May 2012
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"I Wish Like Hell I Could Go Back"
Tim Rodriguez writes…
Ten years ago, I played in my friend Kym’s Legend of the Five Rings game that blew my mind. It was the first long-form RPG I’ve ever experienced and the first time I grasped what character depth might look like. It was also the first and only game I’ve been asked to leave — simply for not giving my all to the game. I can look back and trace all my...
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Should've Read The Cover Blurb...
We’re nearing the climax of an awesome game of Night’s Black Agents run by Kevin Kulp. Our spies have chased an arms dealer suspected of stealing suitcase nukes across the crowded streets of Krakow, sneaked our way into a secret meeting of drug lords in Colombia, and found the guy we’re pretty sure is behind at all. He’s able to do some kind of weird mental stuff to one...
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Beholders and Workplace Benefits
Dave Chalker is running the second playtest of his 4e hack for Marvel Heroic Roleplaying (it’s delicious!) late Saturday night at PAX East 2012. Everything is off-the-cuff, tongue-in-cheek, but still mostly sincere fantasy adventure. Dave runs a tight improv ship, despite his protestations countering it.
Our party is in the heart of the dungeon. A beholder emerges. He’s going to...
