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Hello,
I don't know if anybody is still out there but I am finally clear of law school, bar study, and my trip to Viet Nam. I am settled in at a regular 9 to 5 (actually 7 to 4) job again as a lawyer for the U.S. Government in MD. Working for the Federal Government was my goal entering law school, so it is Mission Accomplished over here. I enjoy law, but money is a horrible motivator for me, knowing I am helping my fellow citizens makes me eager to get in every day.

From a blogging standpoint this is also good news. I know my postings have been pretty slim around here for the last year or so, but I have built up a good backlog of posts so you should be seeing a lot more, even if I have busy periods.

While things have been bleak on the blogging front, they have been great on the gaming front. For a period of time over the last year I had three regular games going at once: an OSRIC game in Stonehell (DM), a Pathfinder game (Player), and a Castle and Crusades game set in the City State of the Invincible Overlord (CK). The Stonehell game continues and we will be playing a session this weekend. The Castles and Crusades group carries on without me with Drance from Once More Unto the Breach at the helm.

I will be checking out my FLGS here in southern MD on Wed. for D&D encounters, to try to meet some local gamers. While my ultimate goal is to get players for some old school gaming, I am also excited to try out the Encounters format. I ran a 4th Ed. game through most of the heroic tier when the game was released and enjoyed it. I admit that I have not paid much attention to 4th Ed since then, so I will basically be a noob.

I went to GenCon again this summer, and I will have some (very late) things to say about that. I also acquired Hexographer/Dungeonographer and I have been making maps and write-ups of some very, very old adventures I wrote using those programs. I hope to post some of those soon.

As a sign of good faith, you will be getting another post from me.... Now

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  1. David The ArchmageNovember 14, 2011 at 9:20 PM

    Congrats on all fronts!

    And here's to being both in Maryland and employed by the government! Which FLGS do you frequent?

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  2. rmckee78November 14, 2011 at 9:28 PM

    Big Larry's Comics in Leonardtown. By the way, I just finished reading through your 4e actual plays and really enjoyed them. I ran Keep on the Shadowfell when it came out, it looks like a lot of the changes you made improved it greatly.

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  3. David The ArchmageNovember 14, 2011 at 9:31 PM

    Wow, seriously southern MD. I'm up near Baltimore, sadly.

    Glad you enjoyed them. The changes made a big difference, and still are for Thunderspire.

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  4. grodogNovember 15, 2011 at 1:34 AM

    Hola Rich, good to see you out and about :D

    Allan.

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