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Oct 23, 2009 by Patrick Benson32

Dread – Play It This Halloween (Trust Us)

Recently fellow gnome John Arcadian and I attended “Con on the Cob” where we hung out with the crew from Windmill Game Co. They are the creative power behind the new Dread: Tales of Terror series which are supplements that provide wonderful scenarios and questionnaires for the fabulous game Dread. Now every year I run a very simple RPG for non-gamers around Halloween time. In the past I have ...
Oct 31, 2008 by Patrick Benson7

Halloween – The Perfect Holiday To Turn Non-Gamers Into Gamers!

Ah Halloween! Jack O'Lanterns, candy, kids in costumes, and everyone is just itching for something to scare them! But you, oh dear GM, should be thinking of more sinister thoughts. Like a zombie crawling from its grave to feast on the living and bring them into the folds of the undead, you too should be turning your ravenous eye towards those non-gamers and scheming as to how you will ...
Oct 3, 2008 by Matthew J. Neagley6

The Witching Hour is upon us! Time to get your witch on, or I’ll witch you in the witch!

October is upon us (by which I mean I'm writing this on the 1st, not that you'll necessarily see it on the 1st). While I haven't had to deal with one in well over a decade, I have no doubt that the "DnD* is a tool of the Devil" crowd are still out there and going strong, if a tad less vocal, and that one of the oddball bits of our hobby ...

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