Bard of Valiant

My wife and I first visited Portugal about fifteen years ago. The visit was tagged onto a trip to Spain. Ironically, it turned out to be the highlight of the trip. This past August, we finally made it back to Portugal for a more thorough exploration. Our focus was on the castles and other historical [...]

47 ideas for costumes, props, food and games! My god, this list is huge!
Costumes

Make a zombie face wound.
LEGO Costume (for kids)
Iron Man Helmet
Creating a Realistic Burn
Costumes Around the World
Tips for Costume Making
Witches Hat
Wee Gnome (Kids)

Props

Gamer booklet handouts.
Easy Faux-Pearls.
Painted Gemstones.
Magic Wand Remote Control.
Eye Sticker ala the Illuminati.
Cool Pumpkin Carvings. Come on, it’s Halloween!
Gummy Body Parts. Toss [...]

I’ve been fortunate enough over the last twenty years to indulge some of my interest in things medieval through travel in Europe. Visiting castles, ruins, ancient sites, and festivals has really enhanced my gaming experience. As a player, it is easy to conjure up images of narrow, cobbled streets and crowded markets. As a GM, [...]

Engadget posted a bit today about 3D Dungeons & Dragons on Microsoft Surface.
There’s a demo video well worth watching, too!
Check it out!

Last night our party faced a god. This was the whole goal of the current adventure, something everyone knew was coming for several weeks and was looking forward to last night.
Well, I thought everyone was looking forward to it. It turned out there was a huge discrepancy between how I, as the Game Master, viewed [...]

The core vocabulary of RPG rules, both tabletop and computer-based, revolves around some basic concepts that are understood across rule systems and genres. In creating my homebrewed rule system, I was not interested in trying to reinvent the wheel, but rather to leverage that core vocabulary.
Six standard character abilities that act as guidelines to the [...]

The main problem when you start with Twitter is that you often don’t know who to follow. Aside from millions of spammers, internet marketers and people who just tweet about what they had for breakfast, there are actually quite a few RPG geeks that are worth your time. – Stargazer’s World
He has a very good [...]

Physicist Michio Kaku talks about different kinds of space-faring civilizations and discusses the challenges and achievements we face as we advance. Well worth watching.

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Getting your players involved in your setting can take work but an effective rule of thumb is, don’t answer all their questions. If you leave holes in the setting, players are going to ask questions about it.
Don’t answer these for them.
Instead, tell them you’ve deliberately left some things about the world vague so that they [...]

Written by Bedmyr (Darius099)
Having found the Heiress and hints of Bedmyr’s past, the party was faced with a tough decision. Return with the Heiress now, or search for further evidence of Bedmyr’s lost betrothed?
Though it was a serious force of will, Darius managed to drag Bedmyr along, finally coming safely to the surface and arranging [...]