Tag Archives: dnd
Five-Minute Languages
J.R.R. Tolkien spent years developing his fantasy languages and then wrote a handful of books to test them out (you’ve probably never heard of them, they’re pretty obscure). Klingon and Dothraki were developed for film and TV – carefully encoded over time with great care. But you’re you. You need to crank out some gobbledygook for game night and you need it fast. Well, hold on to your diphthongs and protect your predicates because we’re doing a crash course on fast-and-dirty language creation.
Let Food Be Thy Medicine
Using Food to Gain Hit Points
My gaming group just started a new d20 Modern table-top game based on the Fallout series of video games, in which, you eat food to heal. Our GM kept this mechanic in place and it works brilliantly – eat a TV dinner and gain a couple of hit points (and a teeny tiny bit of radiation, too). So, I pose the question: Can you use food-for-healing in other tabletop games?
Nerd News — Summer Gaming Conventions
Summer has arrived in the Northern Hemisphere, and some of the big game conventions are about to open their doors to roleplayers, cosplayers, video gamers, and lovers of all things in the nerd-o-sphere. We’ve compiled a giant list of venues for your vacation ventures around the globe, big and small. Look for one near you and go out to support the gaming community!