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Anyone interested in playing some Texas Hold'em using dice instead of chips? For two years I ran a scheduled event where we had people buy-in with 50 dice. Then we played to the end. Top three players split the dice 50/30/20. Time: Wednesday, Friday, or Saturday nights. Sunday during the day...

I'd love to play this again, man. I had a blast two years back when you ran this. Count me in. BTW, where would you run this? Can I bring beer?

I'm coming. I'll probably walk over there Wednesday after work. Anyone who'd like to know a little bit about downtown--I'd be happy to show them around. Just drop me an email at chalfants@gmail.com I'd love to get in on some ENWorld pickup games. I got too busy at work Monday and missed my...

I just burned through all three of the Takeshi Kovacs novels by Richard K. Morgan (starting with Altered Carbon). These are excellent cyberpunk novels. I thought that the genre had pretty much played out, but Morgan resurrects it (or should I say, "resleeves it"). In particular, Altered Carbon...

I vaguely remember an SK short story tribute to Lovecraft. I think it involved someone discovering the thing in IT.

I drove uptown for lunch today and EVERYONE is wearing Colts colors. I also drove by the dome (right by the home of Gencon, baby!) and the construction site for the new stadium, crossing my fingers for an Indy Superbowl in '11. This is the biggest game since I started seriously following the...

I am not an anime freak, but there are a couple that I really enjoyed. Mostly because I think they are probably the most Westernized (i.e. they have a plot, heads don't get huge with red pluses when people get mad, there are no unspeakable acts with tentacled horrors or sailor suits, and they...

Just finished Celestial Matters by Richard Garfinkle and Draco Tavern by Larry Niven. Both were so fun I read them in a matter of days. I just started Vernor Vinge's A Deepness in the Sky. I really liked A Fire Upon the Deep, but this one is starting a little slow. But it could be that I'm...

I agree with using Savage Worlds. This has become my go-to system lately. I've played both d6 and d20 versions. I thought d20 Star Wars was clunky compared to d6. I had a lot more fun running the WEG d6 version. It's Star Wars! You shouldn't have to spend time calculating bonuses and such! Just...

Yes. My weekly game has been nuked into a bi-montly game. It's not just the holidays. One guy has a baby coming end of December. Another guy has school and work-related stuff. And my in-laws camped out at my house for like a week here this month. So no gaming in a long time. It's a shame, too...

We rarely have a game session without a few pints of homebrewed beer. Every time I see the term "homebrew" on this message board, I think "oooh! another brewer!" before I catch myself. I'm brewing a Fat Tire clone this weekend, I've got an amber in the keg, and about 10 pints of chocolate...

My daughter's middle name is Coraline, after that great book by Neil Gaiman. I'm sure people will mistake it for Caroline all her life--just like the book. We were also considering Aeryn from Farscape as a middle name. I pushed hard to name my son Bruce after Bruce Wayne, but my wife had a...

One theme I like to dump on my players whenever they get land is the comparison of a normal job to that of adventuring. How about an entire session on the drudgery of dealing with taxes, with petty infighting amongst the servants, with sitting in judgement of of annoying feuds between peasants...

Just finished Feersum Endjinn by Iain M. Banks. I think I've read all of his sci-fi stuff at my library now. I'm going to have to check out some of the other books on this thread now that I'm between books.

Iain M. Banks: The Algebraist is his latest and pretty fun. Naomi Novik: series starting with His Majesty's Dragon is very fun to read. John C. Wright: The Golden Age series is mind blowing.

Every DM should practice saying this phrase in the mirror, for different effect: "Are you sure you want to do that?"

I've seen the following names in my games: Hassan Bin Sobar (thank you Three Stooges!) Bastert (a warforged named by his fellow soldiers) Phineas County Jr. (Deadlands character) Jefferson Davis Payne (another Deadlands character) Filch (an AD&D thief) Cabin Boy (actually an NPC henchmen) Chan...

To clarify: It wasn't so much the kid's behavior that was disruptive. I have two kids, I have a high tolerance for it. And I expect some disruption going to the theatre--its part of the experience. I like the crowd's reactions and I love it when somone's cell phone rings and some other guy...

My wife and I played head's up holdem at a Starbucks nearly every day when I was out of work and she was home waiting for our first kid. We've also played Brawl, Go, Chess, Rummy, Doom, Mortal Kombat (these last two are great for your marriage! No really!)

I don't think it has. I don't think it's ENworld specifically, but the instant access to all these game discussions on the web has, I think, made my game suffer. I never used to worry about broken rules. If we didn't like something, we just changed it and moved on. Now I read threads about this...