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Posted by: ForfexSceleris on Mar 8, 2012 at 08:00:36 PM
I went to the postal office today. Some D&D minis I ordered should be delivered these days. Because of unforseen working conditions, there's nobody home around office hours to receive the delivery, so I gotta check at the post office once in a while to see if they're here. I'm a bit on a rush, because I ordered some hobgoblins I need for saturday's session and it's been 16 work days since I got the shipping confirmation. The guy at the post office said my package is probably being delayed in customs, so... I repeat: "developing country". *sigh*

Anyway, this post isn't about shipping anxiety. This post is about my story getting a battle grid for my D&D campaigns.

After deducing I needed rulebooks for everyone in the game to consult, I remembered my horrific experiences some of my D&D 3.5 games....
Posted by: ForfexSceleris on Mar 8, 2012 at 12:49:22 PM
In order to provide some variety to the themes of this blog (I don't want it to be only about Kemet's exploits), I thought it could be interesting and fun to talk a little about my experience and difficulties DMing in a country where access to RPGs is not easy. With "a country" I mean "Mexico", where I live.

First off, finding D&D books.

When I resumed DMing (I started playing D&D in 3.5, but my second DM was terrible and I stopped playing until 4th ed.) I knew I needed some rulebooks, but here in Mexico the tabletop RPG world is as tiny as the individual member of a swarm. According to WotC store locator, Mexico holds seven D&D (core) stores. Hmm... Well, I'll speak about my particular case. 

If you happen to live in the administrative capital of the country (we're supposed to live in...