Savage Lorax: The War Between Here and There (or There and Here)

A verse by Cara Pace (Displaced Yertle)   We were out pluffing the Truffla Treses When there came what sounded a lot like a sneeze. The Lorax appeared and gave us a new task, we decided to do it, he didn’t have to ask twice.  He brokered a deal between Here and There, or There [...]

Roleplaying as art – a collaborative project

I have been thinking a lot about art lately – doing photography, participating in an online art group, reading books on the subject, doodling – all that sort of thing.  I suppose that it was inevitable that sooner or later I would start thinking about the relevance of creativity and expression in the art form [...]

I’d Feint but I’m too Annoyed

Feinting in PDQ# I was reading the rules for PDQ#, available here, the latest rules variant of PDQ used in Swashbucklers of the 7 Skies. I’ve had great success using PDQ in the past and I like swashbuckling, so I was interested to see what changes had been made to the rules. Unsurprising for a [...]

What do you think of this monkey?

Here’s a preview of the art for this year’s Emerald City Gamefest (click on the image to see larger version). At the last Gamefest planning meeting, we decided to go with “frugal monkey” as the theme for our November 2009 game day. We figured that in these crappy economic times, a free game day was [...]

East End RPG Meetup group

Meetup Reminder The Eastside RPG Meetup Group Your group has a Meetup tomorrow! You still need to RSVP. What Gamers gathering When Saturday, July 18, 2009 12:00 PM Where Wizards Toy Box Game Club 16213 NE 18th St. Belleuve Bellevue WA 98008 206.755.6356 For more information, to subscribe, or to RSVP, go to the East [...]

Dragonflight pre-convention program

The pre-convention program for the 2009 edition of the Dragonflight convention is now posted.  It offers a snapshot of the games scheduled to date.  It’s sure to change quite a bit by the time of the convention but hopefully it will whet your appetite!

Dragonflight coming to you in August!

Have you seen the new ads for Dragonflight on Metro Seattle buses? I think they look pretty darn cool. They’re reminding you that the oldest game convention in the Northwest — celebrating its 30th edition this year! — is coming in just four weeks. You can pre-register for $40 for the entire weekend until July [...]

D&D Meetup group

What The Seattle Dungeons & Dragons July Meetup When Saturday, July 25, 2009 12:00 PM Where Fantastic Games 22617 76th Ave W Edmonds WA 98026 Weekend of Gaming! There will be Dungeons and Dragons 3.5 and 4.0 games. Also, there will be other of your favorite non-D&D games. Saturday: The first session of games starts [...]

Thursday Night Urchin Recap

I ran Urchin at the Wayward this Thursday for Rolf, Sarah, and John. It was a lot of fun as usual. Characters Coca Cola Kid (John’s 1st Character) Talents Schmoozing Bottle Fighter Soda Jerk Milo Farnsworth (John’s 2nd Character) Talents I invented television Static electric touch No-one notices me Veggie (As played by Sarah) Talents [...]

New Mouse Guard is up

The latest notes on Mouse Guard are up. Big, whalloping combat last night.