...yes, you are right to groan So, in the D&D 4th Edition game, I'll be playing a Human Fighter. Why? Well, for one thing, I enjoy playing fighters (and thieves). For another, since I do not own, or am ever likely to own, any D&D 4E material, I have no fucking idea what a Dragonborn … Continue reading Pudding On The Ritz
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The Great Beer Battle And How It Brought Cousin Ollie To Religion
...fortunately for Ollie, he got better about 10 years later Jeez, ya get sick and a little crazy in the head for a couple of weeks and your LJ content goes to shit. I'll be trying to do better Real Soon Now, folks. In other news, My Sweet Little Red Factor Canary Of Love and … Continue reading The Great Beer Battle And How It Brought Cousin Ollie To Religion
Sal Schwemp, Septic Tank Cleaner To The Stars
...another semi-famous Schwemp family member Old Skool/New Hotness In a rare alignment of the planets and at the whim of Coyote, I find myself running an OSRIC/AD&D 1st edition game on the same Sundays that I'll be playing in a D&D 4th edition game. Funny ol' world, innit?
Starting Up Your First Dugong Ranch
...step 1: Get some dugongs Doc Health Update: I am feeling much better, despite the odd bit of coughing and the regular hacking up of alien lifefroms. In other news, I hope to do some blogging tonight, after putting the finish touches on the Over The Edge pulp game I'm supposed to run at ConquestSac … Continue reading Starting Up Your First Dugong Ranch
Exploding Sweet Taters
...with butter Well, I blew the "daily posting" gig right outta the box, eh? I meant to do a post yesterday, but got all busy and shit with game day. I shall try to restart things today or tonight. So, as mentioned above, yesterday was game day here at Casa Cross. It has been over … Continue reading Exploding Sweet Taters
Waldo, King Of The Snow Monkeys
...and a kindly king he is Stuff The polls are kaput, my little tenrecs, and the winners both won by a large margin. So, starting tonight or tomorrow, I'll be doing the daily People, Places & Things bit here, starting with the letter X. Yes, that's 7 days of X stuff before we move on … Continue reading Waldo, King Of The Snow Monkeys
Of Crawdads, Rain And Battling Bovines
...and exploding elevators So, I got home from Dundracon today around 3:30 pm. We left the con around noon, being tired, sore and in my case, nearly voiceless. Despite leaving 2.5 hours later than normal, Arn and I made excellent time and got to the con at about 6 pm on Friday. I managed to … Continue reading Of Crawdads, Rain And Battling Bovines
An Elasmosaurus In The Bathtub
...it's a really big bathtub Damn...too many empty days on this LJ so far. Kinda strapped for time right now, but I can do a... Doc Update 1: We are all doing ok here. Winker has become a bit more of an attention hound, but that's ok, cos we have lots of love for her. … Continue reading An Elasmosaurus In The Bathtub
The Five Blue Budgies Put On A Musical Show
...in an old barn and starring Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney My Dundracon Toon Game I'm officially scheduled for my 20th annual toon game at Dundracon. Here is the info from the website... 414 20th Anniversary TOON Bash Saturday 8 PM in Room 156 for 4 hours GM: Doc Cross Type: RPG System: TOON Edition: … Continue reading The Five Blue Budgies Put On A Musical Show
At Times Like This, We Need Dancing Elks
...and maybe a crooning moose Not feeling very writerish lately, but here's a meme to amuse y'all. The Dice Meme Do you re-roll cocked dice? Yes Do you re-roll floor dice? Yes Do you roll where everyone can see it? Not always. Some info is privy to the GM only, plus, sometimes you have to … Continue reading At Times Like This, We Need Dancing Elks
Dr. Silkmelon Goes On A Shopping Spree
...mostly, shopping for body parts A Question For You, Gentle Readers So, assuming you were going to buy a roleplaying game product in the popular PDF format...say, something priced at $10.00 or less and running 20 pages or less...and it is a SYSTEM FREE, NO RULES type of product...what sort of product would interest you? … Continue reading Dr. Silkmelon Goes On A Shopping Spree
Hello, Mr. Shit. Have You Met Mr. Fan?
...D'OH! Well hellfire...Forry Ackerman died today. I'm glad he's no longer suffering, but fandom (ALL fandom) has lost it's #1 guy. In other crappy news, my unemployment check next week will be my last unless I can get an extension or find a job (or some of you read my last post and hire me). … Continue reading Hello, Mr. Shit. Have You Met Mr. Fan?
