Recent content by lgm

This is true for me and my group. One of the stories that is retold again and again among the players (back when we were heathens playing D&D 3.5) was the wizard casting the Regroup spell to save the entire group from the notorious TPK lava trap when I converted the original Tomb of Horrors. We...

Quite true. Most of the characters that have died in our games were in at least meaningful encounters. By meaningful, they were at least dire circumstances but not necessarily a significant enemy. I will have random encounters, but I will connect them to a (or make up) secondary or tertiary plot...

If it was good enough for Boromir to die in a random orc encounter, it's good enough for my players!

I'm a big fan of Black Company and would prefer a system neutral campaign setting. Is the d20 version heavy with stats and character creation or is the campaign material most of the book? I could get that now or wait to see how well the new one is.

For my planetary post apoc game, the back of the character sheet has a list for large, medium and small items that one can carry. There's additional space to list additional items for conversion (I.e. trade off a large slot to carry more medium items) Below that, I made lists for sacks and a...

Regarding Kult, the gnosticism is clearly Abrahamic. Although originating well before Christ, it was prevalent in early Christianity and persists today. A Kult sourcebook goes as far as to list The Messiah and his cult followers. Its a very obvious reference to Jesus. There is also a very...

We recently played the Lord of the Rings by Knizia. Fantasy Flight released an anniversary edition a couple years ago, I believe. It's a tough co-op game and I like the expansion we got for it. It's tough enough but when you have a kid that really wants to have the ring on each board (four...

It goes even deeper. Birds aren't real.

We did. I told my son to make a list of things he discovers he needs after he's moved in and settled. We're using that as an excuse to visit next Sunday for a drop off and check out more of Athens! If my son is smart, he'll come with us for a free meal because otherwise I'm ditching him...

I foolishly thought I could continue gaming and posting here a bit even after football started. I've been coaching football for the middle school which means I'm busy 6 days a week with practice, games, and coach's meetings. Thought I could still pull some tabletop fun but no chance. I did...

Devito is supposed to start filming Triplets, the sequel to Twins, with Arnie. Eddie Murphy will the the surprising third. I thought I was having a fever dream but no such luck.

I typically consider Time rather than Distance. Greater distance merely increases the time so a close distance means the ability to reach it can be made harder to increase the time. Extreme terrain can explain why the danger doesn't immediately threaten civilization. I always like a dungeon...

This exactly how I've always felt about them. I had some friends think they 'sold out' when the Black album was released but it still felt true to their own sound. I could still see it in later albums a bit but each new album felt less and less like their original sound that made them stand...

I grew up on heavy metal and evolved my tastes as time went on. But I never skip past an old song by Creedence Clearwater Revival, Roy Orbison, Steppenwolf, and that whole generation because it triggers some sort of nostalgia being what my Midwest parents had playing when I was so very young on...

I hadn't heard of this game before. It looks really great. I see an android app with the hex map. I think it would work for me better since my laser printer doesn't do color. I have to have color on my hex maps.