Category Archives: RPGDad
Bug Hunting Baby
When I cry, there can be any of a myriad number of reasons – pain, sadness, lag, death of a character, rolling too many fumbles, existential angst, lack of coffee, existential lack of coffee, etc. – but our daughter is much more of a stoic than am I. When she cries, there is one of […]
First Words
So, I have been using “Stories from the Age of Sleepy Parents” as RPGDad’s motto, but other catchphrases have been bubbling up (much like my daughter’s milk after a good feeding). I would love your feedback on the following, but don’t do it here. Instead, I have taken over the far-too-infrequently used RPGDad hashtag and […]
Sexy Baby
#RPGDad got a shout out from one of the last places I ever expected:@sexyfandom http://sexyfandom.com/archives/2015/08/spawn-nerds-collide-andrew-greenbergs-rpgdad/ …
Mad Baby Skillz
While level-based systems do well explaining some aspects of childhood where we can make great progress all of a sudden, like turning over and breast feeding, most of our skills advance slowly and methodically, like Donald Trump’s hair piece taking over his brain. In adults, these skill progressions happen slowly. For instance, most adults have […]
Leveling Up Baby
Anyone who played Dungeons and Dragons for more than a couple sessions remembers the great feeling when her character suddenly went up a level (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0012.html). More powerful spells, more survivable characters, more annoying familiars … these appeared all at once, essentially overnight (much like how a baby goes from making little poops to suddenly making […]