David Given Schwarm

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Curse of Strahd–D&D Encounters S22 S8 P

On the drive to Kingslayer Comics this light came on… it was the gas cap indicator….The table set up was amazing. We likely have more snack diversity then any other table in the history of D&D–skittles, chocolate, cherries, pop rocks, coffee, water, weird waters, carrots, star wars fruit chews, cheese–like lots of different kinds…it is…
TTD

Have a “Master” List Have a “Top 3” Break it Down & Be Specific Be Intentional With Unfinished Tasks Plan to Plan Consider an “If/Then” List There is a great article on Using Evernote to create a Bullet Journal thre is a lot of focus on the Four Parts of the Bullet Journal 1. Index…
Notes

All meetings should have notes sent out afterwards. Notes should include tasks with names. There should be some mention of a success criteria for tasks. It is important that notes are readable, use color to keep things interesting. I am using Bullet Journal for most of my note taking technique.
Agenda

All meetings must have an agenda.
How to Choose the Perfect Board Game
International TableTopDay 2016 Recap

International Table Top Day 2016 was not the huge hit that previous years had been–Team Schwarm had trouble finding shops that were actually particiapating this year–things just did not seem to be as organizied and it was not clear how to make chartible donations–rather then a celebration of table top, this year felt more like…
International Table Top Day 2016

This year for International Table Top Day, which may just be Tabletop Day, I plan to run some D&D for Cody and his seven year old friends in the morning. In the afternoon play some Magic. I am likely going to be doing all of this at Kingslayer Comics.
Curse of Strahd–D&D Encounters S22 S7

Another great week of D&D Encounters! The table was very crowded this week–largely because of the hippie snacks brought back from Portland, but also because the players are being very consistent and showing up every week. I lost a white D20 last week–I am sure ransom notes will start popping up again… The players made…
Actual Play Curse of Strahd–D&D Encounters S22 S7
Enter the Battlefield

I watched this on YouTube last night & thought it was totally excellent. The Patrick Chapin stuff was my favorite stuff by a lot–but I also liked the Peach Tree Oath and the Melissa stuff. A really strong documentary with some great family moments & an amazing narration by Wil Wheaton. Totally worth checking out.