I’ve written and spoken on the podcast a bit about the angst I’ve experienced with violence in the D&D game, and that finally came to a head last Saturday when I finally decided that something had to give. As it turns out, that something was my own angst. The party […]
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Our Weekend Reading series (brought to you by our Patreon backers) continues with a curated selection of articles—and a few other things—from around the Internet that interested us this week! We’re currently on an every-other-week schedule. Peter Shortly after I wrote this week’s blog post on setting design, Grant shared an interesting article […]
Fair warning: a LOT of the links in this blog post will take you to music videos, and a significant number of them are loud. Bear that in mind as you click around. For this week’s blog post, I thought I’d try something a little different. In the same vein […]
Our Weekend Reading series (brought to you by our Patreon backers) continues with a curated selection of articles—and a few other things—from around the Internet that interested us this week! We’re currently on an every-other-week schedule. Jenny I don’t think it will surprise anyone who follows this podcast to know that I do […]
If you hang out in pretty much any RPG forums for any significant amount of time, you’ll see threads on so-called DMPCs or GMPCs – a character that’s in the party and is played by the GM as a PC. This is wisely generally considered a no-no. Even if the […]
Our Weekend Reading series (brought to you by our Patreon backers) continues with a curated selection of articles—and a few other things—from around the Internet that interested us this week! Important note: This Weekend Reading series is the result of our Patreon backers supporting the show, and is the result of us breaking the […]
On September 2, our gaming group finally managed to get back together for the first time in over two months, and we have one major piece of unfinished business hanging over us from before the break. Auntie Bloat. We’ve been through our initial fear, and our side quests of leveling […]
Our Weekend Reading series (brought to you by our Patreon backers) continues with a curated selection of articles—and a few other things—from around the Internet that interested us this week! Peter This week, though the wonder of Atlas Obscura, I learned that the ancient persians actually had special buildings for making ice. In […]
Our Weekend Reading series (brought to you by our Patreon backers) continues with a curated selection of articles—and a few other things—from around the Internet that interested us this week! Jenny As most everyone probably already knows, hurricane Harvey hit the south-eastern parts of Texas earlier this week. As tempting as it is […]
It’s probably pretty likely at this point that you’ve seen some of the angry memes about “thoughts and prayers” circulating around the internet, the basic message of which is “how about instead of thinking or praying about this thing, you do something instead?” There’s an old Latin phrase that’s been […]
Our Weekend Reading series (brought to you by our Patreon backers) continues with a curated selection of articles—and a few other things—from around the Internet that interested us this week! Grant Everyone who reads these Weekend Reading posts likely knows that I’m a huge U2 fan. They’ve produced some tremendous albums over 37 years […]
Our Weekend Reading series (brought to you by our Patreon backers) continues with a curated selection of articles—and a few other things—from around the Internet that interested us this week! Jenny I’m a sucker for old church architecture. I am also a sucker for abandoned buildings. This church that seemed to rise out […]