+Adam Muszkiewicz has a great write up over on Dispatches from Kickassistan about the OSR track at Marmalade Dog 20. Adam’s a graduate of WMU so he brings a much different perspective on this con. Adam and some of his long time friends and others joined in on my first time as a DM for … Continue reading Excellent Write Up On Marmalade Dog 20→
The first slot started Friday at 3:00 PM. I was too late to join in a game, so I visited with Roy Snyder and Adam Muszkiewicz and Pete Schwab and others until the 7:30 PM slot when I was set to run T1 – The Village of Hommlet. When Adam and I were talking the topic of … Continue reading Marmalade Dog 20 – 2015 Post Con Write Up→
I had the idea and volunteered to put it together. It is a one page, front & back listing of the GM’s for the OSR track and what games and rules systems they used, plus a listing of the websites for those rule systems and other OSR related information. This page will be the home … Continue reading Marmalade Dog 20 OSR Track Handout→
I am doing my final prep to run my first convention game, Village of Hommlet, at Marmalade Dog 20, as part of the OSR track [link to OSR track broken: http://www.marmaladedog.org/osr.php]. I think I am more nervous than I would be if I were to run a game in my home with a bunch of … Continue reading Marmalade Dog 20 – Final Prep→
Marmalade Dog 23 was a lot of fun. I signed up to run two games, Metamorphosis Alpha and Advanced Dungeons & Dragons. Friday afternoon I signed up to play Red Box Basic, our DM didn’t show, so +Adam Muszkiewicz volunteered to run it, since I was scheduled to run Metamorphosis Alpha that evening. Adam looked … Continue reading Marmalade Dog 23 – Kalamazoo’s Local Con 2018→
Companion Podcast: https://anchor.fm/follow-me-and-die/episodes/Episode-198—2021-Year-End-Review-e1ccin5 Companion Vidcast on YouTube: https://youtu.be/M9N9a_TGv2c Conventions – Virtual Gary Con, Garage Con in my garage in July, Live Gamehole Con 8, GrandCon was cancelled, I skipped UCon when it went from a physical con to a virtual con. I play in a game every Wed. night on Roll20 and run one Roll20 … Continue reading 2021 Year End Review→
Since we’re about out of year, I decided to hurry up and put together my post for my year in review. I’ll be comparing to 2018, which you can see here. You can listen here to my 2019 in Review and 2020 & Beyond Podcast. It’s got a slightly different focus than this post. Conventions … Continue reading 2019 – Year In Review→
UCon 2019 ended on Sunday, November 24 and I am finally writing about what happened. I mentioned what was on my schedule in my last post. Pick Up Games I met up with friends Thursday night and we had a pick up game of my card game. Laura Pirkola and Clayton Williams invited me to … Continue reading UCon 2019 Post-Con Post→
I will be at UCon 2019 in Ypsilanti/Ann Arbor, Michigan this weekend (November 22-24). I leave today and will enjoy the pre-con catch up with friends and pick-up games. Here’s a link to the PDF of the Con Book. Friday morning, I will be running the AD&D [Affiliate Link] module, Village of Hommlet T-1 [Affiliate … Continue reading UCon 2019→
2018 was an RPG filled year. I attended several conventions through the year: Marmalade Dog, Gary Con, Origins, and UCon. I ran games at all but Origins. I plan to continue running games at every convention I attend. Gamehole Con was the same weekend as UCon. Since I go to Gary Con over Marmalade Dog, … Continue reading 2018 – YEAR OF GAMING IN REVIEW→