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Comment on D&D Essentials: Pre-game thoughts by Dungeons & Dragons Essentials after a dozen games – Dusty Gamer

Dungeons & Dragons Essentials after a dozen games – Dusty Gamer — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 22:08:39 +0000

[...] been running a lot of D&D Essentials lately. I think it’s interesting to see how my initial expectations have fared against nine games into a campaign and a couple of [...]

Comment on Kane & Lynch: Dead Men by Kane & Lynch 2 – Dusty Gamer

Kane & Lynch 2 – Dusty Gamer — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 12:21:16 +0000

[...] found the first Kane & Lynch an important game. It was not very good as an action title – although by no means bad, either [...]

Comment on D&D Essentials: Pre-game thoughts by Dungeons & Dragons: Running an epic fight against a dragon – Dusty Gamer

Mon, 05 Sep 2011 15:59:10 +0000

[...] are now five sessions into our “In Exile” (“Maanpaossa” in Finnish) campaign, in which the players portray nobles and their servants who have fled their homeland, now trapped [...]

Comment on D&D Essentials by D&D Essentials: Pre-game thoughts – Dusty Gamer

D&D Essentials: Pre-game thoughts – Dusty Gamer — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 14:53:34 +0000

[...] Set”), Heroes Of The Fallen Lands and the Rules Compendium, getting ready to run my first fourth edition D&D game. I’m only using these three products so far and want to see if I can actually run a game [...]

Comment on D&D Essentials by Joonas Laakso

Joonas Laakso — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 12:03:56 +0000

Actually, it turns out it’s eight books instead of five. Not that you necessarily need all of those, but I would feel like I’m missing out if I didn’t have all three Player’s Handbooks at the minimum (playing vanilla 4E, not Essentials). Regardless, the number of books is just a symptom of the core problem, which is too much choice in character building and hard to follow characters, which Essentials is attempting to fix.

Comment on Dragon Age mods by Why I’m not enamored with Dragon Age – Dusty Gamer

Why I’m not enamored with Dragon Age – Dusty Gamer — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 19:44:14 +0000

[...] Dragon Age got its hooks in me proper deep. I mean, a new fantasy land to discover – not entirely too [...]

Comment on D&D Essentials by Planning for greatness – Dusty Gamer

Planning for greatness – Dusty Gamer — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 19:39:37 +0000

[...] you how to generate treasure for a monster’s lair, the DM’s introductory booklet in the new Red Box tells you how to generate treasure for an entire experience level, to be awarded over the course of [...]

Comment on Dead Island (PC) by Dusty Gamer » E3 2011:

Dusty Gamer » E3 2011: — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 06:39:39 +0000

[...] shee-it! It’s been four years since I first heard and wrote about this [...]

Comment on Dragon Age mods by Dusty Gamer » Why I’m not enamored with Dragon Age:

Dusty Gamer » Why I’m not enamored with Dragon Age: — Sat, 09 Apr 2011 13:11:03 +0000

[...] Dragon Age got its hooks in me proper deep. I mean, a new fantasy land to discover – not entirely too [...]

Comment on Cliched by Spacemouse

Spacemouse — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 10:48:31 +0000

A valid observation, and actually nothing more than an extension of the continuing popularity of stock fantasy. Familiarity breeds comfort. And on the other hand, wherever there is an expectation (which, really, is all a cliché is), there is an opportunity to subvert the expectation.

Eg: hand the party an NPC barbarian with a big sword, and they know they have a reliable “tank” – except that the barbarian turns out to have a confidence problem and actually excels at scouting and wilderness survival.

Personally, I find Buffy boring, but have embraced the tropes in Star Wars with great success for several years. So yes, I concur, a personal connection with the source material is probably essential for an enjoyment of the cliché. (Though my experience seems to indicate that a bit of infectious excitement can make up for a lack of fan status.)

PS. In the second paragraph you mean “emphatic” not “empathic”. Thank you.