Lost Post: I love Dragonlance, and I don't care who knows!

I'm about to wrap up the least productive writing year this blog has ever seen. Don't really feel great about it, but it is what it is. I have my reasons for my lack of attention. Long story short: I'm doing other things with my spare time other than gaming.

But gaming will always be on my mind and in my soul. Rest assured of that. Which means I will continue to occasionally haunt the roleplaying blogosphere and will post now and then here.

As for this soon-to-end year, I have some final plans: just for the proverbial shits and giggles, I'm going to post 40 posts this year, the year I turned 40. Please believe me when I say I didn't plan this out. That would just be too corny, even for me.

As one of my final 2015 posts, I've decided to dig out a post I started writing this year but never published. Call it a "lost post." I started it early in the year, and rereading it reminds me how one's priorities can change over the course of 365 days.

Here's the post:

I've put things off for too long.

I want to pay homage to the world of Krynn in campaign form. Not just from nostalgia, though that is part of it. No, I am truly inspired by the setting. I think it is definitely viable. And being inspired by a setting is what I need, to engage my full attention as a GM. Because as any long-term reader of this blog will tell you, I'm nothing if not riddled with Gamer ADD!

I tried to start a Dragonlance campaign once a few years back but didn't feel ready. But I feel it is now time.

Krynn needs a champion on the blogosphere, and I will take on that mantle!

So, how's this for a declaration: My choice for system mastery is Castles & Crusades! My choice for setting mastery is Dragonlance!

End post.

Wow, that was some hyperbolic stuff. How do I feel now? Well, I still love Dragonlance, and have since I was a kid. I won't ever apologize for that fact. The world may be a much-despised one among the grognard set, and perhaps the creative teams behind the setting did it a disservice over the years.

But I still want this blog, if and when I do write here, to be a haven for Dragonlance love.

As for C&C system mastery, well, I think I've had that for some time now. Even having not actually played using the rules for over a year, I'm very confident I could jump right back on that horse, no problem. I still think I would use that system to run an eventual Dragonlance campaign. It upholds the character archetypes that I still love to this day, and which are the solid backbone of the Dragonlance world.

Anyway, there you have it. A glimpse into the mind of this blogger. See you soon for another post!

Happy Holidays to All the Gaming Fools Out There!

Happy holidays to all you fellow gaming enthusiasts around the world! I hope the holiday spirits were kind to you! I was just reflecting on my own yuletide experience, both this year and years past...

The last few solar cycles I've received some gaming goodness during the Christmas holiday. Last year, it was the Dungeon Crawl Classics Chained Coffin box set and the Lamentations of the Flame Princess Rules & Magic hardcover. The year before that, it was the Lords of Gossamer and Shadow RPG.

This year, I don't have anything in my hands...yet. I'm looking forward to receiving the 4th printing (and associated stretch goal goodies) of Dungeon Crawl Classics RPG next Spring. Also, I'm hoping that the massive Conan board game Kickstarter will come to fruition soon, considering they've missed their October 2015 deadline. 

So what about YOU? Have you received a gaming product you're particularly psyched about, either this year or in the past?

End-of-Week Elmore (11/6/15)

End-of-Week Elmore 40th Birthday and Halloween Edition (10/30/15)

Well, I turned 40 this month. I'm not depressed about it. I find myself mystified, actually. I don't feel any different, other than a few more aches and pains, and feeling sleepy more often. But that's most likely because I don't take care of myself as well as I should, rather than just a function of age. 

I just don't feel 40. I still think of myself as that kid who likes roleplaying, from all those decades ago. I know, I know, 40 is the new 30, 40 is the best decade of your life, etc. I've heard all the conventional wisdom. I'm definitely feeling more in control of my destiny than ever before, so there's that.

What hasn't changed, and most likely never will, is my love for gaming. Even thought I'm not really roleplaying actively these days, I still have the feelings I had during my last long gaming dry spell: that it's a part of my essential being, a legacy of my youth beyond sheer nostalgia. 

I may not be keeping my finger constantly on the pulse of the roleplaying world at the moment, but I do keep my eyes open. For instance, there's that temptingly awesome-looking Kickstarter for the 4th printing of Dungeon Crawl Classics RPG!

And hey, Halloween's tomorrow, on a Saturday in a five-week October! It's been a great month! Of course, like any mature adult, I elected to celebrate my birthday at the Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire (pics forthcoming)! So, my 40's were ushered in with style and a feeling of good things to come! I don't intend on letting too much of this next decade pass before I roleplay again!

Hope you're having a great Halloween where ever you may be! 

End-of-Week Elmore (10/16/15)

End-of-Week Elmore (9/11/15)

End-of-Week Elmore (9/4/15)