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Who am I
Who am I? So before we get too far into this I figure it would be good to talk abit about who I am. Give new people a chance to get to know me some. I started gaming back in 96. I...
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Witch Doctor Woes
So I wrote the following piece for class about two weeks ago. I’m opting to post it now because I think the basic concepts in it are important. You’re likely to hear me talk about symbolic annihilation...
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Epic Fantasy
Epic Fantasy So it appears I need to be reading Pathfinder Tales. Why? Because Paizo is a promoter of diversity in gaming and that’s the kind of thing I love to support. So Publishers...
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The Elven Bro
The Elven Bro Artwork by Deviantartist Dame Eleusys I was once asked why it was important to me that there be diversity in fantasy races in the medium of rpgs. The friend who asked me...
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S.S. Blackgate
S.S. Blackgate The S.S. Blackgate was a fine ship. A might fine ship, that was left adrift in space. But how did it end up there? Well, it was due to the most evil use of Jenga ever, a...
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Arkham Origins
Arkham Origins What’s to say about a game that is likely to receive 9’s and 10’s from most magazines that review it? A lot actually, seeing as how I’m currently playing Mass Effect 1 again...
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Looking into the Darkness
The Void A new RPG that I picked up recently was The Void from WildFire, makers of Cthulutech. I haven’t had much dealings with this company before. Cthulutech sounds like something I’d enjoy but...
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What’s On TapSo it’s been a week or so since I last wrote a blog post. I figure I should do one to talk about where things are going for B.R.O.. Artist has been paid and that means that I get my own...
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Rally the Troops
You ever need a speech to inspire your players with? Or are you a bard who needs to stand up and Any Given Sunday. You'd need to make some minor adjustments but this speech is too good to pass up on. I...
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You're Not Alone
There’s a conversation happening in geek/nerd culture and it’s a great one, to an extent. See there’s a lot being said about how popular geek/nerd culture is these days. A conversation about how the...
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Thou Shalt not Suffer a Witch to Live
Witch Hunter Second Edition Review This was a book that I was looking forward to since I found out there were doing a second edition during the summer. Sadly I missed out on the Kickstarter...
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Minorities in Gaming podcast
It’s been awhile since I had a moment to update the blog. The end of a semester combined with holiday cheer and then getting sick has kept me away sadly. L At the beginning of the month a site named...
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5th Edition Woes?
It’s been awhile since I’ve had the time to sit down and write. But now that the semester is over I hope to be able to get more opportunities to write. Today I want to talk about DnD Next...
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Why?
Why? So recently I was asked “why bother” as in why is any of this important. After all, as the person indicated, this is a make believe game we’re playing in which the characters are...
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In a conversation a few weeks ago I posted some idea’s I had on 5th Edition D&D and it’s representation of minorities to a gaming page on Facebook. During the conversation one of the...
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Diversity circa 1993
Diversity circa 1993 Mage the Ascension is one of my favorite games, hands down. And one of the things that made me overwhelming support White Wolf back in the day was its approach to...
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Dungeons and Dragons Basic
So I’ve finally gotten the chance to finish reading the D&D Basic rule set. For those who haven’t followed the new iteration of Dungeons and Dragons, D&D Basic is a free rules pdf that allows...
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So I don't talk about non gaming/nerd related stuff here. But the last week has been an emotional roller coaster. The shooting of Micheal Brown, the attempts by the police to discredit him, other...
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Cosplaying Drow
Cosplaying DrowThe Drow. Oh the Drow. This isn't a discussion about whats wrong with the Drow, though I will touch on that some. No this is about why cosplaying Drow is a bad idea. Now when white...
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Dragon Diversity
Dungeons and Dragons DiversitySo I've written before that I had doubts on the diversity that we might see for the new Dungeons and Dragons. Well I got my book in and so it's time for me to reconsider...
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Dungeons and Dragons: The Review Edition
So these are my final thoughts on the new edition of Dungeons and Dragons. I've already covered how I've felt about the diversity of the core book and if you've read the basic rules then you have a...
View ArticleCharacter Unbound I: Players Guide
Right before Gen Con Wildfire released two new books for their Cthulhu inspired space horror the Void, Characters Unbound I: Players Guide and Horrors of the Void I: Body Horrors. Between getting...
View ArticleBGN Podcast
So the wonderful ladies at Black Girl Nerds is doing another rpg podcast with some black gamers to talk about rpgs. I'll actually be on the show this time so yay!!! Listen in, it's this Sunday at 7pm...
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The podcast with BGN was fun, I'll post a link to it in a second. Just want to say the ladies over at BGN are awesome. I also got my copy of the Monster Manual this week. I'll have my thoughts on it up...
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The big book of Monsters!!!!
So the Monster Manual came out this week. Overall … it’s a Monster Manual. The art is pretty good and the production quality is similar to the Players Handbook so there are no worries there. The...
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