Role Play Archive

  • SnD episode 003 – Con Etiquette:  Don’t Poke the Geeks

    SnD episode 003 – Con Etiquette: Don’t Poke the Geeks

    The Ladies of Gaming start with a story and move straight into how to make the most of conventions with the voice of experience as organizers, exhibitors and fans attending major events mixed with news of a major upcoming release and this episode’s web comic...

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  • DM/GM 101: SURPRISE!

    DM/GM 101: SURPRISE!

    There was no one worse than my best friend Buck when someone thwarted him through silliness.  I’m not implying that he’d get cranky, irritable and vindictive, imply nothing I’m outright saying it as a fact. In this instance we’d spent hours setting everything for an...

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  • MnM Episode 11:  Nerd Rage and Alliance Crackdowns

    MnM Episode 11: Nerd Rage and Alliance Crackdowns

    New name, new games, new peripherals, a mugging attempt turns into mortal combat nerd-raging, a pen to the eye at Comicon, game talk, WoW servers cracking down on overly mature gaming, deck talk and player on the street comments about the new extended format. Magic...

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  • SnD Episode 002 – In the Box: Con Prep and Randomer Swear Words

    SnD Episode 002 – In the Box: Con Prep and Randomer Swear Words

    The Sugar and Dice GameCast is a podcast created and produced by the ladies of gaming with post-production and distribution by Red Zone Gaming. The first two episodes are to test and tweak the format before its release under its own podcast feed on iTunes....

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  • SnD Episode 001 – Those Gamer Stereotypes Come From Somewhere!

    SnD Episode 001 – Those Gamer Stereotypes Come From Somewhere!

    The Sugar and Dice GameCast is a podcast created and produced by the ladies of gaming with post-production and distribution by Red Zone Gaming. The first two episodes are to test and tweak the format before its release under its own podcast feed on iTunes....

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  • DM/GM 101: Railroading

    DM/GM 101: Railroading

    Railroading by DrunkenMonk Boise Gaming Group http://www.mattkunzman.com/rpg What is railroading and why should GM’s avoid it? I think this website says it best: DEFINITION Railroading is a term used to describe the imposition of a predefined set of resolutions onto the choices and conflicts that...

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  • Fandemonium: A Year of Fandom

    Fandemonium: A Year of Fandom

    Part of our Fandemonium table is a slideshow of pictures we’ve taken at the Con, but since that Friday will open the con with no current pictures I’ve built a video that we’ll show until we’ve built up a stockpile of pictures. This version is...

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  • DM/GM 101: The Pickpocketing Player

    DM/GM 101: The Pickpocketing Player

    DM/GM 101: The Pickpocketing Player by DrunkenMonk Boise Gaming Group http://www.mattkunzman.com/rpg Everything can be fun in your game if you turn it that way. Even the annoying rouge player that HAS to pickpocket everyone they see. It’s not that difficult to make it interesting without...

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  • DM/GM 101: NPC-ing the Good Guy…

    DM/GM 101: NPC-ing the Good Guy…

    NPC-ing the Good Guy (aka avoid it at all costs) by DrunkenMonk Boise Gaming Group http://www.mattkunzman.com/rpg The Non-Player Character (NPC) is one of the most abused parts of Roleplaying. Often the greatest mistakes a new GM can make has nothing to do with setting, story,...

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  • Episode 10: Riding in the Desert on a Podcast with No Name

    Episode 10: Riding in the Desert on a Podcast with No Name

    In this, the tenth episode of Revenge in the Red Zone, a contest is issued to determine the new name of the podcast in the wake of Gamers Revenge’s early departure. Interspersed with Joystick’s tales of E3 and all it’s glory, the duo gives homage...

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