Well, almost. While I my early play approval came through today for Bioware's highly anticipated Star Wars MMO The Old Republic, the fact that I didn't get around to preloading the game means its still downloading. At the rate its going, I may be lucky to play during the early play period. Really, the preorder thing would have worked better for me to just get the disks in the mail, load it up and then download the updates. By the time I get them, they'll be nearly useless, unless I have to reinstall some day (which is possible).
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Star Wars Wednesday - Map Search
This week I'm going to share something I just happened to run across while doing some Star Wars searches on google.
Read MoreStar Wars Wedensday - Podcasts: Blazing Chain & Talnar's Rescue
This week's Star Wars Wednesday is a bit delayed, once again. No good reason, other than holiday prep and forgetting to post at the last minute. I have even less of an excuse, as I planned to reference my most recent appearance on the Order 66 podcast, and a live-game recording of my popular adventure Talnar's Rescue over at the Threat Detected podcast
Read MoreStar Wars Wednesday - Wookiees & Darths
This past week saw the running of the 2011 KC Game Fair. Though not as large as last year's version (nor was it expected to be, as last year was a bit unique), a lot of gamers had a good time, and a lot of money was raised for Harvesters along the way (though that isn't the focus of the con, Harvesters has been our charity of choice for years for donations raised at the con, with Toys for Tots a more recent addition).
As usual, I ran Star Wars Saga Edition a couple of times
Star Wars Wednesday - Thunderstruck
Right, so it is probably still Wednesday somewhere. I'm even more busy than the past few busy weeks, with a work deadline last week and KC Game Fair this weekend. If you're in the area, check it out at www.kcgamefair.com . Now I'm behind the eight ball or death star or whatever you want to call it. So, next week will be a return to about how the con and Star Wars Saga games went.
So this week, there's this new video mashup being passed around as part of a contest:
D&D Insider: Dragon: History Check: Rary the Traitor
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My first article on the Dragon side of D&D Insider went live today. History Check: Rary the Traitor. Must be a subscriber to read.
Star Wars Wednesday - Stare Wars
So, a random typo and a busy, stressed out week produced this*:
Stare Wars
Dungeon A Day - Temple of the Black Goat
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Though the map isn't up quite yet, I was the cartographer on this week's DungeonADay.com adventure, Temple of the Black Goat. As usual, you need to be a subscriber to see/use.
Star Wars Wednesday - Monsters & Halloween
I was going to head back into useful game advice this week, with a bit on adapting D&D 4e or Gamma World monsters and opponents for Star Wars use. With experience in designing the beast quick creation system for Saga in Unknown Regions, and D&D monster design from Monster Vault: Threats to the Nentir Vale, I'd hoped to find a quick and dirty way for GMs to do it on the fly.
Read MoreStar Wars Wednesday - Late Links
So, my schedule finally caught up with me. I finally missed a post after more than a year of Star Wars Wednesdays. The rest of the week won't be much better, time wise. In fact, I'm so pressed I'm posting this via my phone app, for the first time.
Read MoreDungeon A Day - Night of the Starbird Maps
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I'm continuing to create maps on occasion for Dungeonaday.com. In this case, it's the for latest adventure, Night of the Starbird. As usual, you'll need to be a subscriber to see and use it.
Star Wars Wednesday - Halloween Jumpstart
Usually, I'm pretty late in getting ready for Halloween, or any Halloween party before the actual day. Since I just spent the evening helping a younger relative carve his pumpkin, I'm actually thinking a bit about it tonight.
Read MoreStar Wars Wednesday - A Ton of Saga Stats
Yes, another post on short notice, thanks to some traveling for work this week....fortunately, fellow Star Wars Saga Edition freelancer Robert Wieland posted a link to a Saga Edition great resource...
Read MoreStar Wars Wednesday - Clone Wars Season 4 Water War
Busy weeks seem to be the order of the month. Or so. Anyway, I managed to squeeze in a viewing of the first of the new Clone Wars episodes for Season 4 this evening. Since I don't currently have any form of cable or satellite, I continue to watch via starwars.com. On the plus side, I can watch while on the treadmill. On the minus side, I didn't actually do that tonight. Maybe later this week when I get to the other two available episodes. I'll go ahead and throw a few comments out there on the first episode. Minor spoilers ahead.
Read MoreStar Wars Wednesday - Sketch Cards & the RPG
So, I started this post last week, then deleted it because it became too much like an earlier post, and I decided to go the starwars.com route anyway. This week I'm returning to the subject because:
Read MoreStar Wars Wednesday - The New Starwars.com
Another terribly busy week, so I'll look elsewhere again for some Star Wars inspiration. No, not the Blu-Rays. At this point, I'll wait until I see them to comment, if then. No, this time, starwars.com made a timely update for my weekly Star Wars musings.
Read MoreStar Wars Wednesday - Star Wars Architecture
It's not often that the two things I work on most often intersect directly - architecture and Star Wars - but every so often, something will crop up. This one is pretty unique - Lucasfilm's new Singapore building bears a not so passing, ultrasleek resemblance to a certain iconic vehicle from Star Wars.
Read MoreStar Wars Wednesday - Longarm of the West
So, I finally have a little more time this week to follow up on something handed to me at GenCon: Chris West's latest Maps of Mastery map. As with Chris' earlier maps, the Mass Transit III map works with Star Wars Minis, the RPG and most any sci-fi RPG out there.
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