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Sodor Stories: Thomas the Tank Engine RPG (Powered by FATE Accelerated)
Why? Short answer: Because I can. Long answer: Because I'm still learning FATE and the best way to learn a new system is to tear it apart and make something new with it. Of course, the cool thing about...
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Alternate RPG settings
I've been considering running a couple of new RPG games, one as a PBEM, and one with a live group. I've mentioned in the past that I know I'm better at running PBEM's than live games, but I'm hoping...
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With but a Whimper (The Death of Another Campaign)
I am terrible at ending campaigns. To be fair, this one did have a pretty good bang before the whimper. For reference, this is what I had as an outline for our final adventure (which I didn't know at...
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GM Advice Desperately Needed (I'm In Way Over My Head)
What was I thinking?I just had 14 people sign up to play a game I've never run, in a system I'm not familiar with, in a setting we just made up over the weekend. And Cthulhu help me, I think I'm going...
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Soundtrack to the Weird West
So that game I was bewildered about last week is happening. I still don't know if it's going to work, but I come armed with all the great feedback and suggestions that I received on the topic. If it...
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Characters Can Be Crazy
Most of my posts here are about board games, but in the last couple of weeks I've had two new RPG's start, one as a PBEM and one as a live on-line experience. This has me in an RPG frame of mind, so...
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Four Reasons "Playing" RPGs is Better than Game Mastering
Last weekend, I hooked up with Rule of the Dice contributors Jason and John, as well as our resident kook Dave, to play a Google Hangouts version of John's D&D hack. (See Jason's post for more...
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The 3 Stages of Gaming Life
I started playing D&D when I was 12 years old. I wrote a detailed story about my first days in gaming back in one of my very first posts on this site. Recent events in my gaming life have gotten me...
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Happy Turkey Day, My Fellow Canadians!
Happy Thanksgiving to all our Canadian readers. Enjoy it while you can, before the poultry rises up to destroy us all and serve our roasted remains with stuffing and cranberry sauce.
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The Walking Dead RPG - DCC Funnel-style!
Ah, October. Month of horror and spookiness. We have Halloween, autumn in full swing choking the life out of the world, the season premiere of The Walking Dead, Canadian Thanksgiving. It's a good time...
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Killing Characters is Fun!
We tried the Walking Dead-style Funnel last Friday and I think it went really well. It was a welcome change after my recent GM-related negativity - I personally had a ton of fun running it, and I hope...
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10 Zombie Survival Intro Scenarios
Can you smell Halloween on the air? Smells like non-toxic face paint and burnt pumpkins. In case you weren't aware, I've been playing around with a zombie/horror game based on the Dungeon Crawl...
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Play Report: Last Night on Earth
Since it's Halloweek, we decided that our last game of the night should be thematically appropriate. I had just bought last night on earth, so we opened it up and got cracking. Here are my thoughts on...
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Halloween Horror Hits - Best of Spooks and Zombies from Rule of the Dice
Happy Halloween, Dicers! Hopefully all of you have your horror-themed games planned for tonight or this weekend, or maybe you're watching Night of the Living Dead for the hundredth time, or maybe (like...
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Can You Tell If People Are Having Fun Over The Internet?
As I posted about here, I had been toying with GMing a new game. Well it has come to fruition. My group has started a PBEM (play by e-mail) game, set in the world of Robin Hobb's Farseer books. We've...
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You Can Never Have Too Many Campaign Ideas
I am somehow at a time in my life where I'm running, or playing, all the games. So, now I get to bore everyone with all the weird ideas I have for campaigns. Here goes... Mythical/Heroic Ireland...
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How to Run a Long-Term Zombie Apocalypse Game
In the past few weeks I've written a bunch about zombie apocalypse games (I blame it on The Walking Dead). I've also been running my regular group through bi-weekly "zombie grinder" sessions, which is...
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Review: Silent Night, Darkest Night
"You know Dasher, and Dancer, and Prancer and Vixen. The other reindeer from that song have all been eaten, by Rudolph. This monstrous reindeer was made fun of when he was growing up, but then he kept...
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Touching Can Also Be Funny.
Hmmm, that title doesn't quite sound right. Oh well. Last weekend I had the pleasure of attending the wedding of Alex and Emily, two of the people in my current table top gaming group. They play...
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Time Keeps On Slippin' Slippin' Slippin'...
Anyone who is a regular reader of this blog (there are at least 2 or 3 of you, right??) will notice a distinct lack of posts over the last 3 months or so. If I were getting paid for this, I'm sure I...
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