Barking Alien The Blog is about to go through a minor change in focus.
It has recently come to my attention that while I am nigh-obsessed with Star Trek and other Sci-Fi settings, one of the genres I GM best is Comic Book Super Heroes.
I've always been a big super hero fan and indeed it was comic books that got me into D&D in the first place (more on that in an upcoming post). Even before I first encountered RPGs I was creating and drawing my own comic books characters and making little comic books of my own with crayons and drawing paper.
With the release of the RPG ICONS by Steve Kenson, the DC Adventures RPG by Green Ronin (also Steve Kenson) and Mutants & Masterminds 3rd Edition (man that Kenson guy gets around), I've decided to focus a bit more on the supers genre and some game ideas for it that I've had in the past as well as new ones I've considering now.
This looks like a job for...Fun!
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Frank Frazetta, arguably the master of American fantasy art for the better part of six decades has passed away at the age of 82. I would like you all to join me in appreciating the depth of skill and creativity this man had by rewarding yourself with an image search and taking time to stare in awe at some of his work.
R.I.P. Frank Frazetta
Thanks Frank. We miss you already,
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Sorry for deleting the comments to my previous post. I was trying to clear duplicates and it cleared everything. The comments section of my blog has been fritzing a lot lately. I better get Georgi on that fast...ADBarking Alien
One of my players recently gave me what I feel is a huge compliment. Huge to the point where I've been inspired, spurred on if you will, to up my game even more than I try to do already. I've only been GMing for this fellow for about a year and a half and this is what he said to me last Sunday..."The first campaign I played in [with the current group] was a D&D game and it was hot. The next one was hot too. The third one was also pretty hot. Then...nothing. You came along, joined the group, started GMing your game and it was FIRE. Everything you touch is fire. I will play in any game you run."At the risk of sounding sappy, this kinda moved me. Sometimes you see your players faces, hear the gasps and laughs and cheers and you still go home and say to yourself, "Man, was that good? Did they really like it?" Do you? I do. I put forth a lot of bravado at the table but I'm actually not that self-assured. This was like getting solid proof of a job well done. This was better than a pat on the back, someone buying the GM a soda or any kind of thank you. It was made even more meaningful because I know for myself that I don't need or want a thank you. I do want people to tell me whether they liked my game or not though so I can constently adjust and improve it. My friend's statement was all that and a bag of chips.Good gaming all,ADBarking Alien
