Archive for July, 2010

How do you start a pick-up game at a con?

Posted in Advice/Tools on July 30th, 2010 by DeadGod – 2 Comments

I am no stranger to cons.  I’ve been going to Origins every year since 2000.  Because of scheduling conflicts, I’ve eschewed Origins this year for GenCon.  I’ve read lots of posts over the years talking about people running or getting into pickup games.  In all of my con experience, I have never been offered nor got involved in a pickup game.  My questions are two-fold:

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D&D is a state of mind.

Posted in General on July 21st, 2010 by DeadGod – 5 Comments

I’m weighing in on this whole “what is D&D?” trend.  I think this differs pleasantly from edition/OSR wars in that it is a philosophical exploration of a concept, rather than dirt-slinging.

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Modern Zombie Apocalypse as Megadungeon?

Posted in General on July 13th, 2010 by DeadGod – 1 Comment

I was recently reading articles about megadungeons.  The portion of my brain constantly dedicated to worrying about zombies managed to bring up an interesting proposition:  Could one run a modern day zombie apocalypse game like an old-school megadungeon?  Here are my points of thought:

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