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Critical Bits for the week ending 2009-10-17

October 17, 2009 by Gato the News Robot

Pathfinder Bestiary PDF to be $9.99 like core rulebook (hat tip: Jim) The Rouse is leaving WotC. (via @AsmodeusLore) You Too Could… Date Keith Baker! Are you ready…for STAR WARS ZOMBIE WEEK? (via @joshgeeksix and @AronHead) Chris Perkins’ home campaign looks bad ass. (via @newbiedm) Wil Wheaton on RinCon, delves, 4e, Castle Panic, A Penny […]

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Draconis Day#1: Swords & Wizardry

October 17, 2009 by The Chatty DM

Sorry I couldn’t manage to do 5 Capsule Review, Con prep took a little longer than expected. Last night’s game of S&W was as awesome, hilarious and fun as I expected it to be.  I ran Chgowiz’s exceedingly well designed adventure from the Quick-Start kit.  Instead of giving you the play by play, I’ll repost […]

Filed Under: Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games

Leveling Up As An Inexperienced DM

October 15, 2009 by Bartoneus

I still consider myself an inexperienced DM. the 4th Edition campaign that I’m currently running has just passed twenty adventures and is the longest campaign I’ve ever run. Hell, it was the longest game I’ve ever run when it hit ten adventures back in May.

Filed Under: Editorial, Featured, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: campaign, D&D, DMing, dnd, dungeon master, dungeon mastering, Dungeons and Dragons, newbie dm, roleplaying games, Roleplaying Games

Statement from Wizards of the Coast Regarding Fansite Toolkit

October 15, 2009 by Dave

Months back, Wizards of the Coast released their “Fansite Toolkit”, essentially a package of images that could be used for bloggers and similar in exchange for agreeing to, well, a lot of terms about citations, trademarks, and usage. The release raised a lot of questions among the potential audience for it (bloggers) and so we emailed Wizards of the Coast to get some clarification. They provided us two short answers, which don’t cover everything, but do provide some information.

Filed Under: News, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 4e, fan site, GSL, wotc

Capsule Review Week: Dominion

October 14, 2009 by The Chatty DM

Let’s continue our week of mini reviews now shall we? Dominion What it is. Dominion is a non-collectible constructable card game where each player plays the part of an ambitious minor noble who aims at turning its modest estate into a dominion of provinces and duchies.  Players play cards from their decks to generate enough […]

Filed Under: Board, Card, and Miniature Games, Musings of the Chatty DM Tagged With: Card Games, dominion, Theme week

Inq. of the Week: Gaming Women

October 12, 2009 by Dave

Conventional wisdom and surveys show that women are in the minority among gaming groups of all kinds, but I think the ratio is starting to shift. We touched on the issue almost three years ago (to a bit of controversy) but I’d like to pose a slightly less loaded question…

Filed Under: Board, Card, and Miniature Games, Featured, Inquisition of the Week, Roleplaying Games, Video Games Tagged With: gender, women

Capsule Review Week: Swords & Wizardry

October 12, 2009 by The Chatty DM

As introduced here, I will post mini-reviews of RPGs and MMORPGs during the whole week while I prepare for Draconis, my local gaming convention. Swords & Wizardry What it is A clone of the original, 1974 version of Dungeons & Dragons (often referred to as 0th edition).  It includes all the non-proprietary elements of the […]

Filed Under: Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: Sword and Wizardry, Theme week

Capsule Review Week: Intro and DDO Eberron unlimited

October 12, 2009 by The Chatty DM

I’ll be spending most of the coming week preparing for Montreal’s Draconis gaming convention (where I’ll host a Dungeon Reality Show game, 2 Swords and Wizardry games and both a French and English Seminar on DMing 4e). While I initially thought I’d take the week off from Blogging, my evil backstabbing mastermind lieutenant PM mentioned […]

Filed Under: Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games

Champions Online: Being 13 Forever

October 11, 2009 by The Chatty DM

Oh yeah, like some others, I succumbed to to the Champions Online bug.  I’ll post a short review later this week but in the meantime I had to share a few screenshots of my latest PC, the 4th I made so far.  And I confess that I really am nothing more than a 13 year […]

Filed Under: Geek Stuff, Musings of the Chatty DM Tagged With: Champions Online

Critical Bits for the week ending 2009-10-10

October 10, 2009 by Gato the News Robot

Just updated the Character Class Reference w/ Seeker (Primal Controller) Just updated the Character Race Reference w/ Vistani (from Ravenloft!) Coming Soon: The Anarchist Gamemaster Cookbook: Recipes For Games That Don’t Suck by Sinister Adventures Guide to 4e Accessories updated with i4e iPhone app and Litko 4e Tokens Seeker Class Preview: Primal Controller (ddi sub […]

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