Author: JimTo

Nintendo Game Counselors

February 3, 2016
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This is an interesting read about being a Nintendo Game Counselor.    I was in 8th grade when I had my tonsils removed. I wasn’t allowed to participate in vocal class so I’d sneak into the teacher’s office and call these folks on my school’s dime. I feel very confident in stating that if not…

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My Dog Is Creepy Watson

February 1, 2016
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My dog, Sidney, has become Creepy Watson:   Sid is getting pretty old. She turns 14 today. She started losing her hearing a while back and now it’s gone. We still talk to her all the time, but it is literally falling on deaf ears. She’s had to adjust with being deaf and so have we. Sid no longer…

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Tabletop RPG Character Backstories Part 2

January 27, 2016
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Last time we discussed the more negative aspects of character backstories. This time we’ll focus on ways a backstory can be used in more positive manner. I have two examples: the first is something that one of my characters experienced and the second is one of my favorite ways to build a party backstory that can…

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Las Vegas / International

January 22, 2016
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Las Vegas is a city of individual beauty. I was standing behind my wife, surrounded by BACA family, 500+ feet in the air, in a pod of the High Roller Observation Deck when that line popped in my head. I thought about it a bit in the few days since we got home, trying to…

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Tabletop RPG Character Backstories Part 1

January 13, 2016
Gaming

Backstories for your character in a tabletop RPG are there to serve a purpose. For you, the player, it helps inform how you roleplay your character. For example, if your character’s entire family was slaughtered by Orcs, you going to have either 1) a great fear of orcs , 2) a great hatred for orcs,…

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