We have two sets of dice to give away, courtesy of GM Dice. Our last contest had us choosing our contest winners, but as any GM can tell you, sometimes it’s just more fun to let the dice decide. To that end, we are making this contest entirely decided by the dice themselves.
Archives for 2009
The Michael Bay School of GMing: Say it with Rockets
This is a second guest post by reader Kitsune. With the recent debate surrounding the Rule of Cool and Critical Hits’ take on the Rule of C4, I thought this would be a good time to post Kitsune’s experimental essay on GMing. No doubt this will set some people’s teeth on edge while others may […]
The Rule of C4
The trigger happy attitude displayed by many characters and parties in D&D is notorious, prone to looting everyone/thing within groping range; a typical group of adventurers in a fantasy tabletop setting isn’t exactly known for leaving places intact when they blow into town. This player/party attitude is brought to the forefront when explosives enter play, but the other thing it does for many players is opens up their tactical and strategic ability. This is why I believe the Rule of C4 should not be quickly or idly dismissed as more of the “Michael Bay” syndrome that many fear happening to their precious D&D campaigns.
Board/Card Games report #2, Part 2: Booty Geek Club Blast
See part 1 here Okay so after having played Lunch Money a couple of times, we were ready for something meatier. So we got out my copy of Settlers of Catan, the classic German game of, well, settling an Island. What I really like about that game is how fast paced it is. A turn […]
“Transitions and Transformations” RPG Blog Carnival Roundup
As usual, bloggers from all over took a simple one line concept and ran with it in all directions, many of them unexpected and all of them great. Here’s what they came up with in the final days of 2008 about “Transitions and Transformations.”
Introducing: Skill Challenges Feature and Gato’s Critical Bits
As you know, we here at Critical Hits are not just content to sit on our laurels and keep the way the site operates the same. We’re always looking for new ways to bring benefits to you, our valued readers.
To that end, we have launched two new pieces of the website that we hope you find useful.
Board/Card Games Report #2, Part 1: Anime Zombie School Fight!
Now that’s a Chatty title. Last Friday, while I was enjoying the last few days of the holidays, my good friend and expert mastermind PM invited me and my buddy Franky for a full day of card games, Anime and general geekiness. As usual, these days are a blast. Spending from late mornings to late […]
Critical Bits for 2009-01-07
Mr. Smith is the next Doctor Who, how appropriate: http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/14017.html # Gen Con Acquisition Group adds more to the offer for the Gen Con takeover bid: http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/14028.html # Shanghai constructed with Gaming Implements: http://tinyurl.com/8ydgax # Gabe from Penny Arcade has been bit by the D&D bug: http://tinyurl.com/7y6seo # Adios and good riddance, DRM from iTunes […]
Tonester’s 2008 Videogame of the Year Awards
These are just my personal views and not necessarily the views of the CH Staff/Site as a whole. We haven’t had some good/heated arguments in a while so I figured I would try to entice a few. I should also note that I didn’t play any Sports titles in 2008 (I rarely do). I also don’t have a PS3 so the only PS3 games I had the opportunity to play were MGS4 and LBP – both of which I was impressed with for one reason or another. I should also note that I was much less impressed with Fallout 3 or Grand Theft Auto 4 compared to most of the known gaming world apparently. As such, expect a few surprises.
‘The Magic Bullet for Publication’ by Wolfgang Baur
Kobold Quarterly was kind enough to offer up a chapter from The Kobold Guide to Game Design Volume II: How to Pitch, Playtest, and Publish by Wolfgang Baur, presented by Open Design. I was given the choice between two chapters and decided to leave it to the best decision maker, and rolled a d20. Suprisingly it came up a 20, and so I went with the “high” option which I’m very happy with, titled “The Magic Bullet for Publication”.
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