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September 10, 2008

The Temptation of FATE

Since I read through Spirit of the Century, I want to run everything in FATE. I expect this is largely because it is new and shiny (to me). Perhaps it is heightened by the fact that what FATE seems to do extraordinarily well is the stuff that I feel was left out of 4e D&D. Still, it seems like an...

August 5, 2008

Stunt Modes

I like the stunting mechanic in Exalted. The way the rules are written, almost every action that a PC takes that is described by that PC’s player in terms other than game mechanics is a stunt. Most people don’t play the game this way, but let’s ignore that fact for a moment. I’ll get back to it. So, yeah. Saying,...

June 23, 2008

Public Service Announcement

Since I know that I have several readers in the Illinois/Indiana area… This weekend, Angela and I went to visit the Exotic Feline Rescue Center, in Center Point, Indian (near Terre Haute). It was pretty awesome. The place takes in exotic cats (mostly tigers, lions, and pumas – but there were also leopards, bobcats, and servals) that are abandoned or...

May 21, 2008

Pretty gaming books

Yesterday, I got my copy of Dreams of the First Age. For those who don’t know, this is an Exalted box set that was just released. You know how lots of fantasy settings have the ancient empire or whatever in which magic was free, ridiculously powerful artifacts were created, and all that? Exalted has one of those, too: The First...

May 11, 2008

Iron Man

Angela and I went and saw Iron Man last night. I was impressed for all the usual reasons – good acting, good story, great visuals, and enough fidelity to the source material that the deviations didn’t bother me. What’s more, the movie succeeded without the overabundance of supervillains that plague superhero movies these days. This is really heartening. Hopefully, it...

April 30, 2008

In the spirit of the Velvet Marauder…

If you aren’t a fan of the Velvet Marauder, you should be. Nick (who is gearing up to run a supervillain campaign) is a fan, and he’s created A Villain’s Life – the blog of the second Doctor Cataclysm. Check it out.

February 23, 2008

I Am Paladin!

And So Can You!

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