How to Play D&D (by a 7 year old)

News | Posted by metaDM on Monday January 9 2012 9:13 am | Comments (7)

Last year, my daughter Zeta gave me a great gift for Father’s Day. She wrote and drew a book about something dear old dad taught her… how to play Dungeons & Dragons. Well technically we were playing Labyrinth Lord, but same difference. Zeta and her sister Nita pick some minis from my collection to represent themselves. Tip for kid’s game designers: Pets are a big hit. Add them to your game.

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Annotated A3: Assault on the Aerie of the Slave Lords

Reviews | Posted by metaDM on Monday October 3 2011 8:19 am | Comments (1)

You know the drill. I’m annotating every single 1st Edition Dungeons & Dragons Adventure. A3: Assault on the Aerie of the Slave Lords is on the chopping block today.

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Annotated A2: Secret of the Slaver’s Stockade

Reviews | Posted by metaDM on Wednesday September 28 2011 12:55 am | Comments (2)

This is the second post in a series of posts dedicated to reading and annotating every single 1st Edition Dungeons & Dragons Adventure. Today’s adventure is A2: Secret of the Slaver’s Stockage.

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Annotated A1: Slave Pits of the Undercity

Reviews | Posted by metaDM on Monday September 26 2011 10:29 am | Comments (3)

This is the first post in a series of posts dedicated to reading and annotating every single 1st Edition Dungeons & Dragons Adventure. The adventure on the block today is A1: Slave Pits of the Undercity.

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Annotating Every 1st Edition D&D Adventure

Projects | Posted by metaDM on Sunday September 25 2011 9:40 pm | Comments (8)

A while ago I had a great idea for a new campaign I was planning on. All the players would start out as hardened criminals incarcerated in a maximum security prison mine deep inside a mountain. The adventure started with a prison break. The characters would start out practically naked with no weapons in a hostile environment. Giant spiders and other hideous creatures could leap on them at…

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DM Challenge Visual Aids

Projects | Posted by metaDM on Thursday September 1 2011 8:09 am | Comments (2)

From the moment I entered the convention center, I felt immersed in a massive chaotic swell of gaming culture–unreleased video games, photos with cosplayers, shiny new board games, walls of slick videos, back to back panels with gaming legends, creative indie games, marketers trying to shove useless crap in your hand every ten steps and everywhere you look, throngs of unapologetic gamers. Trying…

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PAX GM-Less Gaming Workshop with Ben Robbins

News | Posted by metaDM on Friday August 26 2011 11:44 pm | Comments (3)

PAX Prime 2011 launched today. After briefly walking the floor, I marched to the Games on Demand gaming room (Room 306) to get my game on. Another gamer filled me in on the GM-Less Gaming Workshop led by Ben Robbins that was going on a few rooms down. I figured I go check out….

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CMVisualizer for DnD4E Combat Manager

Projects | Posted by metaDM on Sunday August 21 2011 10:27 pm | Comments (0)

Last year, I started heavily using video projection in my games. I began by displaying maps and handouts, but after a time I came up with the idea of keeping track of combat initiative with a scoreboard I could project on the wall. I discovered a cool little …

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Bainbridge Island D&D Encounters

News | Posted by metaDM on Friday January 21 2011 11:30 pm | Comments (0)

Starting February 9th, I’ll be running D&D Encounters, Season 4: March of the Phantom Brigade at The Curious Child on Bainbridge Island. I slapped together a quick render and posted this flyer around town.

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Bainbridge Island D&D Players Wanted

News | Posted by metaDM on Sunday December 12 2010 11:54 pm | Comments (1)

So I’m finally buying my first home! It’s on Bainbridge Island in the great state of Washington. We are in a great location, the schools are amazing and everything is so green. It’s a short 35 minute ferry ride to Seattle. Unfortunately, it’s a pretty small town and there are no game stores. I know there has to be some tabletop gamers out here. I made a flyer tonight that I’m going to post …

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