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Finding My GM: A Savage Worlds Story

Posted on September 21, 2012 by Robert | 8 Comments

It has been a long while since I’ve GMed anything. My last attempt was a failed D&D 4E campaign that lasted two sessions before it fell flat and turned me off of GMing for a time. Thinking back on it, I’ve realized that campaign was destined to fail before I even started. My love of board games, in addition to the tactical nature of 4E combat, created a perfect storm of me fighting in ways that a group of unskilled fighters never would. I started the game with one of the two tropes that I absolutely hate in any game, an unkillable bad guy (My attempt at creating a nemesis), and my GM rust had left me with expectations that players would take adventure hooks just because they were there and not role play the scene. Finally one of my players really hated all things 4E. All of these things together made for a game that was unfun for the players and frustrating for me. Continue reading →

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Tagged Indiana Jones, Pulp, role playing game, RPG, Savage Worlds, table top, Thrilling Tales, Uncharted

Super Emo Art

Posted on August 2, 2012 by Karen | Leave a comment

Super Emo Walter from The Big Lebowski by JSalvador

Oh, hey! It’s me again. I know, I know two posts from Karen while she’s on vacation?! What the heck? Well, I’m doing Ramses a solid and covering for him while he works out some creative blocks. His vacationitis is worse than mine.

There’s no doubt that Matt & Robert are both “super emo” without us so here’s some amazing art by JSalvador to get you all over the hump. See more heartbreaking adorableness after “the jump.” Continue reading →

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Tagged Abed, Akuma, Annie, Art, Balrog, Batman, Blanka, Brita, Cammie, Captain America, Chang, Chibi, Chun-Li, Community, DC Comics, Deejay, Dhalsim, E. Honda, Ghostbusters, God of War, Green Lantern, Guile, Harley Quinn, Jeff, JSalvador, Kawaii, Ken, Kratos, Legend of Zelda, Link, Marvel, Nathan Drake, Pierce, rogue, Sagat, Shirley, Slimer, Spider-Man, Starburns, Street Fighter, Super Emo Friends, Superman, The Big Lebowski, The Dean, The Dude, The Green Goblin, The Joker, Thor, Troy, Uncharted, Vega, Walter, Wolverine, Wonder Woman

Are Modern Settings the Best Settings?

Posted on July 30, 2012 by Matt | Leave a comment

So, a few weeks back, I wrote about how the Fantasy genre has served as the gateway to tabletop roleplaying games for many of us who enjoy the game. However, in this day and age of social media, internet inundation, and video game mania, what’s a younger generation of gamer new to the hobby to do in order to truly get a taste of the wonderment that is the realm of pen and paper gaming? Why, start with a Modern Setting of course!

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Tagged 4E, 4th Edition, Amazon, d20 Modern, Dungeons & Dragons, Dungeons and Dragons, Fantasy Settings, Fireball Spell, Gaming, Generation Y, Generation Z, GMing, GMing Advice, Google, Grenade Launcher, guns, GURPS, GURPS Modern, Metagaming, MMORPG, Modern RPG, Modern Settings, Multiple Grenade Launcher, Nathan Drake, Old School, PCs, Player Characters, Players, Roleplaying, RPG, Second Life, Smartphone, Spycraft 2.0, Tablet, Tabletop, Tabletop Roleplaying Games, technology, Uncharted

Episode 31 – Failure in the Geek Game

Posted on May 15, 2012 by admin | 12 Comments

Being a geek is an investment in time, money, and most importantly interest. But what happens when the time isn’t available or the interest isn’t there? With so many things to keep up on, past and present, it can often be difficult to stay on top of what-is-what and to be as informed and exposed as possible. Join us this week as we reveal some of our personal shortcomings in geekdom. Whether it’s geek-centric things we flat out don’t enjoy or haven’t had the pleasure of getting our hands on, we all come clean on our holes in the geek game. Don’t be hatin’, but get your hate-mail ready (and remember to send it to Matt) after this week’s episode of Monkey in the Cage.

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Tagged Andy Serkis, Andy Sirkis, Anime, Aquaman, Archer, Batman, Battlestar Galactica, Bucky, Captain America, Captain Haddock, Chrono Trigger, Crunch, D&D, Dalek, Daniel Craig, DC Comics, Discus Hotel, DnD, Doctor Who, Dragonball Z, Drakes Gold, Dubai, Duke Nukem Forever, Dungeons & Dragons, Dungeons and Dragons, EverQuest, Everything About You, Fiasco, Final Fantasy, Final Fantasy VII, Full Metal Alchemist, gamerstable, Happy Jacks RPG, Harry Potter, Iron Man, J.R.R. Tolkien, Jack Streat, Jaime Bell, Justice League: Doom, LEGO Guns, Legos, Logan's Run, Magic: The Gathering, Marvel Comics, MMO, MMORPG, Monkey in the Cage, Mortal Kombat, Mouse Guard, Muggle, Naruto, Neon Genesis: Evangelion, Nick Frost, Ninja Scroll, Octomom, Octonaughts, Podcast, Renaissance Faire, Return of the King, Sailor Moon, Samurai 7, Saved By the Bell, Serenity, Shining Force, Simon Pegg, SNES, Snowy, Sonic Screwdriver, Star Wars, Street Fighter, Street Fighter vs. Tekken, Superman, Supernatural, Tabletop Roleplaying Games, Tardis, Tetris, The Adventures of Tintin, The Big Bang Theory, The Goonies, The Hobbit, The Simpsons, The Vampire Diaries, Tintin, Ugly Kid Joe, Uncharted, Warhammer, Winter Soldier, Wonder Woman, World of Darkness, World of Warcraft, X-Files, X-Men, xbox 360, Yu-Gi-Oh