I spent last weekend at Gen Con, by far my most concentrated days of gaming all year. Even though I forgot my Gen Con hat and neglected to pack any socks at all, it was still another successful convention adventure.Read More »
Tag: pathfinder
Pathfinder Playtest at Gen Con 2018
I have enough to say about Gen Con that I’ve decided to break it up into multiple posts. I already posted about Iron GM, only because I had a lot I needed to get down while it was swirling in my head. This first post is about the Pathfinder Second Edition Playtest, which debuted on Thursday.Read More »
Atlantean Pilgrimage: My Experience and Takeaways from Dragoncon 2015
Earlier this month I traveled to Atlanta to visit family and to attend Dragoncon for the first time. I’ve been to other geek conventions before, like New York Comic Con, Connecticon, Anime Expo, and Strategicon, but this one was by a good margin the best experience I’ve had at a con to date.Read More »
Behind My Screen, or: Good Luck Finding Meaning in My Scribbles
I’ve been interested for a while in sharing a bit of my process for when I plan D&D sessions with my friends. I often comment half-seriously that I make most of it up as I go, and I’d still say that’s mostly true, and now maybe you’ll see what I mean. I therefore present humbly some samples of my prep notes below:Read More »
Adventure in Candy Land
A few months back, my fiancée Danielle said she would learn how to play Pathfinder if I made an adventure for her that was themed after Candy Land. I told her I was game, but never quite got around to making the adventure, having not found, I suppose, just the right inspiration to get the creative process started. But two or three weeks ago, our friend Bryan heard about our bargain and, with my permission, decided to step in and make the adventure himself. Last night, he ran that adventure.Read More »
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