Category: Crock Pot
| February 19, 2013 | Posted by Troy E. Taylor |
My first visit to Gen Con in 2005 was memorable for two reasons. The first was because I got to attend a seminar on GMing. The panelists were some guys — you might know them — from this hot gaming site, Treasure Tables. I sat in the back row and listened to them. Good seminar. Vicky Potter gave me a mechanical pencil — which I’ve still got. I then had lunch with one of the Werecabbages, John E. Ling. We were two of the “Three…
| February 6, 2013 | Posted by Martin Ralya |
There were 20 entries in the second annual New Year, New Game challenge. That’s a big drop from the first year’s 57, but there were still some excellent ideas (that followed the rules!) in the mix. Our two winners offered up wildly different ideas joined by a common thread: They sound like really cool games to play in. Without further ado, the winners are… Second Prize In second place is Gnome Stew reader Cloudyone, whose “Abandoned Heroes” pitch went like this: 冷落罗汉 (The Abandoned Heroes)…
| February 6, 2013 | Posted by Martin Ralya |
The second annual NYNG challenge has ended, which means we have a bevy of blog posts about running new games to share with you! We had 12 posts this year, and a wide range of topics under the new game umbrella were covered. Thank you to all of the bloggers who wrote a post for this carnival, and I hope we’ll see you all again in 2014. Blog Posts about Running New Games You’ll find inspiration, tips, and clever ideas in these dozen posts: Babil…
| January 14, 2013 | Posted by Martin Ralya |
Welcome to the second annual New Year, New Game challenge! New Year, New Game (NYNG for short) is a Gnome Stew venture that began in 2012 — an annual challenge to GMs all over the world: Run a new game this year. NYNG runs from January 14 to January 28 this year. Last year’s NYNG contest resulted in 57 game ideas for 39 RPGs and 15 blog posts about running new games. I’d love to top both of those numbers this year. We hope NYNG…
| January 14, 2013 | Posted by Martin Ralya |
As part of our second annual New Year, New Game challenge, we’re also running our second blog carnival! This is separate from the 2013 NYNG contest, although the timeframe is the same and folks are welcome to both enter the contest and take part in the blog carnival. A blog carnival is an event that features multiple blogs contributing posts on the same broad topic, in this case posts about running a new game. We’ll be linking to NYNG posts throughout the challenge, and then…
| December 25, 2012 | Posted by Martin Ralya |
From all of the gnomes to all of you, merry Christmas! Here’s our gnomish mascot (well, one of them anyway — I know he has mascot buddies in other gnomish households) settling in a for a little light holiday reading. We’re departing from one tradition this year: Instead of running reposts for the holidays, we’re running a series of excellent guest articles. The first, The Handmade, Super-Simple Wizard Tower Tile Set, went up yesterday. Whatever holiday you celebrate, we wish you well. Thanks for reading!
| December 17, 2012 | Posted by Martin Ralya |
Over on Google+ someone started the meme #7rpgs, which I think is quite clever. When I posted mine, I picked the seven games I’ve played the most often. The leap from that concept to the seven games you’ve the most run (#7rpgsrun, which I started last night) was a short one. Years ago, our own Don Mappin wrote an excellent post on his now-defunct personal website about ranking your favorite campaigns. While I think the original is gone, my personal list of 10 (as of…
