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Critical Bits for the week ending 2009-01-31

January 31, 2009 by Gato the News Robot

WotC Updates: Judy and Tom’s Excellent Adventure Author Reading 1 Warforged Champion Pride and Prejudice and Zombies LARP Battle captured on Google Streetview (No wait, It’s actually staged just for the camera.) Not terribly old franchise based on a fading video game to be revived for some reason WotC Update: Digital Insider #23 Mostly info […]

Filed Under: Critical Bits Tagged With: twitter

DM Chronicles: Session 8, Hey! That’s actually fun! Part 1

January 31, 2009 by The Chatty DM

Previously in Chatty’s Game: Our heroes successfully infiltrated the hideout of a local goblinoid slavers gang and cleaned it out with ease.  However,  the slaves they were looking for had just been delivered to a duergar clan.   Following a trail of (somewhat flimsy) clues, our heroes posed as slavers and got hired to escort […]

Filed Under: Campaign Logs, Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 4e, Chatty's 2008-2009 campaign

Dungeons & Dragons & Racism

January 30, 2009 by The Main Event

At first blush, D&D is a harmless fantasy game of heroes and villains, black & white. This article will examine the phenomena, offer some explanations as to its implications, and suggest how I have, anecdotally, approached the quandary of race in Dungeons & Dragons.

Filed Under: Critical Bits, Editorial, Featured, Roleplaying Games, Science Fiction & Fantasy Genre Tagged With: dm theory, races, racism

D&D XP 2009: No news is… no news

January 30, 2009 by Dave

Maybe it’s just me being arrogant (it happens a lot), but I gotta say, the quality of journalism for coverage of this year’s D&D XP convention is way lower than last year. By this time last year, I had already written up the entire new products seminar, and others had been liveblogging, conducting interviews, etc. I’ve barely heard anything from the convention, despite my pleas.

Filed Under: Critical Bits, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: D&D XP

Chatty’s Mailbag: D&D 4e Tactical Help

January 28, 2009 by The Chatty DM

Here’s another recent mail I got from a reader.  I’ve edited some because English isn’t his primary language (email comes from The Netherlands)… come to think of it, it’s not mine either 🙂 Dear DM of Chatyness, A friend of mine said I should read this blog and now I spend most of my vacation […]

Filed Under: Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games

Great News! Chatty’s D&D 4e adventure to be published

January 27, 2009 by The Chatty DM

I got some news from Goodman Games today. My short D&D 4e adventure will get published!  I can’t say anything about it but be certain that I will keep you updated! It should see the light of day next summer. I’m so happy and have been geeking out most of the day! For those who […]

Filed Under: Freelance Writing, Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games

YouTube Tuesday: The Shadow of Dr. Manhattan Edition

January 27, 2009 by Dave

One of many “viral” pieces created for the upcoming Watchmen movie. Even if I’m not 100% the film will be all that great, I gotta say they’re going all out to incorporate everything they can from the book and make it feel real.

Filed Under: Comics, Movies, YouTube Tuesday Tagged With: watchmen

Inq. of the Week: PHB2 Races!

January 27, 2009 by Dave

As an easy followup, and because I’ve been dealing with D&D races between my Book of Races review and Races feature, I’m asking: which of the PHB2 races are you most excited about?

Filed Under: Featured, Inquisition of the Week, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 4e, races

D&D Character Builder is Live

January 27, 2009 by Dave

You can now generate characters of all 30 levels using the newly updated Character Builder if you’re a D&DI subscriber. Otherwise, you can still download the level 1-3 trial version. I’m still figuring out the details of how many computers I can install it on from the announcement thread on the WotC forums. The interface […]

Filed Under: Critical Bits, News, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: character builder, D&DI

Chatty DM Presents: RPG Blog II

January 26, 2009 by The Chatty DM

Hi there.  I know I haven’t been around much lately.  I probably will maintain  a lower profile for weeks to come.  Please bear with me.  I’ll be less chatty for some time, but I’m still around. One of the things I found myself having a knack for as a blogger is to get people together, […]

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

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