In most of the games I play in, we just sort of level up as the campaign progresses. I can buy that. My years of martial arts training tell me that a boot to the head is a very powerful lesson. Combat is a great teacher, assuming one survives. However, the theory always sort of fell apart for me when it came to wizards. Certainly, the wizard would gain a lot of knowledge about what worked and what didn’t after a few battles, but that doesn’t explain why a few weeks into his travels he suddenly knows how to cast a Fireball. Wizards always got screwed anyway.
Archives for August 2011
DD&D 2011 Wrap-Up
It’s now been over a week since we ran the 4th annual Drinking Dungeons & Dragons event for folks we know at Gen Con. Our small, single game in a hotel room turned into a room-filling (and food and drink minimum-fulfilling) event with four tables, and including all the attendees of our pre-party and audience, had over 50 gamers talking games and having drinks. The event was talked about the rest of the weekend, and apparently spawned many, many tweets during the game (which I missed due to running and hosting) so I’m happy to call it a success.
Chatty Shorts (and not Chatty’s Shorts, you pervs): Gen Con 2011
In which Chatty takes a few minutes to post updates about Gen Con 2012 and how he used to be cool before he became an insufferable celebrity.
Critical Bits for the week ending 2011-08-14
http://bit.ly/oRWdz0 # From the archives:: Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children http://bit.ly/n18JEp #charchive # RT @wwpublishing: Missed #GenCon We posted our flyer and Powerpoint presentation from the convention at @DriveThruRPG: http://j.mp/pUskbF # D&D New Product Seminar post updated with images of the slides of new products and the Dragon minis set: http://bit.ly/obpu6l # RT @mudbunny74: This […]
Quitical Hits Review: “Quarriors”
Quarriors is a deck building game that uses dice instead of cards, published by WizKids. 2-4 players gather dice that represent monsters to impress the Empress of their realm.
It Only Works On The Weak-Minded (Or The Unprepared)
Once upon a time, I was at karate class just minding my own business, when a 10-year-old girl wearing a blue belt walks up to me with a question. I’d been a black belt for some time, so this was not an unusual occurrence. I was expecting for her to ask for help with her kata or how to do roundhouse kicks or something like that. Instead, she asks me simply, “Sensei, what’s a Jedi mind trick?”
Gen Con 2011: D&D New Products Seminar
As usual, speculation was rampant on what Wizards of the Coast would announce at Gen Con. Given the departure of some high-profile names and based on statements made via the D&D website, the default prediction seemed to be the announcement of D&D 5th edition, or some kind of Basic/Advanced split forked off the current edition of D&D. As it turned out, none of that happened. That said, there was a major announcement at the end of the D&D New Products Seminar at Gen Con, and it’s one that gamers have been asking for a LONG time.
From All Of Us Here At Critical Hits…
We want to say a gigantic THANK YOU from the bottom of our hearts for voting us the 2011 Gold Ennie Award for Best Blog. It really means a lot to us to have your support.
Critical Bits for the week ending 2011-08-07
http://bit.ly/qEFgbk # Gen Con Acquisition List – The purpose of this post is to both show what I think is worth buying at Gen Con,… http://tumblr.com/xcu3u0eohr # Paizo announces "Pathfinder Battles: Heroes & Monsters" prepainted minis line, in cooperation with WizKids http://bit.ly/pYx1V4 # Further details of Paizo/WizKids minis line available in this press release: http://bit.ly/mnwUmN […]
Chatty’s Gen Con 2011 Schedule and the Carpe Phil game
In which Chatty presents his 2011 Gen Con Schedule and shares the rules of his “Catch Phil” game.
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