Category Archives: Uncategorized

My Christmas Contest for Gnome Stew

By Patrick Benson | Published: December 9, 2011

Today I announced a contest over at Gnome Stew asking GMs to create an RPG adventure using Santa Claus as the villain. Go there, write up your idea in 250 words or less as a comment, and you may win a $25 gift certificate to us at my favorite online store Drive Thru RPG. Good [...]

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

More Gamers Should Play Sports

By Patrick Benson | Published: December 7, 2011

Today I heard a gamer talk about how he loves his hobby and that at least it does not make him stupid like “all of those dumb jocks!” I stunned him when I said that his claim was ridiculous. That stereotype just does not hold up under scrutiny. Neil deGrasse Tyson, arguably this generation’s Carl [...]

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , | 3 Comments

Bigger is Better

By Patrick Benson | Published: November 28, 2011

I bit the bullet and went and bought an LCD television to use as my computer monitor this weekend. I ended up getting a 42″ television and I was worried that I had made the wrong decision. I definitely did not! With 42″ of real estate and 1920 x 1080 resolution I am definitely seeing [...]

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Black Friday Super Deals? Probably Not

By Patrick Benson | Published: November 25, 2011

Fair warning. This has nothing to do with gaming. I want to switch my home office dual 19” LCD monitors to a 32” or larger LCD television. I have read that a single screen with significant screen real estate is more beneficial than two smaller monitors. To make the most of this switch I will [...]

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Calen Ann’s Thanksgiving Story

By Patrick Benson | Published: November 24, 2011

Today is Thanksgiving here in the United States, and I wish you and your families a joyous and plentiful life wherever you are. In honor of the holiday I share with you a story written by my eight year old daughter Calen Ann. It is about a toy turkey that she made in school. Hi! [...]

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Why I am Planning a Star Trek Game

By Patrick Benson | Published: November 23, 2011

I am on this Star Trek kick right now. I have always loved Star Trek, but I grew up in a time before DVRs so I often missed episodes growing up. But ever since Netflix added the original series, the animated series, The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, Voyager, and Enterprise to their streaming media [...]

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , | 5 Comments

Back Home!

By Patrick Benson | Published: September 2, 2011

Well almost home. I just pulled over to grab some dinner, and have another half hour of driving to go. I wish I had some way to tire this into Fudge our gaming, but I am wiped from this trip. So consider this just a status update. Gaming related posts will start up again on [...]

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged | Leave a comment

Off To Las Vegas, Where Gaming Means Something Else Entirely!

By Patrick Benson | Published: August 26, 2011

For the next week I will be in Las Vegas, Nevada for the VMworld 2011 conference. Obviously this is a work thing, but I really enjoy working with technology and virtualization is fun technology! So while I am there from Sunday until Friday morning I’d like to check out some of the non-tourist stuff (although [...]

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , | 2 Comments

I Need Help With Creating PDF Forms & Learning Scribus

By Patrick Benson | Published: August 24, 2011

I have decided that I need to start creating PDF forms to give to people for various projects, such as my Pudge project. I also want to learn how to do layout work, so that I can begin creating more professional looking documents. I am not ready to fork over a lot of money for [...]

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , | 5 Comments

Piracy Damages the Pirate

By Patrick Benson | Published: August 18, 2011

Yes, I’m going to preach about piracy. No, I’m not going to give you the many common reasons that have already been stated for not doing it. Nor will I repeat the many reasons that have already been stated for doing it. I’m just going to share a quote with you from a Zig Ziglar [...]

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

  • Login

  • OGL Content

    Any posts in the OGL Content category is covered by the Open Game License v1.0a.

    If you are a gamer or GM who uses Wikipedia to do research for your character or game please consider making a donation to keep the Wikipedia site running. Click on the button below to learn more about how you can help.

    Wikipedia Affiliate Button

Switch to our mobile site