Selecting pre-gen characters is a bit tricky, especially in games like Cthulhu. For D&D I usually bring at least twice the number of characters required,
Category: Role Playing
Insanity
Recently I’ve found myself playing a lot of Call of Cthulhu at conventions. I suspect perhaps the Old School fad is simmering down, and there are
Say My Name
As a follow-up to my earlier feminist gaming post, I happened to get in touch with a certain author of a certain fantasy name generator.
Tropes vs. Women in RPGs
Last night I was recounting to Jenn what Adam and Mike had told me about the “overt sexism” they experienced in one of their games
Multi-Classing
After returning from my trip abroad I was greeted home with a horrible flu. But I did manage to get that one post in before
Returned from my Wilderness Adventure
Sorry for the silence the past week, but I just returned from a lovely vacation in Merry Old England, and on returning the climate of
Books and Movies
Jenn and I recently watched the second Dungeons & Dragons movie. We didn’t see it when it came out because, let’s be honest, the
Wandering Monsters
My favorite Order of the Stick cartoon, back when I enjoyed that strip, concerned the number of random encounters the party should expect while traveling
Conventions
Once again I missed GenCon this year, and it has left me feeling conflicted. The 50th anniversary is coming very soon, and given that my
Swimming in B/X
Robert Fisher has kindly pointed out what I missed. The following section appears in the Expert book, page X51: SWIMMING: All characters may swim unless