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To 4e or Not to 4e

I’m thinking not. I have no beef with Fourth Edition Dungeons & Dragons. I don’t own it, mind you, but I’ve read through parts. Two things turned me off: how class-based magic is handled and the requirement for minis. Having magic Read more…


All the Vatican Was Kung-Fu Fighting . . . Huh!

A kung-fu fightin’, counter-terrorist monk–doesn’t that sound like an awesome character for any modern RPG campaign? It’s like someone took the Monk class from D&D (well, pre-4e D&D, ’cause the 4 don’t have the Monk) and just jammed it into Read more…


Campaign Crash & Burn

I had four players in my Viking True20 campaign. Things were chugging along well. We had one player who had a lot of scheduling issues, but we tried to work around them. Then one player moved to BC for a job. Hated Read more…


Viking True20 Actual Play

For those of you who have been reading my campaign journal over at Sword’s Edge Publishing, you know a little something about the Viking campaign I’m running for my RPG group in Ottawa. I decided I wanted to do an actual play, and Read more…


True20, I Think I Love You

Originally published on my blog. Though I spoke to a few publishers at GenCon, the only ones to provide review copies were the publishers with whom I didn’t do interviews. I find that really odd. Two of the three interviews Read more…


How We Accidentally Survived GenCon

Just when you thought it was safe to go to Indianapolis . . . oh, wait, it is safe now, since the Accidental Survivors have left the building. And by building I mean the convention centre which hosted GenCon. But Read more…


Sword Noir?

I had started work on designing an RPG over at the ForgedRPG forums. Things got stalled, but the discussion about the Accidental Survivors RPG got me thinking again. One of the benefits of that discussion was trying to focus on Read more…


Namgakksan Lessons Learned.

I posted a “Lessons Learned” post over at my blog regarding last night’s “the Beast of Namgakksan” game I ran at Go-Play Ottawa. This test drive is just going to make it stronger for GenCon.


Go-Play Ottawa a Go!

So it’s been announced on the Go-Play Ottawa website that the mini-con is on for July 26th from noon to 9 PM. If you are in the Ottawa area, go check out the info and plan to attend. You’ve seen Read more…


Gencon? It might happen

Hey all There is the possibility that Sword’s Edge will have someone at Gencon doing some reporting for us. Fingers crossed that things go through. I’ll let you know as soon as I know.