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Years ago, before we started using projectors and stuff, we had a battle scene that was going to take place in a massive ice cavern that was the lair of a dragon (an adventure from Dungeon that was awesome, but I don't remember the name of it). My solution to the map problem was to adjust the...

This is what I was going to suggest -- traditionally the crews of a ship were very mixed, with seamen recruited/pressed from any and all ports the ship visits -- and if it's a military ship, those were often much more difficult to get voluntary crew (danger and lousy pay) so they were often made...

Just time for your Cyber Monday shopping, here are some gift ideas for the DM or player on your list. I'm going to try to avoid ideas that will be covered on other lists -- which does not mean that I think giving a gamer a copy of Dungeon Command is a bad idea, just that I think others have it...

LOL. That sounds like you should have a name for it, like "Binky", and just hug it to feel safe. ;) -rg

Cool! I'd encourage you to think about what will be fast and easy. Putting the card over the screen with names on it works well, but if you're going to write conditions on it that means pulling it down, writing on it, putting it back up -- that's a lot of fiddling. That's why I love the...

A lot depends upon how comfortable you are with developing your own websites, mucking around on your computer, etc. You could, for example, set up those netbooks to follow a given URL to a website local to your home network (rather than one in the outside world). Maybe one resident on that...

Thanks! Putting initiative in the hands of the PCs is a great idea -- we do it from time to time with the tents. IMO making it visible to everyone is why I like the tents best, but those pads sure are popular, and you all can't be wrong. ;) -rg

One of my gadget-strewn quests over years of gaming has been finding a good way to track initiative. I've seen a lot of methods -- and everyone loves what they're doing (or doesn't obsess about it), but I've got my favorites. What We Need Initiative is important for DMs, who need to keep...

Wow, that was fast. Now, I wish I had a million dollars! ;) -rg

I like it too, but I still feel like the message boards portion of the site deserve a top level menu item. Unless the plan is to seriously de-emphasize the importance of the boards (or accurately reflect the real traffic the site is getting, which is entirely possible, I guess). -rg

I know, right? <voice=old man> In My day, we had simple block legos and had to use our imagination. Now you kids get all kinds of premade lego playsets....</voice> Actually, I'd argue that your ability to use PCs for "relative power" neatly depends a bit on the version of the game you're...

Let me ask you another question -- and this is really open to anyone still reading this thread -- how much does expense impact your feelings about the use and "coolness" of a particular gadget or tool for gaming? The reason I ask is that it's my intention, for the sake of the Gamehackery...

Thanks BriarMonkey! I've used Gimp before, and it's a decent substitute, although it can be frustrating if you're used to photoshop. I understand that there are add-ons you can get to make the menu structure and tools more Photoshop-like, but I haven't played with those. I use Gimp on some...

I should point out, you could also so far as to buy some of the terrain packs (pricy, but very cool). Here's a link to the first in the series, the Streets of Malifeaux: http://wyrd-games.net/shop/STREETS-OF-MALIFAUX.html

Take a look at Terraclips. They're intended for use with the Malifeaux game, to build and hold together the terrain for the miniatures game, but they'll work to hold dungeon tiles together, too. The clips themselves are just plastic clips in three different configurations so you can connect...

Well, this is going to be more complicated for me to test in person than I expected. I use a Mac at work, but have a Windows Virtual Machine on it for PC applications. And I have One Note there (even though I don't use it, myself). So, I have OneNote, but I am having problems with my VM...

I like the new dropdown menu -- but I miss having Messageboards as a top level choice. It would be great to have a top level that was the Messageboards, and then be able to drop down to the specific forums as submenu options. -rg

I haven't played with OneNote much, but I have it on my work machine -- I'll play with it and get back to you, see how it goes. -rg

My biggest concern so far is that you don't get the Livescribe Desktop application with Sky -- it connects directly to Evernote. Now, I love Evernote, but there are some things at work that I can't use Evernote for (security paranoia stuff) so that's a bit of a deal breaker. Still, Evernote...

Hmm. The small hands thing might be an issue if you find writing with big pens difficult. The pen is thicker than a typical ballpoint pen. Take a look at the picture of the pen itself in the aritlcle to get a sense of it's girth. It's a little bigger and heavier than the Dr Grip pens that...