to go to! WagonCon 2017 is getting prepped and has their Kickstarter in place. I recommend you check it out and get on board for this fun gaming convention in The Dalles, Oregon. This is a boardgame, rpg and miniature rpg convention. This is…
WagonCon – The Dalles, OR
There is a new Gaming Con coming to Oregon this year. It is taking place in the Dalles and is called WagonCon. There are four people on the board, one of whom I know from Gamestorm. They are funding the event via a Kickstarter campaign and it is still open…
Even More Floor Plans
One of my most popular posts on my blog has been my short list of floor plans. Having a map of an area is one of the easiest ways to not only plan your rpg adventure, but also to make sure that all of your players are visualizing the same…
The Ghost Returns for High Adventure on the Coast of Crusade
A few months ago our Call of Cthulhu DM ran a one night game of It Came from the Late, Late, Late Show. I had never played the game before, though I had read through the rules a while ago. For a long time now I have had a love…
Gamestorm 14
Last weekend was another exciting gaming convention, sure wish I could go to more of them. As it is nearly bedtime for me this will be short and sweet. For those that don’t know, Gamestorm is a gaming convention held each year in the Portland/Vancouver area of the PNW. The…
Plots from the Past
There are so many places to gain inspiration for the plots that a DM throws their character group into. For me I find much of my inspiration comes from the books have read as well as the movies I have watched, that combined with my own vivid and active imagination….
Floor Plans for Modern RPGs
All in the setting One of the things that really helps with the atmosphere of any RPG is having the setting down right. In the fantasy based games I run that is fairly easy to accomplish as they are not required to stick to any hard laws of anything, including…
Ultimate Character Sheet Site
One of the things about role-playing is that it tends to be something you do for years and years. It also seems to be that most gamers move through a myriad of gaming systems depending on the tastes of their gaming group over the years. Of course this means an…
Remote Gaming
The Problem: So, you have a friend that wants to game but can’t make it to the table, what should you do? Perhaps they live somewhere else, or maybe they are on vacation, or perhaps they are in a care center after having a tracheotomy? Well, no worries so long…
How to lure out a Dragon
So when an adventuring party is faced with the challenge of stealing a dragon’s horde out from under a dragon what is the best approach. I suppose this particular problem has been covered before and will likely be covered again, though I doubt too many other groups will find the…
