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In the Grim Darkness of the Far Future there is Only Kawaii

May 18, 2008 by Dave

A result of the new edition? Nope, just a heavy duty conversion and paint job that probably no one at GW expected. Hello Kitty Sisters of Battle! (via the Directory of Wonderful Things) Edit: Forgot I had this from long ago:

Filed Under: Board, Card, and Miniature Games, Critical Bits

I, Demon: The Awakening

May 17, 2008 by The Chatty DM

This series is going to be a diary-like re-telling of the d20 World of Darkness game I’ll be playing once a month. It’s going to be GMed by my buddy Franky. Way back when, we started the game but it was left aside for some time. We’re kick starting it again and this post is […]

Filed Under: Musings of the Chatty DM Tagged With: Chatty as a Player, McWoD

Warhammer 40k: 5th Edition Preview

May 17, 2008 by originalsultan

It appears that Games Workshop’s futuristic tabletop miniatures game is due for a new edition sometime this year, likely in the fall. Thanks to Warseer and The Bolter and Chainsword for this information. As with the release of 4th edition, all existing codexes will remain valid, and new codexes that are more ‘in line’ with […]

Filed Under: Board, Card, and Miniature Games, Featured, News, Science Fiction & Fantasy Genre

So what IS D&D anyway?

May 16, 2008 by Dave

An interesting meme has seemed to pop up among those who dislike where D&D 4e headed. It’s one simple declaration: This is not D&D. I’ve touched on this idea before: in many people’s minds, there’s one definition of what a product/line IS. Whether this is determined by the original creator, the fans, or whomever happens […]

Filed Under: Editorial, Featured, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 4th Edition, Board, Card, and Miniature Games, D&D, Dungeons and Dragons, game design, games, gaming, Roleplaying Games

Mike Mearl’s D&D 4e Elemental Evil Campaign

May 16, 2008 by The Chatty DM

Recently Mike Mearls invited people to follow his 1st ‘for fun’ D&D 4e campaign. It’s very loosely based on Gary’s Temple of Elemental Evil, it gives a very good feel of what 4e will be about and it’s all played in one hour sessions. I don’t think reading this will change anyone’s idea on 4e […]

Filed Under: Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games

Ten Words to Victory, Winners and Runner Ups All Together!

May 15, 2008 by The Chatty DM

Well it’s done, what started as a lunch-time idea exploded in the biggest thing we ever tackled here. With the help of fellow bloggers Dave The Game and Jeff Rients we whittled down 21 pages of entries filled with several hundreds of 10 word adventure concepts. As indicated, the entries were so numerous and so […]

Filed Under: Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: contest

Help him Rebrand Himself, Win a 4e Book

May 15, 2008 by The Chatty DM

My buddy Bob Younce of The DMs Blog (at dndreview.com) is trying to rebrand his blog to better reflect what it’s going to be about. He seeks help from the community and he’s offering a prize. I’d call him a copycat, if I wasn’t one myself with the 10 word adventure contest (Results out tonight!). […]

Filed Under: blogging, Musings of the Chatty DM

Win a 4e book just by domain name

May 15, 2008 by Dave

Bob at dndreviews is having a bit of an identity crisis. Instead of wallowing in self-pity, he’s going to reward a talented domain-namer with a 4e book. (Gotta love contest season leading up to a new edition.) Head over to the contest page for all the details and specifics. It’s quite simple: you pick a […]

Filed Under: Critical Bits, Roleplaying Games

A Game of Epic Numbers

May 15, 2008 by Bartoneus

There’s a lot of buzz going around about the soon-to-be-released 4th Edition D&D Adventure Keep on the Shadowfell, some people even did a ridiculously thorough read through of it, though Phil does provide a great review / preview there for it. One thing that he mentions is the hit points of monsters at such low […]

Filed Under: Critical Bits, Editorial, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 4th Edition, D&D, Dungeons and Dragons, epic destinies, Musings of the Chatty DM

Chatty’s Review: D&D 4e’s Keep on the Shadowfell

May 14, 2008 by The Chatty DM

As mentioned this morning, I was able to read a copy of D&D’s 1st 4e adventure, Keep on the Shadowfell, thanks to ZeStuff. Now it’s time for the review! Hurrah! I’ll take the spoiler-free approach (though I may slip a bit in places) as I guess that a lot of readers will want to play […]

Filed Under: Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 4e

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