As rumored and then announced yesterday, the long-promised revision of the Game System License for 4e D&D was released. While it’s certainly important news, I think the actual effects on the average gamer are minimal.
Archives for 2009
YouTube Tuesday: No, Seriously, It’s A Trap Edition
Admiral Ackbar knows a trap when he sees one. If only the Corleone family had hired him.
Inq. of the Week: Watch What you Read?
This Friday is the release date for the Watchmen movie, and for me now is a good time to be thankful that the lawsuit involving the movie rights didn’t result in this date being pushed back! With that in mind I’m sure we’ll be talking about the movie a lot over the next week or two, and one big thing that I’ve heard a lot about is how many people will see this movie without ever reading or even seeing the comic book.
New Feature: Guide to Gaming DVDs
Our newest feature is up, and it’s a bit different than the previous ones. It’s a Guide to Gaming DVDs, showcasing both those that star gamers as central characters and ones that are officially Dungeons & Dragons (as much as we might try to disown them). It’s an update of my gift guide from years ago, updated both with new information and to trim out some of the DVDs that didn’t quite fit as well (but might make it into a future feature).
Critical Bits for the week ending 2009-02-28
For when you need to play that mix-tape and invade Hoth at the same time Little Big Planet and Rock Band coming to the PSP… somehow. RIP Phillip Jose Farmer. Thoughts to his family and friends. Are Space Marines recession-proof? Worldwide D&D Game Day Blog Carnival Stein of the Lich King Little Mac returns on […]
Chatty’s Preview: Master Dungeons H2, Curse of the Kingspire
Please note that this post reveals some spoilers about the adventure presented here. A few days ago I was contacted by my good friend Ed who wanted to start another round of blog and podcasts posts about a common subject. This time around, the subject was to be Goodman Games’ Master Dungeon series of D&D […]
10 Monsters I Use in Every D&D Campaign (And 5 I Don’t)
I actually had come up with this post BEFORE everyone else on the RPG Bloggers Network started doing their own lists… honest! So here’s my list not necessarily of my favorite monsters in D&D, but of those that I always try to work into every campaign I run. Then, a list of 5 monsters we […]
Bedtime Campaign: Indiana Nico and The Golden King (and his take on RPGs)
Earlier today we were driving to the restaurant for a family dinner. I’m telling my 7 year old son Nico about how long it’s been since we did an interactive story. Nico “I’d like to have another of those stories” Chatty “You know Nico, you’re old enough to play the real game of Dungeons and […]
Everyone Remembers Their First [DM]
Most of us can trace back our D&D gaming lineage to a single Dungeon Master. That’s not to say we hadn’t played before or more often with others, but our friend Abe made an indelible mark on all of our gaming consciousnesses. This article examines our early gaming experiences with Abe and considers how they affected my current notions on role-playing and D&D.
My turn now: Chatty’s top 10 D&D monsters
It started with Noism and then James did it too and it soon became a meme. Since I purposely ignored anything about A&D 2e’s 20th anniversary, I thought I’d jump on the next echo chamber bandwagon passing through. So here’s my personal top 10 D&D monster (from all editions) in no particular order. You’ll see […]
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