Journal of the Plague Year, Day One Hundred Eight: I got a twelve-sided die.

A word, here, about coming together. After 6 years of running roleplaying games, I killed my first player on Sunday night. There is a running joke in my “main” game, the first online game we started something like three years ago that has grown to six people in four states, that I am constantly attempting […]

Journal of the Plague Year, Day Eighty Seven: From hell’s heart, I stab at thee.

A word, here, about corporate malfeasance. I was first introduced to Magic the Gathering in May 1995. I was an intern at then-Valiant Comics and we published the tie-in comics, and the other interns got me playing the game. I was hooked more or less instantly, as Magic is a game that pushes every one […]

Journal of the Plague Year, Day Sixty: Are you still free? Can you be?

A word, here, about interesting discoveries. I’ve only been running roleplaying games for I want to say five, maybe six years. I’m not sure what got me back into RPGs in general but it was probably knowing Chris O’Neill and being the beneficiary of his constant, let’s diplomatically call it “commentary” on the state of […]