2013 February | intwischa.com

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Chase : 28 Feb 13
Character Checklist: Sam Porter
We recently had one of our regular cabin trips, which gave me the chance to make a character. Upon reflection,... [more]
Advice Background Character Character Checklist Character Creation
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BryanMD : 27 Feb 13
Role Playing Along: What To Do When You Don’t Know What To Do
One of the biggest traps that veteran role players seem to fall in to isn’t a sphere of annihilation or... [more]
Advice Action Character Player Role Playing
Chase : 26 Feb 13
Discussing Player Secrets. Links for 2/26/2013
In what seems to be a perennial topic among gamers, several blogs this week have discussed the question of whether... [more]
Cool Links Discussion Player Players Secret
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Chase : 26 Feb 13
To Balance or Not to Balance? Links for 2/26/20113
A pair of posts this week from the always thought provoking Steve Winter explore the concept of game balance. Specifically,... [more]
Cool Links Balance Discussion DnD DnD 4E

BryanMD : 26 Feb 13
Setting Link for the Week of 2/26
The last couple campaigns I’ve been involved with would be what I categorize as ‘home base’ games. That is, the... [more]
Cool Links Attitude City Setting Town
Chase : 25 Feb 13
From the Archive – Stranger than Fiction: George Washington
I recently finished Washington: A Life. If you’re wondering, I’d highly recommend it to any fan of history. As often... [more]
Game Ready Content Culture and History George Washington Life Politics
Chase : 22 Feb 13
Margaret Weis Productions to Produce Firefly RPG Material
It looks like the same company that produced the Serenity RPG just got the rights to a Firefly RPG. Given... [more]
News Firefly Firefly RPG Margaret Weis Productions Serenity RPG

Trademark Bullying, Industry Custodians, and You
3 Chase 22 Feb 13 As Charlie mentioned last week, we recently took a day trip to visit a bunch of great Friendly Local Gaming... [more]
Movie Review: “The Dungeon Masters”
1 BryanMD 20 Feb 13 I admit it; I am vexed. I watch a lot of movies. A lot of movies. I study their plots. ... [more]
Links to Cool Things for the week of 2/19/2013
Chase 19 Feb 13 Some of these are only vaguely RPG related, but they’re so cool I had to include them. For instance, take... [more]
Tools Links for the Week of 2/19/2013
3 Chase 19 Feb 13 As usual, I’ve been keeping an eye out for things we can use in our games. This week, I’ve come... [more]
Discussion Links for the Week of 2/19/2013
Chase 19 Feb 13 We certainly love a good RPG discussion here at Intwischa. Having just exceeded five hundred posts, that’s probably an understatement.... [more]
From the Archive: Custom Cutlery: The Basket-Hilt Cutlass
BryanMD 18 Feb 13 The basket-hilt cutlass is a light blade designed to inflict maximum damage in close-quarter fighting… Read More
From the Archive – Character Creation: 6 Aspects and 20 Questions
cwhite 15 Feb 13 Regular Intwhiskers (can I call you that?) will know that our home group has been playing through a game of... [more]
FLGS it’s a Gas Gas Gas Roundup!
1 cwhite 14 Feb 13 Team Intwischa recently made an FLGS outing to Lansing MI (specifically visiting Clem’s Comics and Games and Evolution Games). For... [more]
A Healthy Prejudice
1 BryanMD 13 Feb 13 We’ve written a lot of posts here at Intwischa about different game master styles, tips, methods, and strategies. From debates... [more]
Review Links for the Week of 2/12/2013
Chase 12 Feb 13 There were also a great collection of game reviews this week. First on our list is Review: The Lazy Dungeon... [more]
Idea Links for the Week of 2/12/2013
Chase 12 Feb 13 There were a bunch of great posts this week brimming with ideas you can use in your games. To kick... [more]
Managing Extreme Conditions and Resource Management in Roleplaying Games
4 cwhite 11 Feb 13 … Or “how to make tracking rations and wool blankets not suck in D&D.” I’ve never really had fun with... [more]