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Greetings Netizens,

This thread is intended to have DMs share some of the most useful gaming aids that they have used in 4e games.

Here is my top X list:

* Dry erase vinyl grid
* Condition tokens (wooden tokens that are placed under the minis or counters to show what conditions the character or creatures is afflicted with)
* 3x5 cards with condition descriptions
* Campaign Cartographer(tm) (I do all the major, pre-planned encounters in CC now - the difference to the players between a quick drawn sketch on the battlemat and a nice, color CC map is huge.)
* 3x5 cards with pre-generated treasure

In service,

Rich
Gaming site with adventures, battlemats, and music

I just added a new song for an upcoming adventure to my site.

Gaming Music by Dr. Games

The new song is called the Caves of Chaos. If you listen to it from start to finish it tells a story, it grows on you!

Enjoy!

In service,

Rich
The Original Dr. Games

Greetings Netizens!

There have been some decent video game module creation tools for a long time.

With the recent simplifications to some of the 3D modeling tools, e.g., Art of Illusion, Blender, etc., I thought it might be fun to produce some 3D visual props for my players.

As a test case, I put together a fun, silly example just to see how well the technology might work.

Check out the following, fun example:

Singing Bunnies & Kobolds - DEATH TRAP!.

Has anyone used 3D tools extensively as a source of props for your gaming sessions?

In service,

Rich
The Original Dr. Games site since 1993.

Greetings Netizens,

I am heading to St. Johns tomorrow to visit my youngest daughter, who is a chef there.

I asked a few folks about what to do there as a gamer.

The best response I heard was:

B - eaches
O - cean
R - uins
I - nterminable
N - o
G - amers or Gaming Shops

Did I get that right, or have some of you had a different experience?

By the by, I try to avoid the "red, angry, burn-me" that rolls across the sky.

In service,

Rich
www.drgames.org

My kids loved the Harry Potter books and movies. My take was that most of HPtDH was fluff. As a humorous poke, I condensed the entire 2.5 hour movie into 27 minutes. Just in time to watch it before Part 2 comes out! Harry Potter the Deathly Hallow(Part 1) in 27 Minutes.

In service,

Rich
www.drgames.org

My group is using 4e now, and it is very nice for a group of folks with jobs and kids that get 3-4 hours every two weeks to play.

I've added a lot of non-combat backstory to keep the interest level up on the part of the players.

You can find some of the background here at the Bold Beginnings WWW site.

What has your experience been in trying to run non-combat encounters in 4e. I do it, but if I had not cut my teeth on earlier editions, it would be hard to pick-up. The rules are mostly geared towards combat and very, very tactical combat (e.g., counting squares on a mapsheet) at that.

In service,

Rich
The Original Dr. Games site since 1993.

I was asked to write a monograph based on personal combat experiences over the past ten years.

Would this be of any interest to my fellow Paizo-ittes?

In service,

Rich
The Original Dr. Games since 1993.

Overview of the Campaign at Bold Beginnings Homepage.

Campaign Logs at Campaign Logs.

It is 2152 Y.O.L. Good King Levi, the king of Tumeria, gave a huge land grant to Duke Kernan that includes the Gedri pass through the Yagha-Tsorv mountains. The nobles in both Tiola-Moldre and Xanduru complimented King Levi on his astute choice.

Your liege, the Duke of Kernan, now stands to be either a hero of the Lands of the Overlord or a new falstaff for Al Alfredo. The import of getting his new holdings under control has not been lost on the Duke. He's put his knight marshal, Reginald, in charge of organizing groups to scout out the new domain and determine appropriate military strategies.

The knight marshal has chosen members from dependable families to serve in these groups. Your party is one such group. Initially, the Duke, no stranger to fighting and warfare, has asked that the groups have their mettle tested in and around the Duchy of Kernan before being sent south to serve for family and duke! So, you expect to spend some time in the neighborhood of Balcon, the seat of the Ducy, to show your worth to the knight marshal.

You are very motivated to do your utmost for the Duke. First, your personal honor and the honor of your friends and family depend on the success of your endeavors. Second, the Duke is offering land grants and titles of nobility for those who perform well. Third, the Duke has authorized the parties to retain large shares of what treasures they recover from outlaw groups. All booty must be displayed to an official of the duchy, but the word is out that these officials are quite lenient in dispensing the goods back to deserving parties. The Duke is not encouraging rape and pillaging however! In fact, attacks on innocents or seizure of legitimate property is punishable by death! A band of twelve adventurers was recently beheaded for just such actions in and around Gedri pass. You are strongly inspired to ensure the Duke does well.

If you are in the Washington, DC area and would like to join us, please contact me at zhalindor@verizon.net.

Greetings!

Proposed Gaming System: Modified Conan (from Mongoose publishing), basically a D&D 3.0/3.5 variation (OGL)

Why now?: I got back from Iraq about a year ago and spent the past twelve months fixing up my house and re-acclimatizing to the USA. (I can almost get to sleep now without my loop-tape of small arms fire going in the background.)

Commitment: I'm looking to put a gaming group together to play every two to three weeks, the day of the week is flexible, either weekend or weekday.

Campaign Concept: The setting would likely be at the end of the First Age in Zhalindor.

Examples of an earlier campaign are found at Mark Thomas' excellent site: Kernan Campaign log (Thomas) and on my WWW site at Kernan Campaign log (Staats).

The humans at the time were slaves of the Slith Lords. The Slith Lords started colonizing the northern continent, but we know from history that something went wildly awry in the Slith Lords' plans.

The humans ended up waging a war against the Slith Lords, winning their freedom, and ultimately bringing the end to the Slith Lord's empire and imprisoning the seven Lords.

How that all happened remains much of a mystery ... but, you, you the players will flesh out this period on the border between history and mythology.

Meet the Mother of the Gods! See Lord Eldar before his apotheosis! Match wits with the Trickster! Defeat a great evil! Free your people! Have your tales told for ten thousand generations!

Are you ready for the challenge?!?!

Sharpen your wits and your axes!

Let the games begin!

in service,

Rich
The original Dr. Games site since 1993.

A billion years ago (or so it seems) in this very galaxy, we did not have all of the very cool gaming props that are out today.

While I finally wrapped my head around the idea of playing 4e on a semi-regular basis, I have ended up buying a bunch of the geomorphic terrain and monster paper counter sets.

No matter what systems you run, these props are very useful. The quality is good, and in some cases the props actually can act as a creative spark for session ideas.

I'm just saying.

In service,

Rich

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OK, what traditional gaming alignments, e.g., LG, N, CN, etc., would you apply to the various US political parties and candidates and why (in gaming terms)?

In service,

Rich

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Gentles,

I will be running some sessions of Khymir at GENCON.

Please check out my events at GENCON and say "hello."

The events are posted on my WWW site at: www.drgames.org

More on Khymir: the RPG at http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/9329/khymir-rpg.htm

This is one of my favorite campaigns that I participated in:

http://www.geocities.com/dr_games/noframes.htm#KERNANLINK

Go to Kernan Campaign.

In service,

Rich

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