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DM Summit @ Veggie Grill
Brian and I went to Veggie Grill in Irvine to get organized for D&D Encounters. Things have been kind of slow and disorganized since the Holiday. We spent most of the lunch talking about soft skills and the horrors of corporate IT. And then we started eating–the food was really good. Veggie Grill is super…
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Eugene Ionesco
Over-explanation separates us from astonishment. –
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Recounting Encounters: Adventurer’s League Pilot Play
Recounting Encounters is one of the best and longest running D&D Encounters podcasts–generally they just review what happened at the table the week before. This is an awesome asset to DM’s but it is often a little to spoilery for players. In any event, this week they take a critical look at the Adventure League…
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Round Table 51 – D&D Encounters Wrap-Up
I seriously love this podcast. The topic this week was the state of D&D Encounters which is obviously something very close to my heart!The guests were Topher Kohan, Joe Lastowski, and Mike Loewnau who were awesome–even if only one of them correctly answered the opening question–“what is your favorite Faction”? As always, James does a great…
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Pancake Breakfast
Bikes are in the bushes Back Packs are piled on the landing Muffins are out And Tuesday is getting ready for some Magic! Jack, who was skipping school to go to Disneyland, was in a great mood. Preston was ready to go bright and early My work station was well appointed! We had the entire…
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Last Infusion
A lot of the ExtraLife & Magic community has been tracking Jack’s progress through infusions at CHOC. This may have been our infusion! Depending on how things go during the next round of testing, this may be the last time we see that loaner Spider-Man! One of our favorite places at CHOC is the Abandoned…
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Murakami
Each of us possesses a tangible living soul. The system has no such thing. We must not allow the system to exploit us.
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Hoard of the Dragon Queen–D&D Encounters S19 S13
Comic Quest was packed again this week–we have a fantastic crew of players right now. Super stoked to be able to DM at this shop. Brendan was new & playing for his first time–he had a well tabbed PHB that I friend had helped him with & he was playing a fantastic Ranger build. It…
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Episode 16 – Everything you wanted to know about the Ninth World but were afraid to ask [Transmissions from the Ninth World]
This podcast is a long discussion with Shanna Germain.The first half is a wonderful interview with Shanna and provides a lot of great background on her, her writing, and her work in RPG’s. It includes this great quote: Plot is the hardest part…I just sit down, put my blindfold on, and hang on. The second…
