Making new gamers one by one
I am now outnumbered and flanked. We welcomed Melody Alexis Cole to our gaming circle yesterday.
I am now outnumbered and flanked. We welcomed Melody Alexis Cole to our gaming circle yesterday.
In this post on the GURPS Forums, TheOneRonin was asking about how to fight multiple opponents in GURPS while unarmed. This was sort of interpreted to mean “I should be able to beat up many foes if I have Karate and Judo!” That wasn’t precisely fair, but the advice he received: expect to lose; expect…
In my review of Action 2, the gift that keeps on giving, I noted that there were several frameworks for thinking through things in a structured way. One was Assess, Analyze, Act, and Avoid. I decided to apply that to the Aeon campaign, and specifically to The Commander, my 1,300-point (or so) super-soldier. What does…
Joined +Christian Blouin, +Jason Woollard , +Arne Jamtgaard , +Paul Stefko , and Gordon for my first session of his Dwarf-based campaign. It started in media res, with Drolf, my borrowed PC-turned-NPC-turned-PC literally teetering on the edge of a 30m drop, having been pushed there by an enormous angry tree creature: a Huorn. Something that’s not an Ent. But big, mad, and…
In Monteporte 44, the session began and ended with animated discussions on the rules for attunement to magical weapons. +Rob Conley had created a chart or an excel file listing all the weapons that required attunement from the DMG, and we played around with the concept a bit. We all, I think, liked the general concept of…
Over at The Troll Dens, +Stephen Chenault links to this image of a fortified town. City of Carcassonne, photographed by air, south-west France. This fires up my imagination something fierce. He notes that this is what the dragon sees as he decides to get take-out. True, true. The thing that gets me is just how cool…
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Congrats again Doug! She's beautiful. Now get her a star wars mobile to go over her crib, get her started right.
Yeeesshhh. Need it, we do.
Yeah, what Nate said. 🙂 Be E A You Tea Full.
Hold on to Big Sister's Wonder Woman suit. Little Sister will need it soon enough. Enjoy and congrats to you both. Cheers and boogie boogie.
Congrats, man! You must be so proud! Now go enjoy your sleepless nights and try not to think about how quickly Short Stack and Newbie will be bringing boys home to meet Dad 🙂
S: I love being a big sister.
D: you won't be saying that when she starts trying to date your friends.
Congrats, Doug! Adorable little baby girl. Makes me remember when my youngest was that size, now she's about to start kindergarten…