...because things either work or don't work. Trust me on this one, I don't play games, infact, I haven't played a game in a good 14 month period, but I'm planning on setting up a computer to handle the gaming issue, that is, a fairly fast computer with something like XP or Vista, and then I'm going to play something on the machine, but that's not happening quite yet. The reasons are fairly clear, and...

In this premier episoode of DiceCast™, the guys from Polymancer discuss starting a new campaign. Every consideration that a gamemaster or player needs to keep in mind when a new campaign is being set up is discussed here. New opportunities for freelance writers are announced at the end of the cast. DiceCast is also available at its own site and through the iTunes Music Store .

How the hell is it that I don't have a game to run on Halloween? I usually run a horror game to mark the season but my players are scattered and my boy is going out as Erik, the Fabulous Viking. Mutter...

I picked up the latest batch of One Bad Egg PDFs yesterday. While two were ostensibly released for the Halloween season, thankfully horror is horror so it has use outside the holiday. Quick thoughts:...the Death-Mother is my favorite product, which is not what I was expecting. I mean, it's "just" a bunch of stat blocks. Still, it's a bunch of stat blocks that fit well together and are very evocative

Who's interested in going to an election night party? K-chan? Pet? People in the area? Aoi and I managed to (at the last minute) go to The Winery on the last night of the debates and it was pretty fun...YEARS OF PROMISES IT IS FINALLY HERE. And it's called zOMG!!! :3 I've played a little, though I'm still in the beginning tutorial part because the wireless connection hates me. It's fun so far.

Local Legends:  The Sleeper You know how ghosts are always pissed off about something, which brings them back to the land of the living and gets them into heaps of trouble?  Today's ghost story doesn't...be leaving a message that people are too stupid to grasp.  The man died of natural causes without any hint of violence.  Why haunt? Make a story around this motherfucker and let me know what you get

Switzerland / Paku Romi KLASJDLASJKDASLKDJALSKDJASLKDJASLKDJASKLDJASKLDJASLKDJASKLDJASKDLJDALDJALSKJFSLDGSKDGJA:WFAOWGJEGPOJSEPOFJAPEOJFAPWOJGOEASGJSPEOFJAOWJFAOJWGPOEGJPSEOJAPOWFJAWOJFPAowjfpoajwfpAHEGPIJEPGVJOAEJAG...OPGJA{PGBOSDBJHSPEJIf lol yup it still excites me seeing her name. |D OMG GUYS SUDDENLY I LOVE SWITZERLAAAAAND. ♥♥♥ P.S. LBP co-op is the shit. Someone play with me. :DD ...Later. Brb hair appt. :

Some of you will appreciate this more than others (and yeah, I'm looking at you, eeknight  )

I've gotten some materials for the new Dr. Who game (thanks to the fine, hardworking people at Cubicle 7) to run a demo game at a 45th anniversary party next month, if all the attendees are amenable. ...the system looks very quick n' dirty; it reminds me of the Cinematic Unisystem iteration used for Buffy/ Angel. I look forward to looking deeper into it and giving it a nice ride around the block