New column from EN World columnist Ari Marmell! "Not All Fun and Games" deals with the dilemma of gaming feeling like work for a game designer.
You know, if I keep starting my columns with confessions and admissions, Morrus is going to start charging me for therapy. Still...
I can't run games the way I used to.
For most of my gaming life, DMing was far and away my priority, and my favorite role to take on. And I started that life early--got the good ol' Red Box as a gift in 1983, and never once looked back.
Of course, to be fair, what I was doing when I was nine years old was "DMing" in much the same way that going into the back yard to piss on a tree is "gardening." At that age, I so completely misunderstood some fundamental aspects of the game that, the first time I tried to run a friend through a module (Keep on the Borderlands, naturally), I handed him the map as a visual prop and just had him encounter every room or area in the order they were written in the book.
Yeah, I had me some learning to do.
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Pathfinder News
Two is Better than One!The Taddol, a 2-headed (1 character sheet) PC race was released today for the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game by Alluria Publishing.
Other News
Clan of the Grey Wolf The Clan of the Grey Wolf is a new gaming website dedicated to console gaming and RPGs. They are doing a charity event for Child's Play on 27 November.
"After working on this in the background for months, we can finally let the lid off our biggest project yet. Starting November 27, the day after Thanksgiving, we're going to hold a 1,000 song Rock Band Marathon for charity. All proceeds will be given to Child's Play, which (if you are not familiar with them) is a charity which donates toys, games, and books to children's hospitals worldwide. You will notice a ChipIn widget in the right sidebar that will allow you to donate money directly to Child's Play using PayPal. This will be active on the site from now until December 6."
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