Advice: How to Make Somebody Pregnant

Did that catch your eye? This post isn’t about the mechanics of intercourse or reproduction–this is the Internet, after all, and there are other sources to learn about that. This is also not about intercourse in role-playing games, because talking about that would inevitably lead to a discussion of F.A.T.A.L.–the game that serves as a…

Adventurer’s Team-Building Retreat

I heard a story on public radio several years ago that NASCAR had surpassed hockey as the fourth most watched “sporting event” in American television viewership. The commentator theorized that this trend might stem from a shift in American values from team sports to individual sports. Now, leaving aside… that public radio news commentators might…

Steal This Idea: Broken Squares

I’ve been through more team-building classes and leadership development seminars than I really care to count. While I’ve taken some valuable things from them, I’ve never really stopped to think how the lessons I’ve taken away might be applied to my gaming life. This changed recently when I was describing an exercise from one of…

Let’s Get This Party Started: Non-Mechanical Character Creation Ideas That Work

Like any good team, most parties in a game of D&D have their different positions.  Everything from AD&D to Golden Axe to The Lord of the Rings has an ideal blend of several specialized classes, what some gamers would call a “balanced party.”  In this current age of 4E, it sounds something like Controller/Defender/Leader/Striker.  It’s…