D&D Five Chat Transcript

Have any of you read the chat transcript from today? If WotC was ever interested in reclaiming gamers of previous editions, it sure doesn't sound like it now. Anyway, our group plans on kicking the tires on the playtest regardless. The primary upside? I won't have to DM! WooHoo!

Indiegogo: Barrowmaze II Hits 5k!

A quick update to say that the Barrowmaze II Campaign on Indiegogo just hit 5k! As a stretch goal to 6,000 I'll add a new field of Barrow Mounds and a deluxe Random Barrow Mound Crypt Generator that will have application to BMII and beyond. Be sure to come chek out the campaign for further details!

Game of Thrones (Spoiler Free)

Is it just me or have you found that this season's Game of Thrones seems to jump around too much?

By the end of the episode you don't really feel like any single plot line has moved forward, rather it just has a plodding pace with excruciatingly brief moments of excitement.

Thoughts?

Barrowmaze II Indiegogo Update

The Indiegogo campaign for BMII is moving along well. We are just shy of 5k with that goal adding a new "level" of crypts. The most recent excitement was James M. Selecting a perk that includes the creation of a new custom monster! That will be super fun and I look forward to working with him. I've got another goal for 6k too. If you haven't pledged yet please come and take a look. BTW I hope to have some of Jim Holloway's art rolling in shortly. So stay tuned! Ps. It's Mother's Day so make sure you are covered :)

Barrowmaze at Gencon

Looks like my Barrowmaze game at gencon is all set for the Friday 1pm slot. It will be a 3 hour game using pregenerated characters. If you'd like to play be sure to signup.

Our Podcast is Up (sorta)

I've done my best with my less-than-stellar tech skills to embed last night's podcast on the blog. It works in safari but explorer doesn't seem to like it. Let me know if it's working for you in the comments.

Barrowmaze II on Indiegogo Hits 4k!

Just a quick note to say that the campaign for Barrowmaze II on Indiegogo has hit the 4k mark! It's very exciting and I'm really pleased at how well things are going. If you haven't pledged please consider joining the camapign. I will be posting an update about some goodies in the next 24 hours.

The Avengers and Recent Editions of D&D

I saw The Avengers last night. I'm not going to provide any spoilers, but I did want to say how much I enjoyed the balance between seriousness and comedy in the movie. I like the movie didn't take itself too seriously. I find self-deprecating humour very funny. When I flip through the books of more recent editions of D&D, I miss the humour. That's probably why I like images of adventurers getting their asses handed to them or depictions of characters in situations beyond their control.

Barrowmaze Podcast

Tomorrow, instead of our normal gaming session, we've decided to create podcast. We have a rough outline, but I'd like to have a segment where we answer questions about the dungeon, or our game, or sandboxing, or old school play. It's completely up to you! You can leave your thoughts in the comments or send to kilted dot yaksman at yahoo dot ca

MEATSHIELDS! Now with War Dogs!

Cr0m and I have been slowly pecking away at some revisions to Meatshields! The Classic Fantasy Hireling and Henchman Generator.

The first was moving it to the www.barrowmaze.com site. The second was the inclusion of war dogs.

If you don't use war dogs you can just ignore the result, and if you do them it can be a nice way to vary the hirelings/henchmen in your campaign. They are uncommon, so don't expect them to appear on the first roll - unless the gods of the percentages deem it so.

Enjoy.