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- The Trivium Proportion, Part 10 (A Cyberpunk Tale), by David Phillips
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- The Trivium Proportion, Part 10 (A Cyberpunk Tale), by David Phillips
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Featured Archive
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RPG Blog Carnival: One Week Left
Posted on August 22, 2008 | No CommentsOn August 7th I announced the RPG Blog Carnival. So far, it is shaping up to be (in my opinion) a solid success for being so New. We have had... -
The Dead Queens of Morvena (Part 3)
Posted on August 22, 2008 | 2 CommentsThis is the third part in a series on The Dead Queens of Morvena. After the series is completed, I will repost a combined (and likely reedited) version that will... -
McCainculus – A new D&D Humonculus
Posted on August 20, 2008 | 5 CommentsWatching John McCain and Barrac Obama have a discussion about religion and leadership – zero dollars. The price to fill my “economy car’s” tank up after eight years of tyranny... -
Hats Off to MadBrewLabs – and ..|.. Off to McCain’s Blogger
Posted on August 20, 2008 | 3 CommentsI just had to share this – check out this post over at MadBrewLabs about McCain’s asshat blogger. Then read the actual stupid shit the blogger actually said about us.... -
Your Game World is (NOT) teh SuXXorz
Posted on August 19, 2008 | 5 CommentsGot your attention? I just finished reading an essay on world building from The KOBOLD Guide to Game Design, Vol 1 (which is worth the money, btw). Then I pop... -
Jabberwocky & The Origin of Vorpal
Posted on August 18, 2008 | 3 CommentsThe poem “Jabberwocky” is read by Alice early in the Lewis Carroll book “Through The Looking Glass“, the sequel to “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland“. What I find interesting here is... -
The Dead Queens of Morvena (Part 2)
Posted on August 16, 2008 | 2 CommentsThis is the second part in a series on The Dead Queens of Morvena. After the series is completed, I will repost a combined (and likely reedited) version that will... -
More Fun with Fonts
Posted on August 15, 2008 | 2 CommentsOK, yesterday I posted something about Cirth and Old English runes and Tegwar script; all of which have been used in various stages of Tolkein’s trilogy. Doing some more digging... -
Cirth, Tegwar, and Old English Rune Generator
Posted on August 14, 2008 | 4 CommentsFor those of you who like to use the occasional prop at your role playing game table, I’ve found a nice little online generator that produces .png image files for... -
Welcome to Carnivalia (+ a few tiny blogger tips)
Posted on August 13, 2008 | No CommentsThe RPG Blog Carnival for this month is going well! So far we have six submissions and a few promised more on the way (listed in the comments of the... -
The Dead Queens of Morvena (Part 1)
Posted on August 12, 2008 | 4 CommentsThis is the first part in a series on The Dead Queens of Morvena. After the series is completed, I will repost a combined (and likely reedited) version that will... -
GSL, SRD, Stealth, New Rituals, and DRAGON Editorials – oh my!
Posted on August 11, 2008 | 2 CommentsA big batch of updates hit the Dungeons & Dragons website over at Wizards of the Coast today. So, while everyone else is talking about the upcoming changes to the... -
Elf-ears…
Posted on August 10, 2008 | No CommentsI’m working on a contribution for the RPG Blog Carnival – so, in the meantime I thought I would share a link a friend of mine sent to me… http://www.instructables.com/id/Body-Mod-Elf-Ears/... -
The RPG Carnival #1, Resurrection
Posted on August 7, 2008 | 26 CommentsThe RPG blogging community is no doubt a fantastic source for gamers across the globe. This community has brought together gaming minds from all over the globe – and is... -
More D&D Magazine Goodness: Kobold Quarterly. Any Others?
Posted on August 7, 2008 | 3 CommentsI’m always amazed at how market forces work, and how products appear wherever there is a demand for it. Yesterday I posted about the magazine Fight On!, and commented on... -
Miss DRAGON? Grab a copy of Fight On!
Posted on August 6, 2008 | 1 CommentA few days ago I offered up an idea about forming a new magazine dedicated to Dungeons & Dragons or PnP RPGs in general; especially now that DRAGON and DUNGEON... -
Mithrendain, Citadel of the Feywild
Posted on August 5, 2008 | No CommentsWizards of the Coast released a juicy bit for DRAGON that supports the upcoming release of the 4E Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting. The article, “Mithrendain, Citadel of the Feywild” (aka... -
“My Character Should Know That…”
Posted on August 5, 2008 | 8 CommentsHave you ever heard another player at the table utter the above words? Well, I’ve heard it far too many times. This post is dedicated to those players who think... -
ATTENTION RPG BLOGGERS! Captcha error on Blogspot; I may have the fix
Posted on August 5, 2008 | 6 CommentsCaptcha, 404 File Not Found Error with Blogger Hey all, just a quick FYI – the Blogger “captcha” feature is all bugged out (at least for me and about 1/2... -
Too excited to title this post…
Posted on August 4, 2008 | 3 CommentsWe’ve been added to RPGbloggers.com !!! The kind folks over at RPGBloggers.com have added The Core Mechanic to their list of member sites. The new network site is the brain... -
Treasure, Terrain, Organization, Society, and Other Metadata Madness
Posted on August 3, 2008 | 3 CommentsDon’t get me wrong, I love the new 4E Monster Manual. All those juicy statblocks save me tons of time. I mean, there’s 489 of them! But… There’s a crappy... -
The War Drums of Change
Posted on July 31, 2008 | 3 CommentsThere’s been a lively debate going on over at The Fine Art of the TPK about 3.5E vs. 4E. It may very well be just another exchange of fire between... -
Information Management for DMs: Should you use a Wiki?
Posted on July 31, 2008 | 3 CommentsAt least, that’s the question for eDMs. This morning I read a post over at DungeonMastering.com where Yax starts off a new series titled “Power Up Your Campaign With A... -
Why Have Classes At All?
Posted on July 30, 2008 | 12 CommentsThere is a super ridiculously large amount of chatter in forums, blogs, and other websites about the over- or under- powered effects of multiclassing in 4th Edition Dungeons & Dragons.... -
Where’s all the 4E Community Software?
Posted on July 28, 2008 | 6 CommentsUsing google to find software, even webware, for 4E produces few useful results. Most of the hits for the searches I did were for reviews for 4E itself or for... -
The Yahtzee Moment
Posted on July 28, 2008 | No CommentsI run my own weekly 4E campaign, The Kingship Chronicles, with my neighbors, my sister, and my wife at the game table. It’s a low-key, fun time where there’s just... -
4E Multiclassing : A Fighter / Cleric Example
Posted on July 25, 2008 | 7 CommentsYesterday I posted a brief “How-to” for multiclassing in 4th Edition Dungeons & Dragons. In short, it rocks. In my opinion, it blows away any previous system of multiclassing for... -
4E Multiclassing : How To
Posted on July 23, 2008 | 3 CommentsThere’s been a ton of talk (and flaming) over on the official D&D; Forums about the new 4E system for multiclassing. Personally, I love it – but admittedly it takes... -
Statblocks : They’re just numbers on a page.
Posted on July 22, 2008 | 6 CommentsAfter reading Stephen Radney-MacFarland’s column “Saying Yes is a Skill“, the following paragraph stood out: …Consider this case in point. The cifal, also known as the Colonial Insect-Formed Artificial Life... -
Random Discoveries…
Posted on July 22, 2008 | No CommentsHere’s a random collection of some things I’ve come across on the net for 4E in the last couple of days: Software for Mac users: Using OmniGraffle or OmniFocus at...
