Ten Links in the Chain: Food for Thought (5-APR-2013)
Greetings friends! I won’t go into another long whiny rant about why I haven’t been posting lately. Instead we’ll just dive into some of the links I’ve gathered over the last month or so that have made...
View ArticleThe Gassy Gnoll: Where do you find artistic inspiration?
This Gassy Gnoll is not much of an artist. Stick figures mostly. The occasional dungeon map. I would have been right at home doing cave paintings 15-20,000 years ago. But I can appreciate talent in...
View ArticleThe Gassy Gnoll: Summer is Coming (July RPG Blog Carnival)
This month’s RPG blog carnival topic is hosted by Dice Monkey and it’s wide open. All we have to do is talk about summer and how it pertains to gaming. Sounds easy enough, so let’s see what we can come...
View ArticleThe Gassy Gnoll: Long Strange (Musical) Trip to a Religious War
The Gassy Gnoll has one heck of an eclectic taste in music. And sometimes those tunes lead to bizarre ideas for stories I can use in games. I often wind my way through Spotify on wild journeys through...
View ArticleThe Gassy Gnoll: Why the Villain?
The Gassy Gnoll went to see The Wolverine recently (fun movie with some great action) and it made him ponder the motivations of some of our villains. Every villain does what they do for a reason. And...
View ArticleThe Gassy Gnoll: Where are we again? (Location, Location, Location – RPG Blog...
This month’s blog carnival was kicked off by Mike Bourke @ Campaign Mastery and I have to say it’s a doozy. Though “Location, Location, Location” may have originated in the real estate industry, it...
View ArticleThe Gassy Gnoll: Mapping Ancient Influences
This article – Seven Maps That Prove History Is Forever – at of all places Business Insider this past week made me completely rethink how I use maps in world design. Traditionally I start the old...
View ArticleThe Gassy Gnoll: Grumpy Spirits of Halloween
This Gassy Gnoll has become a bit of a grump as far as the kiddish aspects of Old Hallows’ Eve goes. Dressing up in a costume and traipsing around the neighborhood in search of handouts from strangers...
View ArticleHappy Holidays!
Though the Game Knight and the Gassy Gnoll are taking a bit of time off over the holidays to spend with family and friends, Game Knight Reviews isn’t going anywhere. We shall return in the new year...
View ArticleSupplement Review: d30 Sandbox Companion by Richard J. LeBlanc, Jr. for New...
It’s been a long while now since I GM’ed regularly, but when I did I tended towards big, wide-open sandbox campaigns. Sometimes it got me into trouble as a GM where the players would get carried away,...
View ArticleMy Name Is … (Finale)
So the online game that I came up with my name was Mechwarrior 2. For whatever reason, my internet connection made it such that the easiest mech to fight in was a heavily armored Missile boat. I teamed...
View ArticleStarting with a Big Bang
Last week, on the Forged Front, I discussed players thinking about party dynamics before the campaign even starts in attempt to really make it easier for everyone to ease into the long haul for the...
View ArticleRedemption!
What crosses your mind when you read the word “Redemption”? There are obvious and not so obvious ways to look at that word and its meanings and then apply it to gaming. While there are religious...
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