WEDNESDAY-THE HUMP DUMP-WITH EXTRA SAUCE

Everyone hates this day and with good reason. The holidays have evaporated and of course you didn't manage to squeeze in all the activities you had planned.

So to make today a little easier here's a special bulked up Wednesday Dump. Let's get it started:

A Rust Monster Ate My Sword...: Dark World: PC Secret Backgrounds


http://rustmonsteratemysword.blogspot.com/2011/12/dark-world-pc-secret-backgrounds.html


Speak Out With Your Geek Out – My Manifesto « Elf Steaks & Halfling Bacon

For Day 4 of Speak Out With Your Geek Out, I will make a few promises to myself:

1. I will not suffer Geek Shame. For most of my life, when people asked me about my hobbies, I usually answered with reading, grilling, computer games, computer hacking, etc., but I always shied away from the role-playing games. No more. I will make that one of the first things I mention, if not the first. I’m through with Geek Shame.

For the remainder go to:


http://elfsteaks.com/2011/09/15/speak-out-with-your-geek-out-my-manifesto/

Make it a double:


Thinking Aloud – Samurai Jack As An RPG Setting « Elf Steaks & Halfling Bacon

I recently received a treat from Netflix: Disc 1 of Season 1 of Samurai Jack. I had watched it intermittently while it was on Cartoon Network and enjoyed it immensely. While I watched the original episodes, it occurred to me that the world of Samurai Jack would be a wonderful setting for a role-playing game.

Read More:

http://elfsteaks.com/2011/12/27/thinking-aloud-samurai-jack-as-an-rpg-setting/


Musings from the Dungeon: Being a Better GM-series-(so far)

Musings from the Dungeon: Being a Better GM part 1: Stealing and Skinning

Musings from the Dungeon: Being a Better GM part 2: Feeling and Thinking

Musings from the Dungeon: Being a Better GM part 3: NPCs


Wombat's Gaming Den of Iniquity: Schrodinger's Gun GMing: Ready, Fire, Aim (cover page for series)

http://gamerblog.twwombat.com/2011/11/schrodingers-gun-gming-ready-fire-aim.html


The Complete Rules For Games - Rock, Paper, Shotgun

(from the blog)

I love rules. Not following them, of course – that’s for other people. I love writing them. And since I’m the best qualified to decide how everyone else is allowed to behave, it’s only appropriate that I be in charge of everything. So it is that I have been making clear the Rules For Games, both for developers and for players, in an ongoing series that shall be added to forever. You can find the first four parts below.

Even though it refers more to video games it is still worth the read.

Find the whole thing here:

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2011/12/29/the-complete-rules-for-games/

Green Skeleton Gaming Guild: Pathfinder Gamma World!

(from the blog)

Sadly doesn't seem like the Warlords of the Apocalypse will ever see the light of day... I had pre-ordered it but after countless delays I asked for and got my money back on it. If it ever does come out I'll pick it up, since I'm a sucker for P.A. RPG's. Meanwhile I did find a homebrew Gamma World (4th edition, NOT 4E) Pathfinder compatible conversion.

Get the linkage and full story:

http://greenskeletongamingguild.blogspot.com/2011/12/pathfinder-gamma-world.html

That's it...now get out there and play...only 2 days to the weekend :)