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*pong* I'm still stuck at work at the moment and will probably be here for another 30 minutes at least. How about going out for pizza somewhere? Or would you rather go for Nandos or somewhere else? One of the Ghereleths wandered through the office awhile ago to use the printer. I sat very...

The weather in London is pretty good at the moment, not much in the way of sunshine but at least it's dry. Being stuck in the office when I could be in the park roller-blading feels like I'm on some distant orb in Carceri. Any minute now a Ghereleth will walk in to the office looking for...

*ping* I'm pretty bored at the moment. Had to come in to work to finish of some tests and they're taking a VERY long time. Is there anything exciting happening in your part of the world?

Hello Hive, Anyone for a game of ping pong? *ping* :D

At work in our team weekly meeting we have a 'around the table' part where everyone talks briefly about what they are working on. This week I suggested we each person describe what they did over the Easter bank holiday weekend and every person in the team had spent at least one day visiting...

I spent most of the Easter weekend visiting family in Amsterdam this year and only made it to GenCon on Monday afternoon. The trade floor looked pretty empty and there were a fair number of games going on upstairs, but about a third of the tables were empty. There's something about gaming...

Congrats Tallarn Should I refer to you from now on by your stage name? :) If you are not busy this evening, then we should go out and celebrate. How about pancakes at 'My Old Dutch'? Good luck with the paperwork.....

Probably 192 gp :D Cool, Tallarn. We'll run with this character as long as you like, but we probably need to work out some way to keep a character long term. I fall in to the trap of wanting to change characters quite often, but for a long-running campaign it can have a detrimental effect...

I meant it as a compliment for alsih2o's posting about the characters in the sylvan setting :) See you tonight.

+1000 bonus xp for in-depth character bakground! :D

Sorry, but I don't have any knowledge of the LotR roleplaying game. However, my experience of other gaming systems (compared to d20) has been positive so far. 7th Sea produced by AEG has a "roll stat+skill, keep skill" d10 system that works very well. For example, if you have a Finesse of 3 and...

Intorducing new characters is one the most difficult jobs that a DM does IMO. Usually the campaign is planned months in advance and I have worked out the details of the next few sessions. But when it comes to getting a new character to join the group I feel like throwing my hands up in the...

In my current campaign, not many of the players have made up character backgrounds. In the first session I explained some of the worlds history and current political / social situation. This gives me as a DM quite a bit of freedom in introducing plot hooks, but it also means that players could...

Thanks :D I'm actually glad that Tallarn has brought this issue up. I feel quite guilty for having so many of his characters die in my campaign, but at last it all becomes a little clearer :)

The question is: are you playing the character for his abilities and characteristics? Or because he is a deeply interesting character with a lot of potential? In the past I've had characters who were not very good at combat and did not enhance the group intially. However, by developing the...

Have no fear, Matt and I have another session planned for later on in the week - with a new twist. It was fun though watching Randomling trying to figure out who Tallam was :)

I just took the IQ test. Got a score of 131 and apparently I am a 'Word Warrior', what ever that means... Anyway, hello to everyone on the Hivemind. Also, special hello for Randomling. I hope that your day is going well. My apologies for the "Tallarn/Tallam" stunt yesterday :D

1) Yes, within reason. I'll ask the players to give me some information about the type of cohort that they would like to have and then go away and create something along those lines which will fit well in to the campaign. 2) In general No. I'll ask the characters for ideas about the cohorts'...

The group is now full. Thanks for all those who expressed an interest. If I have enough time, I'll write up some of the sessions and post them on story-hourThanks and good gaming. Simmo

Hi, The gaming sessions will be held in inner London, close to Angel tube station. I've just looked up Farnborough on the map and it is quite a distance from the centre of London. Also, the games will be held on Thursday evenings. Anyway, the first session takes place this Thursday evening...