Category: Personal
Some personal notes and musings, if any readers are interested.
Posted on February 4, 2018
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Image: My hilarious mug and a reader-made, 3D printed, “Heavy Metal GM” D20. Jeff, this is the most amazing thing someone I barely know has ever done for me, thank you so much! Up early on a Sunday, that’s the kind of guy…
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Posted on January 26, 2018
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Analyze how some degree of understanding about human reason is important to build an RPG campaign as an allegory.
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Posted on September 6, 2017
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My vacation is over. A week at Gen Con and a week in Scotland with only a day between the two, and now, I’m back to reality. Let me tell you, those two weeks were marvelous. There’ll be a post about Scotland later for…
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Posted on June 13, 2017
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The reason why I picked up X-wing miniatures was because everything comes pre-painted. I was always of the philosophy that war games that force you to paint your own stuff were 1). a money sink 2). a time sink and 3). way more effort…
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Posted on March 16, 2017
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As Gen Con was my first last year, PAX is my first this year. Funny, I know, since I live up here near Boston, you would think that PAX was my geekly haven for years and years. Not the case, in fact, PAX was…
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Posted on January 29, 2017
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With the new year rolling in and badges going up in just a couple of hours (from the time I’m writing this), I’m so ridiculously excited for the amazing event that Gen Con 50 is going to be. As the same with last year,…
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Posted on January 9, 2017
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Surely not an uncommon problem: I have a crap ton of books to read! The list just keeps growing, too. I get home from work, tell myself that I’m going to read but simply end up sitting on the couch doing nothing that truly…
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Posted on January 4, 2017
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Now, before you get all bent out of shape and roll your eyes in the back of your head, this isn’t some overly optimistic and typical New Year’s Resolutions type thing. Except, well, it kind of is, but that’s besides the point! As role…
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Posted on November 30, 2016
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I feel like a lot of people don’t really understand the genre(s) of music. As a reader of this blog, perhaps you do to some extent, or maybe you’re just here for the RPG stuff. Either way is fine, but this post is to…
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Posted on October 23, 2016
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Hello all! The lack of activity lately has probably drawn some questions (or not) into your minds. So this post is to update you on what I’ve been doing! So first off, I’ve been just getting pummeled by my job. By the time I…
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Posted on August 29, 2016
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Hello there everybody, this is going to be a more apologetic than anything. August has been a HELL of a month. Gen Con being in the first week made for a very interesting and disruptive start, totally screwing up any ounce of organization/schedule…
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Posted on August 9, 2016
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I don’t even know where to begin with talking about this convention, if I’m to be completely honest. This wasn’t just my first Gen Con, but the first convention period that I’ve ever been to. Considering I’m relatively new to the RPG hobby (…
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Allegorical Gaming: Weighing Reason
Posted on January 26, 2018 by heavymetalgm
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Analyze how some degree of understanding about human reason is important to build an RPG campaign as an allegory.
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