Leonine Roar

Hey everyone, happy gaming and happy football Sunday!  A great day as my Patriots dropped 52 big ones and looked pretty good doing it! 

But enough about football (you know I’m a huge RPG and NFL fan, of course!), here’s an update on what October and the rest of 2012 looks like for both me and Leonine Roar.  Here’s what you can expect as the chill of autumn and winter settles in…

1) Teach D&D to Brand New Players.  Earlier this year I introduced a friend’s fiance to D&D – she’d never played anything like it and was curious.  Next, I’ll be introducing my cousin to D&D – and instead of 4e, we’re going to playtest D&D Next together along with her boyfriend, a long-time Pathfinder player.  This event goes down Saturday, we’re all very excited! 

• What to Expect on Leonine Roar?  More advice for and observations on teaching and encouraging new players, like this one, based on my experiences this coming weekend.  I love to teach as much as I love to write, so this will be a blast – and insightful too! (more…)

Hey everyone!  I know, you want more quality Leonine Roar content.  So do I! 

Work is the #1 answer.  (Ohh – D&D Family Feud?  I love that show!  I might just work on that…)  I have tons of great work right now, and love it, so that’s awesome!  

Yet, I apologize for the quieter summer stream of LR fine wine mix of RPG crunch and flavor articles, even as I’m sure many of you are also naturally sitting back and enjoying the summer and your vacations as well.

Speaking of vacations, I’ll be taking a break from and reviewing a few projects – including LR – for most of August, coming back after Labor Day weekend.

But just before I head south for my Chultan paradise to rest my mind and body – and hunt dinosaurs and find a certain frigid ring - I’ll give you some of my ideas on vacations in D&D or any RPG.  How do you fit them in?  How do you make them fun and memorable – just like in real life?  How do you add fun, exciting twists that turn them into true adventures?

So talk to you again soon, keep enjoying your summer, keep playing and thanks for reading Leonine Roar!  (And help answer my questions in my P.S. below too please, here or @LeonineRoar on Twitter, thanks!)

Tony 

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 Wonderful review of my Faster Combat project with Johnn Four over at Wired.com this week! 

It’s pretty cool when a magazine you’ve subscribed to for a few years runs a review of one of your projects on their site!

Check it out here!  And if you like a dash of tech news, games, weird, humor and all sorts of topics and randomness, you’ll probably like swimming around other GeekDad and Wired.com content for a bit too.  Enjoy!

Huge news for Leonine Roar and Faster Combat!

First, make sure to head over to Stuffer Shack’s series of 2012 Site of the Year posts so you can learn about and vote on your favorite sites! 

I’d like to thank Stuffer Shack and Tourq for the nomination among so many tremendous D&D and RPG blogs.  And huge thanks go out to our entire community of gamers, including all my Leonine Roar readers and followers who love that fine balance of crunch and flavor as much as I do.  You guys and girls rock!

Second, in case you missed it, FasterCombat.com, my GM-friendly collaboration with Johnn Four, has also been nominated for a 2012 ENnie!  Outstanding GM community there and I’ve loved writing all those time-saving lessons and activities to bring your combats to new heights of both efficiency and excitement.

So drop everything – even your dice! – and go vote now for Leonine Roar and Faster Combat! 

Thanks everyone and have a blast this weekend at your games!

- Kilsek (Tony Medeiros)

Leap Day!  Is there a more perfect day to celebrate the 1st anniversary of Leonine Roar?

My fellow Forgotten Realms fans also know this is a day of special pacts, and there is no pact I’m prouder of than the one I made in creating my very own D&D blog just over a year ago.

It’s been such a blast and opened so many doors – both creatively and professionally.  My opportunities to help and share with other players and GMs have been awesome here, at Faster Combat and beyond.  I’m so very fortunate and grateful!

To all my readers and fans, thank you so much for following Leonine Roar and being just as passionate about the balance of creativity and crunch that makes D&D and all RPGs the unique games they are!

Just like you, I love this game!

Looking to pounce on some of Leonine Roar’s most popular articles over the past year?  You’ll find a couple of helpful lists right here:

• Milestone: 100 D&D Articles
• Milestone: 50 D&D Articles