Last month I talked about auctioning a game, and a comment that came up was ‘That would be cool if it was for charity.” Well, I know GenCon is only a few weeks away, but I’m working with AvatarArt to run a charity event on Saturday evening at GenCon. This is a completely different adventure from the Eberron event I’ll be running Sunday, and I’m looking forward to it – I think it’s going to be very entertaining for everyone involved. Beyond that, food and swag will be provided. So check it out, and I hope to see you there! http://www.mythicparty.com/

In case you’re new here, this is a contest for a seat in an Eberron game I’m running at GenCon this year. Time has now been confirms as 11:00 AM on Sunday, August 8th. If you can’t make this, you can still enter for fun, but make sure to tell me that you aren’t in the running for the seat! As we all know, when adventurers get on an airship, it is invariably doomed. It’s like Doctor Who – when adventurers show up, you know something bad is going to happen. So you and your friends have just climbed aboard an airship, planning a relaxing trip to Stormreach. Our question this week is simple: WHAT...

This week proved to be even harder to judge than the first; there were a multitude of excellent answers, ranging from short and glib to convoluted and clever. Some people presented parodies of movie scenes or classic jokes; others turned it into adventure scenarios. After long deliberations, the HDWT panel finally selected the following answer, from Andy Klosky (http://platinumwarlock.blogspot.com): “A Zil Gnome, a Warforged, and a Shifter walk into a bar…” The gnome walks up to the bartender, orders a drink, and tells the bartender, “It seems that someone’s filed my books out of order.”...

I spend a lot of time – perhaps too much – posting on Eberron message boards across the internet. It’s been suggested that I put links to those posts here on HDWT, so people can see want I’m ranting about this week. So without further ado… Are the daelkyr bound in Khyber, or just unable to come to the surface? http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/25401933/Conflicts_between_Depiction_of_Daelkyr_imprisonment_in_Novels_and_Sourcebooks.?sdb=1&pg=last#457819177 Let’s Talk About Overlords of The Age of Demons http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/23063277/Overlords (This...

For our second question, we turn to the classics. A Zil Gnome, a Warforged, and a Shifter walk into a bar… … What happens next?

Many people had excellent ideas on how the Owl might win the Race of Eight Winds. A number of people leaned on the Boromar Clan for assistance. Many came up with ways to turn the contestants against one another. One suggested glamerweave sashes imbued with subliminal mind control magic. It was a tough choice, but in the end our panel of judges went with the following plan, submitted by Jessica Chemise. How will the Owl win the Race of Eight Winds? By ensuring the outcome is decided ahead of time, of course. First, you need to identify the goal, stated and implied. That is, it is obvious that...

I’m going to be at GenCon this year. I want to run an Eberron game – but I’m guessing that there’s more than six people who want to play. As a result, I will be filling five of those six seats over the next few weeks with a contest. Each week I’ll ask a question. You can post your answer as a comment, or send it to me directly by email (keith -at- bossythecow.com); either way, I will post the winning answer next week. None of these questions will have one right answer, and you can play it straight or go for humor; I’m trusting that I’ll know the right answer...

Another topic… I’ve always wanted to do more with this website, but never had the time. I’m determined to do more this year. I’m not sure where I will find the time, but perhaps if I stop posting fifty page rants on the Blood of Vol and the Church of the Silver Flame every time they are mentioned on the internet, I can focus that energy here. With that said, my time is very limited. So the question is what is actually going to be interesting or useful to people. Here’s a few things I’ve thought about; which of these sound worthwhile? Which don’t? Travelogues....

Last year I set out to run games in as many places across the world as possible. It was a wonderful experience, and I’ve met a lot of incredible people. And so far, I’ve only been to a fraction of the places I’ve been invited to. The problem, quite simply, is financial. My hosts have been extremely generous with their hospitality, which has kept lodging down. But that still leaves travel, and over time that adds up. Beyond that, I was overly optimistic about the amount of work I could get down while on the journey. So with little to no positive income, negative income, however...

I’m going to be at GenCon Indy, but I’m not a guest as such – which means I’m not actually scheduled to run any games (actually, I do have one special event, but more on that in a future post). I hate to let a con go by without running a game, who do I run for? It’s not like there’s a shortage of people who’d like to play. I considered the auction idea, but for various reasons I’m not doing it. So instead, my plan is to do a variation of my traditional Eberron Trivia Contest. Starting in July, each week I’ll post a question here on the website....