Last weekend, I attended BSer Con 2, subtitled “Electric Boogaloo” - an online RPG convention organized by Sean from the Gaming and BS podcast. While the podcast concluded last year, the close-knit community continues to thrive, with an active Discord server. Last year’s BSer Con was a great success, so Sean decided to organize another one. It turned out to be another resounding success, with tons of games on offer. As planned (see my New Year’s Resolution post), I ran the following two games: ...

In this video, I demonstrate several techniques for leveraging AI tools for RPGs. It’s my longest video yet - I might have gotten carried away… ;) I cover the following tools: ChatGPT Unless you’re living under a rock, you’ve likely heard some buzz about this in recent weeks A surprisingly powerful and versatile AI chat bot Just be aware that it will make occasionally shit up, i.e. provide responses that look and sound plausible but are factually incorrect Midjourney A cool Discord based generative AI artwork tool Just one example of AI tools to generate art (others might be Dall-E 2 or Stable Diffusion) I focus mostly on text in the video, but wanted to give at least an example of how you might use generative artwork Notion AI (Bonus) Not really an AI tool, but a note taking app, similar to OneNote or Evernote But they are currently running a beta that incorporates some of these AI capabilities and makes them easily accessible. That seamless integration makes it highly efficient. And I cover the following techniques: ...

In this video, I go over my 2022 gaming retrospective, followed by my 2023 New Year’s Resolution, as it relates to gaming. Synopsis below. 2022 Retrospective Going into 2022, I was hoping to run the following systems: Cortex Prime Deadlands Vaesen Well, I failed on all fronts, although I came close with Cortex Prime, as I’ll be running it at the upcoming BSer Con in late January. I clearly don’t have a great track record when it comes to New Year’s Resolutions. But that won’t stop me from trying again this year. :) ...

In this video, I discuss how I evaluate and learn new RPGs. Synopsis below. While I may not have an entirely systematic approach to this, there are some things I tend to do each time I deal with a new RPG. I’ll break this post down into three phases: ...

In this video, I discuss what I like about the tabletop RPG hobby. Synopsis below. 1. It’s Creative Playing RPGs is essentially storytelling, or “make belief” for grown-ups. As a player, you get to embody your character, which is likely quite different from your own personality and skillset. And as a GM, you get to embody an entire world, including all the Non Player Characters in it, with their own personalities (regardless of whether you’re into doing voices or not - both are totally fine playstyles)! ...