And So It Begins...

Sorry for the delay my dears, but weather has gotten tolerable again and work has picked up...not to mention I've had the pleasure of gaming in several different games in different systems. Right now, I've got a Monsters and Other Childish Things game on Sundays, a Pathfinder game on Tuesdays and at some point, I'm sure we'll get back to our D&D 3.5 game soon. (Seriously, you don't need a link for that.) We've gone through three characters in as many games in Pathfinder, one of which was my own Didd, the Doppelganger (yeah, he allowed that) Bard. Up next for me is a Half-Orc Barbarian/Ranger (we're playing with gestalt rules) which is much more my usual than the bard I had and the cleric I've got going in 3.5.

But I digress. Progress has stalled on the Malibu Dream Dungeon; highlighting neon pink is apparently much more difficult than expected and is currently sitting in the corner in timeout. What is taking up most of my gaming attention is my Beginner's D&D Campaign. Campaign may be a bit grandiose, but my intention is this: teach people the ropes of a system through a tutorial-style adventure, then let them loose and teach a different system. My hope is that they would start up their own gaming group, with someone taking over as DM, or be more confident in finding another gaming group to join. After months of agonizing over which system to run, I settled on D&D 4e. Many of you may be horrified but in response, I give you this. 4e is technically still what is 'current' for Dungeons & Dragons. D&D Next is in constant flux and I could not justify doing that to new players. I still wanted to play D&D and I wanted it to be as accessible as possible. The next system I run for beginners will probably be Pathfinder, though I have copies of Iron Kingdoms and Eclipse Phase crying out to be thoroughly read. I'll also admit, GURPS has my favorite magic system and I love it thoroughly.

That's all for now, folks.

Serious Post. Seriously.

I'm not running a game right now. After finishing up the last game of my nWoD (new World of Darkness for the uninitiated) adventure, a feeling of relief washed over me and I basked in the praise my players bestowed upon me for entertaining them satisfactorily. I was now off the hook for a few months while somebody else took over GM duties in a different system. That's how we roll, ever since our D&D 4e Dark Sun campaign came crashing to a TPK-style halt in our boss fight just before Epic Tier. I hadn't even managed to land a hit with my Halfling Monk's Draconic Avatar power yet. We all went home in a foul mood that night, but as the smoke cleared we agreed that such an uninterrupted span of time was rough on a GM and we had the means to make it work out better.

 From the end of the following Sci-Fi Steampunk GURPS campaign on, we decided to switch out GMs and systems as often as we pleased. My nWoD game only lasted three sessions as it was set up to be a prelude style game wherein everyone was set up to get their super-awesomeness. It took a couple months to get through those three games, what with holidays and all but the end of that game tasted sweet. It was now time to look forward to not only a continuation of the Big Reveal (what I have dubbed my nWoD campaign,) but other ideas and projects. I'm very interested in starting the Pathfinder Adventure Path Kingmaker campaign and also forming a beginner's D&D campaign to get new folks interested in the hobby (should I run 4e and open with some classic Keep on the Shadowfell, or just dive right into some D&D Next?) but the big idea is the Malibu Dream Dungeon.

 Some context is in order, I understand. About a year ago, I was running a Girls Only Pathfinder campaign of my own design (we eventually allowed a boy in, but only because he was SPYING ON THE PARTY) and we often joked about super-girly stereotypes; when you forgot your dice, there were the pink Dice of Shame to borrow, Awesome Tokens were sparkly pink (more on those another time,) and somehow or other we stumbled across the joke that the dungeons we'd be delving would be pink, as well. A Malibu Dream Dungeon. Well, that was it: the Malibu Dream Dungeon must be made. I'm not sure why it's taken me so long to actually get around to it, but I'm in the middle of test painting and construction from my Hirst Arts blocks.


Deciding on what style to use...

Here's the final decision:

Test painting, woo!

Hi there.

Stuck with yet another day of truncated work load due to weather, I have decided to start blogging about my major hobby time-sink. Let's cut the crap and go right to it: GUYS I LIKE TO MAKE STUFF FOR GAMING CUZ IT'S FUN. Blogging may get serious when I am not stuck in a funk of depression that comes from realizing how much money I'm not making right now.