Category Archives: Gaming
Campaigns update
Tiring day, which began about three hours too soon, is finally drawing to a close. All of the adult pain medications have been taken, and so I have some small hope of sleeping past 3 AM tonight. Today was gaming, … Continue reading →
Gaming tech
Virtual tabletops (vTT) have been around for a few years now, Among them are Roll20 Fantasy Grounds D&D Beyond And, of course, Dungeons & Dragons Online, among many others out there. The 5e D&D game I’m currently uses Fantasy Grounds. … Continue reading →
Siobhan’s Story
I don’t remember what campaign Siobhan was created for, or whether she was an NPC in one of my own games, or a player character in one of our rotating GMs. Re-reading her character history, and looking at some of … Continue reading →
Lehnar’s story
(Lehnar was a rare character for me. First, he was male, something I rarely play, and secondly, he was an older character – even older than my actual age of 45 at the time; yes, I have a preference for … Continue reading →
THE WORLD OF 1938
This was the introductory document I sent to my players for the 1938 Campaign. In reviewing this today, it appears that some sections may duplicate themselves; if so, I apologise, 1998 was a long time ago.) [Note: actual historical information … Continue reading →
1938 Campaign: an Introduction
The 1938 Campaign was a fun experiment. It was one of the few times since 1987 that I (Ashleigh) had been GM in a campaign. Most of our usual cast of players were there, Cat & Mike, Bjoern & Stuart, … Continue reading →
The Legend of Zelda
I’ve been a fan of the Legend of Zelda games for a long time. One of the first consoles that we purchased way back when was the NES, just so we could play Zelda. There was a lot of stress … Continue reading →
Remembering DunDraCon III
Noted over on Twitter: Today Basic Dungeons & Dragons B1 In Search of the Unknown with @The_Digital_DM 4pm EST/ 2pm MTNhttps://t.co/hrhfjUnsGp#RPG #DND #Twitch #gamingcommunity #DM #DungeonMaster #thaco@FantasyGrounds2 pic.twitter.com/nXSLbCeVGF — Tabletop RPG Network (@network_rpg) August 30, 2020 Gods. I remember when … Continue reading →
So, there’s this discussion on Twitter …
There’s been an ongoing debate about the role of women in gaming for years…today on Twitter, someone thoughtfully posted these two contributions, one from Gary Gygax, the co-author of Dungeons & Dragons, and another from Jonathon Tweet, a later contributor … Continue reading →