Category Archive: Personal Opinion

Jun
05

Engaging Players – Universally

I’ve been meaning to write this and just hadn’t gotten around to it.  I want to offer up some observations, all personal and from 30+ years as player and gamemaster for Pen and Paper RPG’s.  (Who uses pens anyway?  I guess pen is just easier to say than pencil) It’s about engaging the players and keeping …

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Feb
12

Bioshock 2 – Rapture of Protection

Just a quick note to say I’m voting with my wallet on this one and refusing to buy Bioshock 2.  Three different DRM systems are installed to get this thing to work properly.  I’m appalled. Until I get the stupidity to set up a game machine that’s JUST a game machine that I can reghost …

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Oct
02

Thoughts on Players

Don't be the cloud.

I’ve been listening to a lot of podcasts lately and thought I’d ramble on about players from the DM’s point of view, mostly in a bad way of course… As a player you should remember that you’re part of a group.  You’re not going to be the sole focus of attention so when it’s not …

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Feb
14

Healing Surges as Currency

Undead-o

In looking at the next Dragon magazine (subscription only unfortunately although there are ways around that but at $5 a month how onerous is the cost?  Give up one lunch or go with the cheaper diner for dinner out once a month and you’ve got the cost covered.  Okay enough with the supply and demand …

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