Spoilers: It's a 3x5 notecard. Before you leave! Hear me out. The 3x5 notecard has been invaluable to me as a new (and day by day, less new) GM and also as a player! These babies are well worth their weight in gold usefulness wise, and they are cheap as dirt and easy to get. … Continue reading The Single Most Useful Lazy GM Tool
Here we are! Three friends starting out trying a new, hip, sexy, shorter podcast to fit into our new, hip, sexy, SHORT?? lives!Today we're going to do a breakdown of the main plot of Skyrim, so spoilers there. We do stay away from other spoilers though, other than a brief mention of the college of … Continue reading CPBC #22 – Skyrim Plot?
As many of you know, I live with my boyfriend Kevin. It's the first time I have lived with a romantic partner, and the first time I've lived with anybody at all for the last 2-ish years. While we are so, so happy with our decision to move in together, it has definitely brought on … Continue reading In Defense of Physical Media
Constructing your own world is one of the most rewarding parts of running a roleplaying game. It's a way to explore the philosophical, religious, and social concepts of the real world that you find interesting within a fictional but dynamic universe. It's a way to throw cool and crazy ideas at your players, like gleaming … Continue reading How I Build a World
On this week's episode the three friends all signed on to Discord to discuss everyone's favorite topic: bureaucracy. We are switching up the schedule and you can listen in to our reasons why! We hate to disappoint, which is why this announcement was so easy to make, because it's exciting! Not disappointing! Exclamation marks!!!!! The … Continue reading CPBC #21 – A CPBC System Update
I mentioned in my first GM diary how I was spoiled rotten by the fact that my players are my close friends as well as excellent people and gamers. We get to have an amazing time and everyone thinks about each other’s feelings and we love and support each other. But as anyone who’s played … Continue reading Sex, Drugs, and D&D. The Responsibilities You Take As a GM
This week on the Cinnamon Post Brunch Club, the three friends discussed their favorite things from this year so far, whether they were mentioned on the website or not! This episode is stuffed with gems, and even some music clips, so we hope you enjoy! Media mentioned: Haywyre, The Magnus Archives, You Are OK by … Continue reading CPBC #20 – Mid-Year Catch-Up
This post also ran here on NextBestPicture.com, with some minor editing changes. I am quite literally showing my age here, but I saw “(500) Days of Summer” when I was 13 years old. I was not a scholar; I was not a cinephile; hell, I am sure I was still watching Disney Channel Original Movies … Continue reading (500) Days of Summer – A 10 Year Retrospective from a 23-Year-Old Girl
Adobe Flash fueled my generation's creativity. It was a platform for animators to make offbeat, low-cost and ambitious short movies and games. Its limitations, like a low ceiling for processing power or graphics, became advantages: You could play flash games at school or on home computers not beefy enough to play traditional studio games. With … Continue reading Cozy flash games
This week on the Cinnamon Post Brunch Club, Alex and Celia take some time to discuss some notable travel systems in video games we've played, as Celia slowly regains her sanity after moving across the country. Sorry for the late upload folks! We are getting it together! Games discussed: Skyrim, Assassin's Creed, Breath of the … Continue reading CPBC #19 – Travel Systems
