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Welcome to Indianapolis! Check out these links for some monthly Indy games: http://dnd.meetup.com/83/ http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/FriendsofGenCon/ I haven't actually been to any of these meetings, but I'm on their mailing list. They sound like good folks. I figure if anything happens...

We bought a wooden dice roller at gencon this year. We call it the Tower of Power. We started going to it for really important rolls but, over time, it seems to roll either really high or really low. So "going to the Tower" is always a time for suspense. We also have a few of those...

The Garghalaargh was the result of uspeakable breeding experiments by the Mother of All Serpents (a reptilian demigoddess). To say more would lead to madness.

I love templated creatures. They are great for experienced (jaded) D&D players who know everything about the monsters. Here are some I have used: Two-headed, corrupt dire bear Gelatinous nothic Half-troll/half-black dragon Reptilian dire ape (summoned by a lizardfolk druid with a modified...

http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/11/04/0239221&from=rss Here's my patent submission: "A group of treasure hunters meet a mysterious hooded figure in a tavern who sends them on a quest to kill monsters and take their loot." Then I can sit back and let the license fees roll in...

My wife and I flew to Mexico this summer with another two couples. We dumped the contents of our 300 poker chip carousel into a big gallon ziplock bag in case we wanted to play some poker when the weather was bad. At the last minute, my wife re-arranged the luggage and put the chips in our carry...

We have a 1st ed M&M side game going. We call it "The Secondhand Heroes". Its kind of a Mystery Men-like lighthearted satire of superhero comics. The premise is that the Freedom League left to fight The War on Terror leaving Freedom City helpless against their supervillain foes. So a bunch of...

Which is cooler--the fact that the guy that plays Dixon on Alias also plays Martian Manhunter or the fact that the guy that plays Martian Manhunter also plays Dixon on Alias? edit: Holy crap! IMDB says he was also in Buckaroo Bonzai!

Guns, Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond. I'm currently reading the section where he runs down the reasons why certain large mammals were domesticated and others weren't and how this affected different populations' uptake of sedentary food production. Sounds exciting, doesn't it? Actually this...

Wrath of Khan! Come on, there are too many awesome quotes in that movie. My friends and I ruined many a stalling game of Star Fleet Battles with "Kill him Terrell! Kill him now!!" Though the scene where the Klingon tells Kirk his son is dead in The Search for Spock has to go down as one of the...

My first non-D&D rpg session was Star Frontiers. We played though most of the modules and had a lot of fun. I've never gotten a chance to play Traveller, though I own two versions of the rules (MegaTraveller and Traveller: The New Era). I'd love to play in a MegaTraveller campaign, though, just...

Yahoogroups is great for this. My gaming group has been using one since October 2000. File storage, calendar, email archiving--its awesome. Ours is "threelakes", named after our campaign setting.

I am a kick ass DM.

Hehehehe. They filmed the Dagobagh scenes in the same location as the Pitfall swamp!

Little Big Man... I love that movie. How about: The Game: This movie had me doubting my second-guessing of what I thought might be the ending. Is it a con job? Or is it really what he paid for? What would role-playing be like if you had an unlimited budget? This is the first movie where I...

My friends and I saw a dungeon majesty clip at the fan film section at Gencon this summer while we were waiting on the D&D II dealie. I've been meaning to check out their web site--the clip was sooo painful it was funny.

Cool thread! Here's a few I've had in mind for years but never done anything with. Saving Grace An old hero in the battle of God vs. Evil will be honored for his deeds by being sainted. The greatest heroes of the current generation are to be his honor guard as he travels from the remote...

Wow. If people are getting $100 for it... I have a copy I'll sell for $99.95! What a deal!

That's not entirely true in pratice. I've had a PC 1 1/2 levels above the rest of the party for like 5 levels now. This may be cheese DMing--thats why you don't tell the player your motivations. If having a party with a big level-spread is messing up the game, you've got to do something about...