Lets bring it back people.
Sep
14
Posted by : | On : September 14, 2010
I’ll keep you posted
Update
I have refined my idea.
Sep
10
Posted by : | On : September 10, 2010
At 2am I woke up with a game system. The details are still fuzzy but I present to you the basic ideas for the tentatively named Decision System. This system combines my love of the Roll-Keep system with the data retrieval of the One-Roll-Engine while factoring in player choice.
Aug
16
Posted by : | On : August 16, 2010
Almost a year ago now I started reading the A Song of Ice and Fire series. Currently I’m around 200 pages from completing the third book, A Storm of Swords. While I know I still have another massive tome to go before I’m caught up I wanted to write some commentary after the events of last night’s reading. For anyone who hasn’t read them yet I’ll be sure to clearly label where the spoiler section begins. Don’t expect much out of this. Just a few random thoughts.
Aug
03
Posted by : | On : August 3, 2010
For those of you who don’t know what I look like… Here’s a picture. I also tried to emulate roughly my normal look of annoyance so as you have a better chance to recognize me. That is all.
Jun
22
Posted by : | On : June 22, 2010
I read this today and I want to share. J.E. Sawyer, via Formspring, answers various questions, including a lengthy discussion on the definition of RPG. While this is, primarily, from a video game view point there are references and parallels made to the table-top community. I’m going to bring this up on the next episode of Bear Swarm! where I get a topic section. I’m curious to see what my fellow hosts think of the question, “What makes a Game into a Role-Playing Game?” I know my answer. Tell me what you think in the comments.
I also want to call out one VERY specific line of the conversation: “Interactive storyline is not IN ANY WAY essential to RPGs.” To which Mr. Sawyer disagreed. After the transcript there is a small poll asking for your thoughts on this line but feel free to comment about it as well. After the break is a transcript of the Formspring questions. Special thanks to Ausir over on The Vault for compiling this for my reading pleasure.
Jun
21
Posted by : | On : June 21, 2010
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In the last couple weeks it has been commented that I have an above normal book count on my gaming shelf. I figured I’d let you be the judge. You can see the entire bookshelf here but after the jump I have shelf-by-shelf pictures and listings of (almost) every gaming book I own. There is a second book shelf in my bedroom that has my old World of Darkness, Shadowrun, Rifts, and a handful of other games that I don’t keep on my main shelf. I’ll post that collection later. For now, lets take a look at the five shelves in my living room.
May
28
Posted by : | On : May 28, 2010
Have you seen John Wick’s zombie survival RPG Shotgun Diaries? How about Steve Jackson’s dice game Zombie Dice? Am I the only one who noticed that the green dice have one shotgun blast on them and thought, “That’s a natural 6 on a d6, the same mechanic that one requires for success in Shotgun Diaries”? Maybe I am but it was that very idea that inspired me to write this article. A small rules re-write of Shotgun Diaries to use Zombie Dice instead of normal d6s!
Apr
09
Posted by : | On : April 9, 2010
This is mushy and personal. While this isn’t a personal blog, I still wanted to save this somewhere. What follows after the break is something my girlfriend wrote about me recently. It made me feel warm and fuzzy inside. I wanted to share and document it. This post is more for me then you.