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I may come to regret this, but I'll sign up to compete. :)

And the part of Rick Grimes is played by Bob Newhart (thus explaining all the Bobs in the story.)

I almost completely agree with you, especially on your Pros. The good stuff was Oh So Awesome. I'll say this one spoiler-free, because it's already well known. Martin Freeman is just fantastic. The more of him I watch, the more enthralled I find myself. His ability to speak volumes without...

The two adventures that I've had the best success running were Temple of Elemental Evil (1E) and Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil (3.5E). The latter was heavily modified (with help from other RttToEE GMs - thanks, internets!) and was the single best campaign I've ever run. Additionally, I...

While I appreciate the amount of effort put into this... MAN that's a lot of rules changes, just to replace a ridiculously simple - and highly effective - mechanic. And as written, Dread is a completely narrative game. There are no stats, no dice, nothing to distract from the story except The...

And I've now run my first Dread convention game. I'm happy to report that it seemed to be a smash hit, from all reports. My players (none of whom had ever even heard of Dread) had a blast, and apparently all the other tables in the hall were wondering why the people gathered 'round the Jenga...

XenoCon's Event Catalog has been posted! Are there any (other) ENWorlders who are looking forward to a great weekend of gaming?

It was friggin' awesome. I ran two playtests for our upcoming convention over the weekend, and Dread went absolutely beautifully. My players were all veteran gamers (and some were veteran horror gamers), and everybody had a blast. (I can't go into scenario details yet, but eventually I'll fill...

Event registration closes Sept 5th! Bumping this to inquire if there are any ENWorlders who are planning to attend, and if so are you up for running some games? We have a pretty good selection already, but there's no such thing as too many games. In addition to the aforementioned Grindhouse...

Necro-Dread! I'm almost finished prepping my first-ever Dread game, and I can't friggin' wait. In completely, utterly unrelated news... Did you know that the island of Tristan da Cunha in the South Atlantic is considered the single most remote isle on the planet?? It's a 5-6 day boat ride...

Update the First Update #1: XenoCon 3 will have a Guest of Honor. It's confirmed that Frank Mentzer will be there, and he'll be running games. This makes me very happy. We've also confirmed that we'll be hosting a D&D Next organized play event at the convention. D&D Adventurers League will be...

XenoCon 3 will take place October 3-5, 2014 at CASI in Davenport, Iowa. GM Event Registration is happening right now - you can submit your event at XenoCon's website or (for the local crowd) pick up a GM sheet at Games +1. You can also now order your player badge (only $20 for the entire...

I also want to express my best wishes to you and your friend. We unexpectedly lost my brother-in-law in 2000 (%#$&ing diabetes), and he was such an integral part of our gaming group that two members walked away from the hobby altogether and haven't played since. The campaign ended at that...

geminibob, have you seen the QC Gamers group on Facebook? There are a lot of gamers in the Quad Cities area! :)

Hey all, I wanted to extend an invitation to anybody in the mighty Midwest of the USA - our local Quad Cities gaming convention, XenoCon, will take place May 17-19 at the Milan Community Center in Milan, IL. This year we've moved to the Illinois side of the river to a bigger (and much nicer)...

Wild Talents. I haven't played it myself, but I have it on good authority that this system is specifically geared towards super-powered PCs of many flavors.

It took me a couple of days, but I finally got through reading this entire 53-page monstrosity. (How in the world did I not see this thread before?!) I recently bought Dread, but believe it or not it wasn't because of you guys. It was because of an awesomely-portrayed Dread game in a webcomic...

I am an ecstatically happy Vampire. I've even been studying up on more painting techniques so I can place better minis on my gaming table next year.

Our group plays every-other week, and alternates back and forth between myself and another GM (both of us are running 3.5E campaigns). In my last game session, the freshly-leveled up party of six 4th-level PCs went up against a frost giant skeleton armed with a greataxe. They didn't use any...

It may or may not be of specific use for blargney's original question, but I found Medieval Demographics to be a fascinating read on this general topic. You might find some useful info there.