October 2007

Gaming and Blogging

 

Since this whole site is about using the internet in creative ways for a better game, it seems like it begs the idea of using a blog as a gaming tool. I know a few groups that have forums or a static site but I haven’t seen any of my friends move over to a blog yet.

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Company, Conglomeration Names

 

Random pages on Wikipedia are good for relieving boredom, expanding your mind and improving your game. Clicking “Random Article” can take you almost anywhere on a huge site about a million different things including a page on company name etymologies. See how, and why, Continue Reading »

Adventure Hooks
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Future

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Adventure on the Not Quite Open Sea

 

ShipThe players are sailing on the open ocean when they spy the sea covered in gray. Do they persist, sailing into the expanse of volcanic rock and ash? Of course, from the photos, you can see that if they keep sailing, they shortly arrive at volcanic island in the making. But what Continue Reading »

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Fantasy

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Research and Background

It can be frustrating to have an excellent game idea but no setting to put it in. Take Korric’s Hall for example. Great idea but if we want to fill it out further, we’re going to need to do some research. To start, the original hotel on which the adventure hook is based is located in Farmington, New Mexico and some quick googling will get us some information about the area but alot of it is modern advertising. Not useful for our purposes and it can be time consuming to wade through all the links Google can provide. What we need are Continue Reading »

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