http://jfaller.vwh.net/wordpress Random thoughts from the fringe... Mon, 09 Feb 2009 19:47:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en After re-reading my previous post, I had another one of those mini-epiphanies: Fourth Edition Dungeons and Dragons can never play like older editions of Dungeons and Dragons because they've added a layer of rules in order to give players options during certain situations. Let me explain, older games, and I'm talking ... http://jfaller.vwh.net/wordpress/?p=20 We had another Tuesday night fourth edition session last night with the "regular" group and I came to a conclusion: I'm not a huge fan of the way Wes runs his game. Now... This isn't to say that I'm not enjoying myself or that Wes isn't necessarily a good DM, ... http://jfaller.vwh.net/wordpress/?p=19 This is an obviously delayed post, late is more like it, but nonetheless, I thought I'd say something about the new year and what it means to me. Well, to begin, I am not one of those people who believe in making new year's resolutions. It's just not something that works ... http://jfaller.vwh.net/wordpress/?p=18 This is an old post that somehow just didn't make it to the board... Just returned from a vacation in Germany over the girl's fall break. We were gone for 9 days, October 17 through the 26th, and let me tell you, what a blast. But I deviate, this isn't really ... http://jfaller.vwh.net/wordpress/?p=17 OK, for those of you who have played a role playing game where there's an incremental or numerical value representing intelligence you'll follow this short discourse quite easily. For those who haven't, well go out and pick up a game of Dungeons and Dragons. How many times have you ever come ... http://jfaller.vwh.net/wordpress/?p=16 I had an interesting thought this morning while I was reading a blog from a fellow grognard... What if you absolutely knew what happened after death? I mean not "believed" you knew... but actually knew. How would you live your life? Would you do things differently? Why? I suppose I ask because ... http://jfaller.vwh.net/wordpress/?p=15 In my last post I spoke a bit about the structure of a game that I would like to run. For simplicity's sake I'm going to call this Dungeons and Dragons, but it's quite likely that I'm going to be using the Castles and Crusades rule set from Troll Lord ... http://jfaller.vwh.net/wordpress/?p=14 Now, how to begin this...how to start? Hmmm. How about with something current; My gaming group and 4th Edition. A little history, if you'll allow me, might help to illuminate the motivation behind the post. Simply put, I've been playing RPGs (Role Playing Games) since the late 1970's. Dungeons and Dragons ... http://jfaller.vwh.net/wordpress/?p=13 I bet you're asking yourself, "Hey wait, isn't that supposed to be Batman and Robin?" Yeah, I suppose it is but that's boring. Everyone's heard of Batman and Robin. This post isn't actually ABOUT Batman and Robin though. It's about The Dark Knight. http://jfaller.vwh.net/wordpress/?p=12 It's been awhile since I've written and I apologize for that. For some reason my energy level for sitting in front of a computer and outputting anything meaningful has been rather low. Work is suffering because of it and I'm not sure what I need to do. But that's neither ... http://jfaller.vwh.net/wordpress/?p=11