Recent content by The Hound

Suppose you had an opportunity to get paid to GM a campaign. How much would you have to be paid *per session* to make it worth your while? Consider the amount of time it takes to think up and plan the adventure up front, the time required to prep for each game, and the hours that you spend...

Sounds interesting but... Why not use email? I'm tempted to try it but I don't think I'll have the time.

RPG basaed on romance novels Here's one from a former girlfriend, who never got into roleplaying games: She said she could get interested in an RPG that was based on the romance novel genre. I suppose that swashbucklers come close.

More interesting non combat encounters I'd like to see a system that makes non-combat conflict as interesting as combat. Something that could cover things like negotiation of all kinds, debate, seeking information, etc. Maybe something that formalizes the "wing it" roleplaying that is usually...

Dungeon maps Gameprinter, I tried to PM you but your mailbox is full. Do you do custom maps, other than those you create for your modules? Can you give me a rough idea of your rates? Please PM me.

follow up questions Thanks for your replies For both of you: What was the total word count, approximately for the single session adventure? For Gameprinter: What were the person-hours without the map preparation? Also, you might be interested to know that Paizo still buys freelance modules...

Here's a question for people who have sold RPG adventure modules to companies like WOC, Paizo and others: How long does it take you in both calender time and man hours to write a typical single game-session module? Don't count time making maps. I am asking this for planning purposes as...

I walked into the only remaining gaming store in my city after several months absence and found that they had expanded! Their games area spread into an 15' X 15' alcove at the expense of part of a LAN area. It was hard to judge what types of products were taking up more shelf space, because...

I was just looking at the Wikipedia entry for Gencon here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gen_Con If you scroll about halfway down there is an interesting graph showing attendance at Gen Con from 1967 to 2013. Attendance rose steadily, almost exponentially, up until 1995. Then it dropped...

Quoth Dorothy: "Lions and tigers and bears, oh my!"

Or maybe not. EN World's statistics say there are 284,000 threads, 6,011,071 posts, and 159,906 members as of early this morning. The only large general MMO forum I've been able to find is mmorpg.com; I wasn't able to find statistics or membership numbers, but by adding up the posts and...

Does anyone know what the three or four largest online forums devoted to MMORPGs are (not forums specific to one game, but general forums). In other words, the ENworlds of the MMO world. So far today from Googling I have found mmorpg.com which looks pretty big. Mmo-champion.com is big but...

I am looking for forums that are aimed toward Game Masters/Dungeon Masters and their needs, concerns, the art of running an interesting game etc. Does anyone know of any?

The RPGtonight online living game playtests are getting into full swing with almost nightly games now. We have 9 GMs with a few admins acting as extras when needed, and we've decided we need more players (though we won't turn you away if you are interested in being a GM). This is a...

There are still a few slots open for GMs (but we won't turn you away if we get more than that), and an unlimited number of slots for players. Playtesting starts this week. See the original post for information links.