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Month: February 2018

February 28, 2018October 18, 2019 Paul

Bossfights and Battlemats

Conventions, D&D, OED, Role Playing, TotalCon
Bossfights and Battlemats

I ran three two-hour sessions of OD&D at TotalCon called “Bossfight for Breakfast.”  The general idea is to give the late risers a quick game

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February 25, 2018October 18, 2019 Paul

Quick TotalCon Highlights

Conventions, HelgaCon
Quick TotalCon Highlights

I’m just back from TotalCon and still feeling pretty sleep deprived.  Still, here are some quick highlights and impressions from the convention while they’re reasonably

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February 21, 2018October 18, 2019 Paul

TotalCon in T minus 24

Conventions, TotalCon
TotalCon in T minus 24

24 hours from now I will be running my first game at TotalCon.  You can expect radio silence on this blog for a few days,

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February 18, 2018August 21, 2020 Paul

Purple Worms

D&D, Role Playing
Purple Worms

One of my Bossfight for Breakfast games this coming weekend at TotalCon will feature purple worms, and since I’m using minis I decided to dust

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February 15, 2018February 15, 2018 Paul

Initiative Through the Ages

D&D, Role Playing, Through the Ages
Initiative Through the Ages

I’ve played with lots of different initiative systems – individual rolls, group rolls, based on a stat, drawing cards from a deck…  Seems like turn

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February 14, 2018 Paul

Geomorph Painter for OSX

Role Playing, Technology
Geomorph Painter for OSX

Just a quick note for anyone interested – a long while ago I wrote a little software to make it easy to take geomorph images

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February 11, 2018October 18, 2019 Paul

Miniatures

D&D, Role Playing
Miniatures

I love collecting and painting miniatures, but I don’t use them in my D&D games.  Except when I do.  And even then I don’t really. 

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February 10, 2018 Paul

GaryCon Upgrade

Conventions, GaryCon
GaryCon Upgrade

Looks like I wasn’t completely off base about there being too many featured events.  GaryCon just opened up additional featured slots for all badges: All

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February 7, 2018February 7, 2018 Paul

New vs. Old – The Focus of Pacing

D&D, DemonWars, Role Playing
New vs. Old – The Focus of Pacing

A former player of my campaign and good friend recently dabbled in running 5th edition, and reported back to me his impressions.  One interesting thing

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February 3, 2018 Paul

GaryCon Registration

Conventions, GaryCon
GaryCon Registration

Well, I got through GaryCon registration today, and it was probably the second or third worst convention registration I’ve been through.  GenCon clearly takes the

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