Mark CMG
Creative Mountain Games
DaveStebbins said:
Thank you! It was hoped this would be a unique way to give a little something back.
http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?t=146474
What's the Opposite of GM's Day? (Free PDF Weekend!)
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Thank you! It was hoped this would be a unique way to give a little something back.
http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?t=146474
William Ronald
Explorer
Mark CMG said:Thank you! It was hoped this would be a unique way to give a little something back.
http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?t=146474
This is a great product, and I hope everyone on the boards -- and many other people -- pick up this PDF. The stories are great, and I think we may see a few players and GMs inspired by Lord Dunsany's The Book of Wonder .
So, Mark, what lead you to chose this work -- in addition to the great stories?
jmucchiello
Hero
[old man voice]Back before polyhedrals were easy to find, the blue basic box came with numbered chits that you had to put in a bag or cup and draw out whenever you needed a random number not found on a d6.[/old man voice]thalmin said:So what was your game like before the invention of dice?
William Ronald
Explorer
Well, here are some of my thoughts on how I can be a better player.
I can perhaps be a bit more focused, and maybe a little more daring.
I can try to find ways to speed up play.
I can try to understand the interests of my fellow players, and try to work with them when possible.
I can blame Piratecat for any problems at the gaming table.
On another note, I think this thread would be a great place to put some rememberances of our fellow gamers who have passed on Additionally, we can share some funny stories about players that we have known through the years.
I can perhaps be a bit more focused, and maybe a little more daring.
I can try to find ways to speed up play.
I can try to understand the interests of my fellow players, and try to work with them when possible.
I can blame Piratecat for any problems at the gaming table.
On another note, I think this thread would be a great place to put some rememberances of our fellow gamers who have passed on Additionally, we can share some funny stories about players that we have known through the years.
William Ronald
Explorer
Reflections
Well, Tolkien was strongly influenced by a Victorian style of writing as well as by such writers as Dunsen and everything from the Eddas to medieval epic poems. I agree that some fo this was a conscious choice, as many other writers of Tolkien's generation had very different writing styles.
As this is Player's Weekend, let's take a moment to remember some of our fellow board members who are no longer here: Angelsboi, Chairman Kaga, and the Lone Corndog.
I rember Angelsboi's enthusiasm in his posts and his sense of humor. He faced AIDS with courage, and died far too young.
I remember Chairman Kaga's posts about surviving the devastation of September 11, 2001. I mourned when his wife let us know that he had died in a car accident, and would not see his daughter.
I remember the friends of the Lone Corndog telling us of his love of roleplaying games, as well as his struggles in life.
On a personal note, I would like to remember two people I gamed with who have passed on. Bill briefly played with one of my own groups, and died of AIDS in the 1990s. Judith, an excellent roleplayer who seemed to immerse herself in her characters, died of heart failure some years ago.
To all the people who we wish could still be here or at our gaming tables, may you rest in peace.
Mark CMG said:That work represents and end of an era, IMO, if one considers that Tolkien wrote the way he did as a purposeful affectation rather than as a style to which he was born, so to speak.
Well, Tolkien was strongly influenced by a Victorian style of writing as well as by such writers as Dunsen and everything from the Eddas to medieval epic poems. I agree that some fo this was a conscious choice, as many other writers of Tolkien's generation had very different writing styles.
As this is Player's Weekend, let's take a moment to remember some of our fellow board members who are no longer here: Angelsboi, Chairman Kaga, and the Lone Corndog.
I rember Angelsboi's enthusiasm in his posts and his sense of humor. He faced AIDS with courage, and died far too young.
I remember Chairman Kaga's posts about surviving the devastation of September 11, 2001. I mourned when his wife let us know that he had died in a car accident, and would not see his daughter.
I remember the friends of the Lone Corndog telling us of his love of roleplaying games, as well as his struggles in life.
On a personal note, I would like to remember two people I gamed with who have passed on. Bill briefly played with one of my own groups, and died of AIDS in the 1990s. Judith, an excellent roleplayer who seemed to immerse herself in her characters, died of heart failure some years ago.
To all the people who we wish could still be here or at our gaming tables, may you rest in peace.
Poster Bard
First Post
The Free PDF Weekend! continues with the release of the CMG Player Pack -
http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?t=146621
http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?t=146621
TheAuldGrump
First Post
Ah yes, Dunsany. I first read his materials in the 1970s as part of the Ballentine Books Adult Fantasy line. The Charwoman's Shadow was my favorite of the Dunsany tales.
You would never see him published nowdays, Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett 18th Lord Dunsany would submit longhand manuscripts to his editor, and throw a fit if anything got changed. But it was good stuff.
The Auld Grump
You would never see him published nowdays, Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett 18th Lord Dunsany would submit longhand manuscripts to his editor, and throw a fit if anything got changed. But it was good stuff.
The Auld Grump
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