Frank: D&D Session 2 Recap

So here's the recap for my 2nd session that was last Friday. It went really well and I'm very excited to continue on in April.

Frank: Quick Test

 This just some background info on my D&D game and I'm testing out a document upload program thingy. Briefing on the Feuding Ashdowne Brothers

Session 1 Recap

So I had the first session of the 4th edition D&D game I'm running yesterday. It went alright for a first session. I certainly learned a lot about running a game in this edition and I am very excited to make some minor changes to accomodate what I've learned. I've include a story version recap of the session in the Read More section. Fair warning, it's close to 3 pages long. This one had to cover a lot of intro material, so I skimped a bit on the combats. Enjoy!

Tired.... so tired....

Been working crazy shifts lately, 9 and 10 hours long. On top of that, I've been pretty gosh darn busy.

Went to Providence on Saturday and bought Lego Harry Potter. I'm almost done with story mode, which everyone knows is the bit you play through just to get to the REALLY fun stuff. Besides, I already know the story.

Before that was playing Dynasty Warriors 6. You all pretty much know how I feel about the DW series, so I'll spare you.

Also attended Boskone 2 weeks ago- I have a fair amount of wonderful things from that, including most excellent memories.

Coming up, things are only getting crazier.

Pax East- It will be EPIC.

My national certification test

Frank's game (way psyched for this!!!) :)

Seeing a friend of mine with whom I've reconnected lately

Into Boston to see another old friend and talk shenanigans. Seriously, our conversations get way weird.

Add to this the fact that I'm gonna get overtime this week, and will try to pick up extra hours the next.

Oh! I'm going to try and read up on the Sherlock Holmes. But I've also started Salman Rushdie's The Satanic Verses as my next book.

Also, I have to go food shopping. I've had rice the past 2 days.

Frank: It's Snowing!

I shoveled the driveway again today. I'm getting a little tired of it, but what can you do? In other news, my D&D game starts this coming friday, I'm really excited. I'll be posting the game recap next weekend, so stay tuned for that.

Again, the book club is now official on the blog, and March we'll be reading the Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. If you're interested in joining me, Liz and Dad, here are the actual case names for the stories contained in Adventures: A Scandal in Bohemia, The Red-Headed League, A Case of Identity, The Boscombe Valley Mystery, The Five Orange Pips, The Man With the Twisted Lip, The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle, The Adventure of the Speckled Band, The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb, The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor, The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet and The Adventure of the Copper Beeches. It's twelve stories in all.

So I figured out how to modify my blog profile settings and make this one private. So I'm back to being Frank, although my posts will still be written as Octavian, because Octavian is cool.

DM Worries

So it's very encouraging to see the response about posting on the blog again. It's great to hear from almost everyone. Let's try and be really responsive by commenting on each other's posts, I know how nice feedback can be when writing online.

So my newest distraction, since I've burnt out of playing Fallout 3, has been prepping for running a 4th ed game in March. It's been a long time since I've been a Dungeon Master, and this is my first time with 4th ed. D&D. I'm very nervous, since I haven't run a game in a long time. I'm confident in my setting and the encounters I have planned out, I'm just worried about executing my desgin and making the game fun. I am excited about the group I'm playing with, it should be a lot of fun regardless of how much plot we get through.

Does anyone mind if I post what happens in the game on the blog? I was going to do an e-mail recap, but I think a blog is a better format. Leave me your thoughts in the comments.

Also, if you know of any jobs you think I'd be good at, leave me a link!

Fierce!

I will be wholly unoriginal and agree that snows sucks, especially when combined with rain and sleet and ice.

I had my 1st day at the pharmacy today! It went well, I thought. I have TONS to learn, but that's good, it'll keep me from being bored.

I was a responsible person today. I paid bills and took out the trash and consolidated my student loans so I can actually pay them back in an orderly fashion. But now I crave chocolate like you wouldn't believe.

I have a new Pandora station, based upon Chopin. It's not bad, and it makes good background music.

No news on the potential D&D game I want to run. I can't find enough players. So I think I might run one shots of Konolds Ate My Baby.

Ta Da!

Ok! So I liked the idea of all of us making CD's. But posting the challenge then disabling comments was NOT COOL. A little to "Blog Ghost". But I still want to make everyone CD's! So I'll be doing that. No promises on when it'll get done, but it's on my List.

I'm going to Amherst, and getting the best wings in the world!!!!! Be jealous peons, that you are not me!

Things are going well. I have this WICKED AMAZING AWESOME idea for a D'n'D game, so I might try running one. I'll start with some pre-mades, I think. Just to figure out what the hell I'm doing. Then I'll start getting into my real campaign. But I'm very excited about this! I'm thinking a game every 1-2 weeks, so we can accommodate different schedules.

I think that's about it.

For Bill: I have 7 books left to download.

And for your listening enjoyment- I'm currently obsessed with this song.