There used to be that old animated video on the web about a group of dweebs playing D&D, I just found a ‘new’ version done with Final Fantasy sprites… Hey that Video plugin does work!
Archives for 2008
Mini-Links: Whole Wheat Bastard Boardgame Ninjas!
Ahhh it’s Friday afternoon, a snowstorm rages on Montreal and my boss just gave us the day rest of the day off… Of course, on Fridays, our lab is drenched in fresh blood samples that we can’t leave on the bench for 3 days, so while I can relax and kickback a bit, I have […]
4E D&D… 4Free!
I know how it is. You want to try out the new edition of D&D, but you don’t want to put down the $90 for new books. What’s more, you don’t want to go through the drudgery of buying it from a store: you’d much rather have a Canadian mail it to you. Well, fear […]
Magic Online III Beta.
I’m too tired to write a post tonight so I’m sharing a little Magic the Gathering goodness to those who would like to play for free (I think you need to have a Magic Online 2,5 account though). Magic Online players, We’re hoping that you, along with thousands of other MOL players across the globe […]
D&D to Warhammer: Can You Help?
This week we received our first ever question to the editor from a reader, and he’s looking for some help. Chris is a high-school teacher in New York who is the advisor to the students’ Warhammer club. Chris is an avid D&D player with plenty of minis. The students want to have a big Warhammer […]
Mini-Blog: Recent and coming changes to Blog.
I’m currently moving a few things around this blog and changing things as I grow more comfortable with it. In parallel, Graham is hacking me a new swanky theme and I’ll switch to it as soon as everything is done (and you’ll finally see the new banner). So while we wait here are a few […]
Chatty’s Review: Silvervine, Basic Challenge Mechanics
This post is part of a series that tackles the reading review of a yet unpublished RPG called Silvervine. Please note that this game is still in development, my review is part of the pre-playtest feedback. Last time I tackled Character Generation, now it’s time for the 1st (of 3) posts on the game’s Crunchy […]
Smash Brothers Spoilers!
With Smash Bros. for the Wii being delayed even longer, many of us are drooling with anticipation for the newest entry in Nintendo’s mashed-up fighter franchise. Well, Kotaku has a full set of screen shots that reveal a lot of the missing details, namely a full mostly full character select screen (posted after the jump) […]
Mini-Post: Shamus' new game
Yesterday, Shamus Young posted about concluding his D&D campaign and starting a new one. One of his key challenges was that everybody in his large group (8 players) wanted to play a different style/theme than the rest. D&D was chosen last time because it’s the default game that his group seems to have agreed to. […]
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