Deadman’s Learning Curve
...not the song by Jan & Dean Ok, I'm back. The job hunt goes on with no results so far. It's a pretty shitty time to be 54 and looking for work along with a huge number of your fellow citizens, but what ya gonna do? If I was half my present age and weight, … Continue reading Deadman’s Learning Curve
146 Erotic Uses For Play Doh
...147 if you have an extra nipple Day full of stuff ahead for me, considering I'm one of the Great Unemployed Masses. Writing is about 1/3 of it, and may keep me away from LJ for a few days...or not. We shall see. Along those lines, I may be emailing some of you gaming industry … Continue reading 146 Erotic Uses For Play Doh
Under The Onion Tree
...and other stories Stuff: The Next Generation 1: Hey, you wacky gamers out there! Dundracon is 108 days away and pre-reg goes up to $40.00 in 4 days. If you are going and haven't pre-regged, go do it. If you aren't sure if you are going, just let me say: Have you lost your mind? … Continue reading Under The Onion Tree
The Rare And Beautiful Flower Headed Land Jellyfish Of Potawango Island
...they like to eat cheese Game Day Today, 75% of the game session was the 5 characters, Jonas' (the only trained adventurer) pet wolf, Mac's pet terrier and the two mini-triceratopans versus 20 dire wolfweres in human form. Fortunately, Our Heroic Band was able to get off a variety of ranged attacks (to say nothing … Continue reading The Rare And Beautiful Flower Headed Land Jellyfish Of Potawango Island
Chapter 432: In Which Our Hero Wrestles The Devil, Greases A Pig And Rescues Young Lucy From Ninjas
...all while avoiding the evil duke's men Great Gobs O' Stuff Happy Birthday to robin_d_laws, who is, I assure you, as fine a fellow as you'll ever meet and one of the best game designers in the history of the art form. The Second Village Poll is closed and megdeon and boundfate missed Last Call. … Continue reading Chapter 432: In Which Our Hero Wrestles The Devil, Greases A Pig And Rescues Young Lucy From Ninjas
How To Care For Your Pet Xorn
...with many color photographs Game Day In about 90 minutes, my gaming group will arrive for the next installment in our ongoing "The Return Of Magic" series. There should be action and adventure aplenty in today's episode. Steampunk Reading Yesterday, as part of a mystery shopping obligation, I had to buy a paperback book at … Continue reading How To Care For Your Pet Xorn
Doc Tempest: The Moscow Monstrosity
...from the very first graphic novel, March, 1980 A Game Setting Idea Submitted for your nitpicking... On an otherwise typical RPG fantasy world, there is a large expanse of land where the surface world, aside from many small kingdoms protected by powerful magical domes, is so deadly dangerous that even the most powerful of adventurers … Continue reading Doc Tempest: The Moscow Monstrosity
The First Church Of The Winkerdog
...featuring hot dog flavored communion wafers and holy gravy Game Session Report On Sunday, we gathered round ye olde gaming table and played the second session of 200 Years After and things went well. Below, a few of the high points. 1: All 5 of the PCs went down the tunnel that was found in … Continue reading The First Church Of The Winkerdog
The Cupcake Elves Want To Rule The World
...hey, at least they offer great cupcakes Description of my Dundracon Toon game proposal, as seen on the website 20th Anniversary TOON Bash Twenty years of running TOON games at Dundracon? You betcha! If you've ever played in one of my games, come play or just say hi. If you've ever WANTED to play, come … Continue reading The Cupcake Elves Want To Rule The World
The 34 Things You Should Never Put On Your Butt
...#12 is molten lava Well, my little woodland friends, the fates were decidedly against Uncle Doc doing any gardening today. No sooner had I finished my morning tea than my gastrointestinal system demanded that I spend some quality time with the bathroom. Several times. Until about noon. After that, I had other chores to do, … Continue reading The 34 Things You Should Never Put On Your Butt
Chapter 30: In Which Our Hero Thrashes The Wicked Duke, Saves A Town From The French And Feeds A Cat
...and he fed it fish, too Well, we played Session 1 of the Fall Fantasy series (hereforth to be known as "200 Years After") on Sunday and all went well. Due to schoolwork and such, Grace has bowed out of the group for a few months, but we had new players Rich and Kira, so … Continue reading Chapter 30: In Which Our Hero Thrashes The Wicked Duke, Saves A Town From The French And Feeds A Cat
Maiasaurus Mambo
...with eggs Games submission opened up for Dundracon today, so I submitted my 20th annual TOON game. Last year, the gave me a seminar room to run the game in and it worked out great, so I requested another one this year. With twice the tablespace and room for an audience. I've listed the game … Continue reading Maiasaurus Mambo
The League Of Extraordinary Middle Aged Gamers
...they'll save the world gaming Update My gaming group has taken August off, so as to allow me to get the Fall Fantasy series ready for it's debut in early September. So far, things go well. I have enough of the area around the PC's homeland mapped out for a start. I'm halfway through doing … Continue reading The League Of Extraordinary Middle Aged Gamers
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