I took my youngest son to see the live broadcast of Acquisitions Incorporated. We had a great time and I think that it has encouraged him to dig a little deeper into DnD. In fact, when I went to play with my weekly group last night he complained that I took the Players Handbook when […]
Weekly GMing – Prepping for Con Games
I thought I would take a few minutes to talk about prepping for the initro doctors games I ran for Baldman Games at GenCon. These are the set of games I ran for new(ish) players on Sunday. The module consists of five, one to two hour adventures. Each of these “mini-adventures” consists of a very straightforward […]
GenCon2016 – Overall Recap
With this year being RPG heavy, I didn’t get a chance to see or do much else. Dealers Hall. Seemed a lot bigger even though I only got to spend a few minutes. Not sure about busier, I was only there to pickup a Kickstarter ( Mega-dungeon V4). One of the friends I went with […]
GenCon 2016 – Games Recap
Another good year at GenCon. I ran and played in more games this year. Thanks to a good lottery number for selecting events, I got into some different games I was really looking forward to. Here’s a short recap of each. Day 1. Game One (GMing) – Return to Gilligan’s Island (DnD 5e) – Lots […]
More GenCon Prep – Outsourcing
I can hear GenCon coming. It’s like a train, and I’m stuck on the bridge. I can either run or jump. But like a good group of PCs, I choose neither. I outsource. One of my favorite props for GenCon games is LEGOs. The minifigs are just about the right size to use with “regular” […]
Weekly GMing – Quick Prep
A missing GM. Unexpected kid|work|spouse|house|car events can cause your regularly scheduled GM to not be able to make it for a session. There are lots of options. Board game night. Cards. The dreaded just skip this session and come back next week. Or, someone can go on quick prep. Quick prep is what I call […]
Weekly GMing – Got Away
Last game session the party faced the Big Bad, and he got away. More accurately, I set him up to be able to escape (see more details below). Setting up a big fight with a big bad and then engineering their escape is guaranteed to drive players crazy. We play for fun (my experience anyway). […]
Weekly GMing – Of Course They Did That
You know how as the GM you think you know what the players are going to do – and then you’re so wrong that you need a short break right at the beginning of play to figure out what the heck you are going to do next? Well that was me. Honestly, I should have […]
GenCon 2016 – Pelham 123
My second game at GenCon is a Savage Star Wars game set in the Clone Wars era. It is a fairly straight forward stop the bad guys with lots of blasters and (hopefully) explosions. Here’s the Description for the GenCon site: Your unit is taking a break between missions at a little backwater mining colony […]
Weekly GMing – Preparation
The last session was all about two things, getting the party together and then preparing for the next session. There was some good role playing and some combat, but what I remember is more time was spent prepping for the next session. Of course see spoilers below. So that got me thinking, how much prep […]