The GM and players agree on a setting and general scenario. Think of a character. Write down three things your character is good at, and one thing your character is really good at. Write each in the form of “[Really … Continue reading
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Apologies for again taking so long between posts. Real Life continues to assert itself in ways that mean no time for posting here. In lieu of a content-ful post, here are even more clouds for mapping purposes: Clouds for Mapping … Continue reading
It’s been another hectic week here, so that means another batch of four beautiful, all-natural, free-range clouds for your mapping uses. As before, I’m putting these into the public domain, but I appreciate credit and notice if you use them … Continue reading
A super-busy week at work means that you get four more images of clouds, ready to be turned into great gaming maps! As with previous “clouds for mapping” images, I’m releasing these images into the public domain, but I’d appreciate … Continue reading
The weekly group has played Battleground twice recently. It’s been pretty fun! Last time, we played the humans against the goblin army. It came really close — I think in the end, it was down to one unit on each … Continue reading
If I had as much time as I wanted, I’d probably be a miniatures gamer. I love the intricacy, the skill, the sheer aesthetic delight of painting minis. The maneuvering, the planning, the feints and the luck of battles. And … Continue reading
One of my favorite podcasts of all time is Roll 2d6. Or, to give its fuller title, “Roll 2d6, a Podcast about Games, Gaming and Gamers, with Adam and Nate.” (Note that that website is currently dead; I’ll explain more … Continue reading
All ten of my items are posted now. For the record, they were: Dinosaurs! A couple nice plastic dinosaurs. Stance markers for Blade & Crown. Glass beads as cheap as they come. Die-cast vehicles for use in SF games. Chess … Continue reading
The last item in my Dollar Store Dungeons project: a whiteboard. Or, as the package says, a Dry Erase Board: And I suppose it really is a dry-erase board rather than a whiteboard, because the surface is actually a silver … Continue reading
This was the simplest, most practical, most directly usable purchase for Dollar Store Dungeons: a set of mechanical pencils. There’s not much to say about these, really. Just that people often don’t seem to have writing instruments, or enough writing … Continue reading