Tag: role playing
My month of change
This month has proven to be an opportunity for change, doors have closed and others have opened and from the beginning to the end of this month my life is forever changed. I won’t say for the better or for the worse, as the reality that the answer is both…
Magic Items from Children’s Books
When reading bedtime stories to my kids I am often struck by the quantity of ideas for either game plot or magic items that I discover. Right now I am reading Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy to my 9 year old, and Alice in Wonderland to my 6 year old….
Gamestorm – a quick rundown
So I know I keep mentioning Gamestorm so I thought I would take a moment to explain what it is and why I love it. So to star the explanation, Gamestorm is a convention held annually in the Greater Portland area and is currently on its 13th year. The convention…
The Perfect Gamestorm Shirt!
So as I am sure you are well aware I will be attending Gamestorm again this year in March. So I am looking to find a new shirt to wear at con, to go with my collection of gamer girl shirts. This year we are adding to our collection of…
Life as an RPG
It was mentioned to me the other day by a friend (I think as a quote from someone, but can’t locate the comment) that going to work is like being in a live action RPG. I couldn’t agree more. For many of us, too many of us, we get up…
Gaming books on the cheap
So you want the latest gaming book but don’t or can’t pay the off the shelf price at your local gaming shop? Perhaps the answer is half.com, this is the site we used to buy our 4th edition D&D books at just less then 1/2 off the shelf price. And…
Man vs Dice – Part 3
So what happens when your dice mutiny all together???? When that happens you sit down at the game table, clipboard of characters, maps and miscellaneous information in hand and find that you have everything but your character sheet. You dig through the gaming bag that the gaming clipboard lives in,…
Man vs Dice – Part 2
As promised here I am again to bring you up to current on the continued, and ever ongoing Man vs Dice saga. While the great game of awesome roles continued to elude him, many an attempt has been made to understand the psychology of the bag of dice that our…
Man vs Dice – Part 1
In my twenty years of gaming experience, trailing over a good number of gaming groups, I have found one thing to be true. At the gaming table there will always be someone whose dice simply hate them. Now I don’t mean the guy whose dice are just cold that night…
Legendary Lives 2nd Edition
My favorite game to run is Legendary Lives 2nd Edition. I have been running this fantasy based RPG since the mid 90’s. In particular I like the open magic system and the ease of game play. Since Marquee Press went out of business the authors have put the rule book…
