Recent content by Rick Marshall

I loved the two character saves from the edge of death plus recovering Mirror's body. Way to turn defeat into a kind of victory. And yes, the long drug-out lookup of the potion was beautifully evil. Way to milk more fun out of something simple.

Very well done, Zak. The dreams were like a possibly parting gift to the players in trouble, the use of humor and poignancy in them helped counterpoint the action, the paradox of the darkness helping most of the characters but dooming Satine was rightly judged, her death dream held nothing back...

Fearless Felix, I could be reading this wrong, but it reads to me as if she was agreeing with you about tomato-tomahtoh, not taking offense, that she was saying they play more old school, you play more new school, no harm no foul. Ironically, if true, that would make you the one taking offense...

Mandy Morbid, your Gygax quote makes me so happy. There's so much old-school bound up so neatly in those few words.

I've been enjoying this series since the start, having already been a fan of Zak's blog, but I've gotta say this one's a high water mark. Zak's over-the-top inventiveness has been fun to read about, but it's so much more fun in action. I love the grateful beetles, and I love how the silly...

For those of you who don't like it, sorry it's not to your taste, but some of us are enjoying it. The more we can follow the events in the game and the players' decision making, the more we like it. It's essentially a documentary of some people playing D&D, and as such this episode is an...

Some of the respondents don't realize that this group was not assembled to make a show. They were already a D&D group. The show is trying to capture the way they play. For those who argue they should have got people more to your taste for the show, that would defeat the point. These are real...

@Symmos: i don't want to be rude - but is the Gamemaster illiterate? Or is it normal for an american adult to speak in such a uncoordinated manner? ehm.... like a women... there's like a... like a... you know a... there like you know... theres like a woman... theres like a spiderweb... theres...

I like the Medusa holding up a mask so she can talk to the PCs without turning them to stone. I like Mandy wondering about the political structure of the goblin city. I enjoyed the energy in the rapid-fire discussions among the players about the best way to proceed. But what I like best of...

Dear Zak, As a longtime reader of your blog, I enjoyed putting voices and expressions with the faces, names, and characters. I'm looking forward to seeing more play. Sincerely yours, Rick Postscript: My thanks to The Escapist for carrying this. I joined today so I can comment and to...