Musings of the Chatty DM
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Remembering the Master: An Inelegant Eulogy for Kory Heath
Posted: Wed, 20 Nov 19:45:10
Category: Board, Card, and Miniature Games, Editorial, Newest Critical Hits
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Posted: Wed, 20 Nov 19:45:10
Category: Board, Card, and Miniature Games, Editorial, Newest Critical Hits
Kory was an auteur game designer in every sense.
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Review: The Magus
Posted: Thu, 24 Mar 2022 14:26:27
Category: Featured, Musings of the Chatty DM, Newest Critical Hits
Comments: https://critical-hits.com/blog/2022/03/24/review-the-magus/#comments
Posted: Thu, 24 Mar 2022 14:26:27
Category: Featured, Musings of the Chatty DM, Newest Critical Hits
I decided to dig into my PDF library of RPGs and look at "The Magus". I had bought it last year during a Twitter-driven "Sell me an amazing Indie RPG" thread but I hadn't gotten to reading it yet. All I remembered was that it looked gorgeous.
Comments: https://critical-hits.com/blog/2022/03/24/review-the-magus/#comments
Hope in the Dark Heart of Evil is Not a Plan
Posted: Mon, 24 Jan 2022 13:29:00
Category: Actual Play, Dungeonomics, Featured
Posted: Mon, 24 Jan 2022 13:29:00
Category: Actual Play, Dungeonomics, Featured
Playing my typical day-to-day as a game didn’t feel like much fun. But, I thought, if I made Hope is Not a Plan a Dungeonomics story, maybe something darkly funny would emerge.
Chatty on Games #1: Dorf Romantik
Posted: Tue, 10 Aug 2021 18:36:36
Category: Featured, Musings of the Chatty DM, Newest Critical Hits
Posted: Tue, 10 Aug 2021 18:36:36
Category: Featured, Musings of the Chatty DM, Newest Critical Hits
"It's like they put a high scoring mechanism on a Rainy-Day-Jigsaw-Puzzle session and realized it was (redacted) addictive." -me on Twitter.
The Infinity Current: Adventure 0
Posted: Mon, 24 Aug 2020 12:37:52
Category: Campaign Logs, Featured, Pain of Publication
Posted: Mon, 24 Aug 2020 12:37:52
Category: Campaign Logs, Featured, Pain of Publication
As a bonafide grownup for more than a decade after finishing law school, I’ve had the good fortune of a weekly gaming group that entire time. That is, until the Coronavirus.
“The Eversink Post Office” – An Unofficial Supplement for Swords of the Serpentine
Posted: Tue, 11 Aug 2020 12:24:00
Category: Dungeonomics, Featured, Game Hacks & Content
Posted: Tue, 11 Aug 2020 12:24:00
Category: Dungeonomics, Featured, Game Hacks & Content
The insatiable need for commerce drives an insatiable need for the news. From Eversink back alley gossip circles to the rarified circle of the Triskadane, everyone needs to know what’s going on everywhere, all the time. Often, whoever lays hands on the news first, wins.
13th Age: Indexing Truths
Posted: Mon, 08 Jun 2020 12:42:00
Category: Adventure Prep, Featured, Musings of the Chatty DM
Posted: Mon, 08 Jun 2020 12:42:00
Category: Adventure Prep, Featured, Musings of the Chatty DM
Whenever I have a short pause in in what I'm doing at my desk, I reach out for the little pile of index cards called "The Horizon Consipracy" and add new cards to it.
The Horizon Conspiracy
Posted: Tue, 19 May 2020 13:29:00
Category: Adventure Prep, Campaign Logs, Featured
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Posted: Tue, 19 May 2020 13:29:00
Category: Adventure Prep, Campaign Logs, Featured
Then a question came to me: “Which icon is going to run interference in this scheme?” and asked for a final d12 roll and came up with “The Diabolist”
Comments: https://critical-hits.com/blog/2020/05/19/the-horizon-conspiracy/#comments
They Might Be (Two-Headed) Giants Episode 3: Ikoria Premier Draft
Posted: Wed, 13 May 2020 14:12:56
Category: Board, Card, and Miniature Games, Featured, They Might Be (Two-Headed) Giants
Posted: Wed, 13 May 2020 14:12:56
Category: Board, Card, and Miniature Games, Featured, They Might Be (Two-Headed) Giants
Dennis and Dave take another spin through an Ikoria draft on Magic Arena, both of whom have had their win percentages drop a bit in the format. Can they cycle through up against the best deck in the format to ooze their way to victory?
They Might Be (Two-Headed) Giants Episode 2: Ikoria Premier Draft
Posted: Mon, 27 Apr 2020 13:30:39
Category: Board, Card, and Miniature Games, Featured, They Might Be (Two-Headed) Giants
Posted: Mon, 27 Apr 2020 13:30:39
Category: Board, Card, and Miniature Games, Featured, They Might Be (Two-Headed) Giants
Dennis and Dave are back with their quarantine looks to try out one of the best companion creatures in Limited. Can they EVEN make Gyruda work? Or are the ODDS against them?