My husband John is, and has been, the primary GM for most tabletop game groups in which I have participated. I have, thanks to my unique girlfriend-to-wife relationship been able to see his work both behind-the-scenes and in-scene. I say what I say not because I’m his wife, but because it’s true: He is...
Read more →I got involved with James Raggi’s Grand Adventure Campaign for Lamentations of the Flame Princess at pretty much the last minute. As such, I found myself initially behind the 8-ball, in that I had to get enough of a toe-hold on an idea to be able to write a successful teaser for the campaign...
Read more →I ‘ve almost finished my first game of Here I Stand and am sitting in second place. That’s not too bad for a first-timer, although I have to give credit to the fine gentlemen who played with me and who held my hand during the game. All of this playing was done electronically with...
Read more →Whenever a convention is coming up I get this excited feeling in my stomach which is a mix of exhilaration and trepidation. It’s not often in my regular gaming group that I get to experiment with and really explore the possibilities that a lot of game systems offer, and the convention setting is the...
Read more →My gaming group rotates games and GMs almost weekly. We have at least half a dozen ongoing campaigns, and numerous other one-shot games under our belts. My on-going game is Hollow Earth Expedition – a pulp adventure game that I fell in love with last summer at the Origins Game Fair. For those unfamiliar...
Read more →Two of the players are present via Skype (husband & wife, T’Var & Aylana). We could hear their dogs (puppies really) in the background so someone made jokes about the captain’s going nuts (reference to an adventure in which the Captain was mind-controlled).. Two of the other players were late. They were at a...
Read more →The campaign has been playing for about a year, every other Thursday. It’s a filler campaign between Mutants & Masterminds and Stargate: 1889 (using the Savage Worlds system). Our gm is male and two of the players are men. The other four players, including myself, are women. Our sessions start about 7:30 or so...
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