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Mutants & Masterminds Basic Hero's Handbook
The short version: this is a lot like the recent "Beginner Box" products from some other RPGs without the box but with a little more long-term utility.M&M 3E started with the DC RPG released in...
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Updates for Early August
Activity continues even if the blog has not been keeping up - here's an attempt to improve that situation:PLAYING: I've started a new M&M campaign for the 50 Fathoms group. It's a "limited"...
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Super Stuff - Umbrella Academy
Feels like I should catch up on some things after so many gaps this year so I'll be doing that this month. One big thing - lots of super-activity this summer!Several independent super-shows came along...
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Catching Up - RPG Burnout
There are a variety of reasons for the blog going silent last year. I wasn't playing as much tabletop gaming and I wasn't playing as much online either (I burned out on City of Heroes after about 4...
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Titanicus
This is not a new book but I finally got around to reading it the past few weeks - so here are my thoughts ...A few background points:Titans have a soft spot with me as just a few years after I started...
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40K Friday - Monday Edition - Catching Up: 2018
Well ... that's a lot of title. Yes, 40K is still a thing here and has been all along - I just haven't written about it much. I thought going year by year for the last few would allow me to cover it...
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RPG Ripoff - Onderon
One of the things I've been doing during this quarantine extra-downtime thing is going back through some books and movies and comic books that I haven't touched in a long time. last week it was "Tales...
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Goodman Games - Temple of Elemental Evil for 5E
Well, this was announced over the weekend. I'm in.I have their first 3 books: Into the Borderlands (B1 & B2), Isle of Dread (X1), and Expedition to the Barrier Peaks (S3). I've run a group all the...
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Campaign Length
I'm looking at campaign options for when the current situation winds down and we can begin gathering again. This means I'm poring through old binders and spirals looking at what I've done before and I...
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The Last Month of the First Half of 2020
...hopefully we're almost done with all that ...Where to begin? Such a weird year. I was actually running and playing in games again and then ... POW! Nope!Two college kids doing school from home full...
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Old Habits Die Hard
The fact that I first read this as "Amazon Echo Show 8 hit dice touchscreen" probably says a lot about how things work in my head.
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40K Friday - Thursday After a Long Gap Edition
Yes there's a new edition coming - it looks good at the moment ... of course 'at the moment" the various tournament blogs and forums and YouTube channels haven't boiled everything down to the optimum...
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Pathfinder 2 in 2020
I really liked what I saw in Pathfinder Second Edition when it launched about a year ago. I bought all the books and decided to give it a try and it works well and seemed to have a lot of potential...
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Finding Some Fun - Back to City of Heroes
Aluminum Man vs. the Giant DonutSo when it came back last year I played it damn near daily for about 4 months ... then I just burned out on it ... to the point I barely touched it until last month....
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City of Heroes - Analyzing my Character Choices
Golden Griffon (Brute) over Talos IslandA bit of introspection today - what kinds of characters have I made in this new incarnation of Paragon City?Melee Types:Tankers: 10Brutes: 11Scrappers:...
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40K Friday - Special Monday Edition: Space Marine Miracles
What a glorious week we had last week! Various leaks indicated we had some major changes coming besides just rules - equipment and statlines were both clearly in play with this new edition, and with...
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