Author: Gareth

Today’s topic is Favorite RPG Playing Celebrity.

This question used to be a bigger deal than it is now. If you’ll excuse a bit of old-man-cane-shaking-“back-in-MY-day”-ism, for most of my gaming life, we had no idea if any celebrities played, and would eagerly share even the slightest rumor that somebody famous shared our hobby.

Today, though, when people like Vin Diesel posts pictures of the D&D-themed cake he had for his 48th birthday, and Oscar-winners like Anne Hathaway gives a shout-out to Cards Against Humanity in a red carpet interview, well, we’re in a Brave New World, kids.

I have to say, though, that the celebrity gamer that I’ve loved the most, since the earliest rumors of his involvement, has to be the late Robin Williams, who was a big-time Warhammer player (pictured here at a store in the Bay Area).

Here is Dave Chapman’s video:

Today’s topic is Favorite RPG Website/Blog.

I don’t really go to many. The long-time RPG forum sites have an unfortunate toxicity which turns me off, and the only blogs that I visit tend to be personal blogs of friends which occasionally feature RPG content. For the sake of this question, though, I’ll count the latter category.

I’ve found that my favorite RPG content on blogs comes from Steve Kenson’s site, which often features wonderful material for super-hero gaming (as you might expect from the designer of Mutants & Masterminds and Icons). His “Re:Animated” series (click the tag on his site), where he examines episodes of superhero animated series with an eye toward what lessons can be learned for superhero gaming, is especially worth digging into.

Here’s Dave Chapman’s video entry for the day:

Today’s topic is Favorite RPG You No Longer Play.

This will be a short entry from me — the truthful answer is “any of them,” because I have not had the chance to play or run an RPG in literally years. It’s something that I really need to do something about.

That depressing answer out of the way, let’s check in with Dave Chapman, with special guest Cat Tobin of Pelgrane Press, for today’s video entry: