So I’m currently gearing up to GM two games in early 2011. One is a Serenity campaign with some of my school buddies, most of whom are new to gaming, and the other is a Godlike campaign with some of the Jank Casters and our friends. I decided to do something I had never done [...]

Yeah. That’s right. We went there. So the episode we record on the 28th will be a Turkey-day feast for the ears called Janksgiving (okay, I’ll stop now). We’re going to talk about why we’re thankful (get it? Wink, wink!) that we’re gamers. To make this the kind of life-affirming, tear-jerking schlock that awards committees [...]

Oh look. We just got some props from the Brilliant Gameologists. They appreciate our diversity, John Kelly’s adorableness, and Megan’s smoky, Dr. Girlfriend voice. Thanks for spreading the love BG! Right back at’cha. You have gained Karma.

It’s real. That is all.

So in our Apocalypse World game last night, Charles officially started playing two characters. This is part of the game’s mechanics- after you improve your character enough you have the option of creating a second character to play. Vincent Baker, in the book, suggests that it’s kind of strange we don’t do this sort of [...]

So a friend of mine asked for some basic GMing advice. He’s going to be running his first game soon. I thought about it, and then wrote the following up. Please note that I don’t think I’m an expert, just someone who’s GMed a few games. This isn’t meant to be authoritative nor exhaustive of [...]

So Dave who was on our Fiasco/Zombie Cinema review cast just posted this to his facebook page. I thought it was a good read. I think the best thing about it, though, as I responded to Dave’s post, was just the idea of thinking about the characters vs. the players. The best thing you can [...]

So I just gave my ladyfriend’s sister the sweet GM-less vampire game Annalise for her birthday even though she doesn’t game because her name is Anneliese (pronounced the same) and the book looks BEAUTIFUL. Check it out.

When I GM’d BASH, I decided to give my players a sort of “works cited” page, that included the movies and comic books I was drawing on for inspiration (The Dark Knight, Ex Machina, Watchmen, and the new Batwoman run being prime examples). As I run Dust Devils right now, it’s occurring to me that [...]

Holy crap is this insane. It’s like the entire A-List cast involved owed someone some kind of crazy favor. Edit: I’m still watching it. It just gets worse. Everything about it is embarrassing. They combine CGI and regular animation in the most hamfisted way possible. It might be the worst thing I’ve ever seen. I [...]