Three pretty important things happened in the gaming world while I was sequestered away at Origins: Reiner Knizia has won his first Spiel Des Jahres award for the boardgame Keltis. And he won the best kids game award too! I’m sure I’m one of the last bloggers to report on this, but Diablo 3 is […]
Archives for June 2008
Inq. of the Week: Types of Games
Last week we held the poll to determine the winner of our Gaming Quote Contest, the results are in and the winner is: Player: “What did you say about foreplay and fornication?” DM: “I said it was FULL PLATE of FORTIFICATION.” Congratulations Happy Turtle! We will be in touch shortly. Thanks to everyone who contributed […]
Mike Mearls: “Everything you Wanted to Know About Fourth Edition”
On Saturday of Origins, I peeled myself out of bed after a long night hanging out and gaming to attend the panel run by Mike Mearls. It was nearly all questions and answers, and even ran a half an hour past when it was supposed to let out. Mike started with introducing himself, saying that […]
Random Thoughts: Story Telling Dungeon Crawling Kids in Diablo’s Caves to Crit Mearls
(Told you I would not last a week) I was supposed to be at work, getting ready for the arrival of a new colleague in my team but my 6 year old son has developed a case of Chicken Pox. I’m therefore at home, playing some Raving Rabbits 2 with him and drawing some Manga […]
Critical Hits Podcast #6: Interview with Mike Mearls
On the final day of Origins 2008, I sit down for a short interview with Mike Mearls, lead developer of 4e D&D. We talk about the game’s release, some DMing tips, older adventures, and much more. Critical Hits Podcast #6 (Quick note: I ended up moving the voice recorder at the beginning of the interview, […]
Critical Hits Podcast #5: Steve from Kenzer & Co explains Aces & Eights
I stopped by the Kenzer & Company booth to admire the setup for the new Western RPG Aces & Eights. Steve at the booth offered an indepth explanation of the game, and explains how it supports different styles of play, from minis combat to resource management to gambling to Al Swearengen. Critical Hits Podcast 5 […]
34th Annual Origins Awards Winners
It began, as last year, with an introduction by Phil Lacefield Jr. Miniatures Rules of the Year Presented by Rick Loomis Classic Battletech Published by Catalyst Game Labs Created by Jordan Weisman Edited by Michelle Lyons, Diane Piron-Gelman Saganami Island Tactical Simulator, Second Edition Published by Ad Astra Games Created by Ken Burnside and Thomas […]
Taking a break for some Gen Con Prep
All right, up to now, whenever I posted about posting less, I always ended up posting more. However, I now have to write quite a few pages worth of Trope and Player type GM tips and advice for the Gen Con seminar I’ll be co-hosting with DNAPhil and Vicki Potter. I also need to do […]
Critical Hits Podcast #4: Lucas from FFG explains Mutant Chronicles CMG
My introduction to the exhibit hall, and I stop by the Fantasy Flight Games booth. Critical Hits Podcast 4 Pictures to go along with the podcast:
Critical Hits Podcast #3: Luke of North Star Games explains Say Anything
Say Anything is the new party game release from North Star Games. Luke explains how to play the game, and we hear the first sample round. Critical Hits Podcast 3 More pictures of a Say Anything game in progress:
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