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Where Are We Now? – Maps, Tabletop RPGs, and You

Posted on August 27, 2012 by Matt | 1 Comment

As I’ve been working through the backlog of Gamerstable podcasts, a recent episode on maps in gaming really got me thinking of their importance and impact on me. While I am definitely no cartographer, I think that, when given enough time, motivation, and printer ink, I can churn out some decent gaming maps. Not only do I try to make the maps aesthetically appealing, I definitely make a concentrated effort to provide a utilitarian tool for my players as well.

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Posted in Behind the Scenes, Gaming, Geek Gear, Role Playing Games, Table Top Games, The Creative Process

Tagged AD&D 2nd Edition, AD&D Box Sets, Campaign Cartographer 3, Campaign Worlds, Cartography, Central London, Dungeons and Dragons, Eberron, Faerun, Faerun Map, Fantasy Maps, gamerstable, Games, Gaming, gaming maps, gaming props, Keith Baker, Khorvaire, Khorvaire Map, Map Making, Map of Central London, Maps, Podcast, ProFantasy, Role Playing Games, Role-Playing, Roleplaying, Roleplaying Games, RPG, RPGs, Stanford's Map of Central London, Steampunk, Steampunk Map, Tabletop, The Forgotten Realms, The Society of Odin, Toril, Toril Map, Victorian London, Victorian Map, Wizards of the Coast

Rules Heavy vs. Rules Light – Zen and the Art of GMing

Posted on May 21, 2012 by Matt | 3 Comments

I am currently at a major crossroads when it comes to the way I approach running a game. Anyone who has listened to the early episodes of the podcast knows that I spent an abhorrently long time in the pre-planning stage of my campaign. Finally, after years (literally) of juggling ideas around in my head, I was given a hard deadline by the rest of the group to start the game, and that’s when it all went sideways…

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Posted in Behind the Scenes, Conventions, Gaming, Pop-Culture, Role Playing Games, Table Top Games

Tagged Campaign Planning, d20, D20 Gaming, Empty Your Cup, England, Epiphany, Game Master, gamerstable, Gaming, Gaming Podcast, GM Advice, GMing, Happy Jacks RPG Podcast, Kung Fu, Kung Fu San Soo, Martial Arts, Monkey in the Cage, Podcast, railroading, Roleplaying, Roleplaying Games, RPG, RPGs, Rules Heavy, Rules Light, Starting Over, Steampunk, Tabletop Roleplaying Games, Victorian London, World Building, Zen

My Many Characters – A PC Snapshot

Posted on April 23, 2012 by Matt | 1 Comment

I love to create both Player Characters and Non-Player Characters as I feel that the individuals that populate game worlds are as important (if not moreso) than the game world itself. The rest of the group has verbalized many, many, many times that I can get so wrapped up in my affinity for creating that it often gets in the way of actually playing a table-top RPG. Be that as it may, I know that I am first and foremost a player, so this week, I’ve decided to share some of my favorite creations – past, present, and in limbo.

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Tagged 3rd Edition, AD&D 2nd Edition, Auschwitz, Barbarian, Battlerager, Black Hawk Down, Campaign, Campaign Settings, Character Creation, Charlie Day, Charlie Kelly, Clangeddin Silverbeard, Cloverfield, Commander Shepherd, d20, Dean Winchester, Demigod, Dungeons & Dragons, Dwarven, Dwarves, East End, Eberron, Eric Bana, fighter, Gaming, GMPC, Heroes, Heroic, I love Dwarves, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Jack O'Reilly, Jensen Ackles, Josef Mengele, KGB, Liev Schreiber, Mass Effect, Michael Stahl-David, Mutton Chops, Nazi Super Soldier, Non-Player Character, NPC, Occult, Paladin, PC, Player Character, Ranger, Razumihin Silverpick, Sabertooth, Soviet, Spycraft 2.0, Steampunk, Supernatural, table top, Tabletop Roleplaying Games, The Battle of Stalingrad, The Black Donnellys, The Forgotten Realms, The Society of Odin, Tommy Donnelly, Victorian London, white wolf, Wolverine, World of Darkness, X-Men Origins