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Gen Con 2010: Castle Ravenloft Board Game Unboxing Video

August 7, 2010 by Dave

On Wednesday, Day 0 of Gen Con, Trevor Kidd (community manager for Wizards of the Coast) gave us an opportunity to play in the Castle Ravenloft cooperative board game being released in the next few weeks. Trevor asked Bartoneus and I to help him do an unboxing video of all the components, so we’re posting the video (in two parts) below. Enjoy and let us know if you have any questions about it.

Filed Under: Board, Card, and Miniature Games, News, Roleplaying Games, YouTube Tuesday Tagged With: castle ravenloft, gencon, gencon2010

Logan Bonner’s Gen Con Schedule

August 3, 2010 by Logan Bonner

I’ve scheduled very few events for Gen Con 2010. I want to play it by ear, and expect I’ll run into plenty of people even without making many plans. If you want to find me, I’ve included a picture of myself and the WB bag I’ll be carrying around. See the schedule below the gallery.

Filed Under: Minor Quests, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: gencon, gencon 2010

Official Guide to Stalking Vanir at Gen Con, 2010 Edition

August 3, 2010 by Vanir

It’s the most wonderful time of the year once again. No, not Christmas. The Four Days of Gaming, aka RPG Chanukah, aka Nerd Kwanzaa, but known to most muggles simply as Gen Con. I’m particularly excited to make my yearly trek to Indianapolis this year, as I’ve made lots of new friends (and am ecstatic […]

Filed Under: Board, Card, and Miniature Games, Dire Flailings, Humor, Roleplaying Games, Video Games Tagged With: dd&d, Drunken D&D, gen con, gen con 2010, gen con indy, so happy, so very very happy, vanir, wow tcg

Delving into the Lost City

August 2, 2010 by Logan Bonner

Wolfgang Baur contacted me back in June to see if I’d be interested in working on a 4e project for Open Design. So this post is kind of a pitch, but I think you’ll see why I found the project intriguing. Hopefully you will, too.

Filed Under: Featured, Minor Quests, Roleplaying Games

Review: New Dice from Q-Workshop!

August 2, 2010 by Bartoneus

At this point, if you haven’t heard of Q-Workshop, then you’re missing out on some of the best dice that are being produced today! We are lucky enough to have gotten a chance to look at, roll around, and generally admire three of their sets of dice – Celtic Dice (pictured right), Forest Dice, and Elven Dice.

Filed Under: Reviews, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: celtic, custom dice, dice, dwarven, elven, preview, q-workshop, qworkshop, Reviews, sets

Chris Sims’s 2010 Gen Con Schedule

August 2, 2010 by Chris Sims

I’m going to Gen Con for the first time as a civilian, and like Chatty DM, for the first time as part of the Critical-Hits team. Here’s my planned schedule. We’ll see if it survives contact.

Filed Under: Analysis Paralysis, News, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: dark sun, gen con, schedule

Critical Bits for the week ending 2010-08-01

August 1, 2010 by Gato the News Robot

RT @GeekTyrant: Comic-Con 2010: Avengers Assemble! Avengers Cast Announced! http://bit.ly/99XAeW # Re-Launched: This Just In… From Gen Con! http://thisjustinfromgencon.com/ # Wardrobe of the Warrior article by @JaredVonHindman is up: http://wizards.com/DnD/Article.aspx?x=dnd/4dnd/wardrobe # We're mostly taking off from posting this week. and next to prepare for GenCon. Any interest in seeing some classic posts from us? # […]

Filed Under: Critical Bits Tagged With: twitter

Dark Sun Heats Up

July 30, 2010 by Bartoneus

We are fortunate enough to have received copies of the Dark Sun Campaign Setting and the Dark Sun Creature Catalog today, and as usual we’d love to share anything and everything that we can with you guys! Earlier today I offered to answer questions via twitter (@Bartoneus) and here are some of the questions I was asked and the answers I provided (names were removed for privacy and simplicity)

Filed Under: Featured, News, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 4e, 4th Edition, campaign setting, creature catalog, D&D, dark sun, darksun, Dungeons and Dragons, preview, q&a, question and answer

Chatty’s Gen Con 2010 Schedule

July 30, 2010 by The Chatty DM

This is Chatty’s official Gen Con schedule so you can track him down and tell him about your campaign… he reserves the right to cut you off and tell you about his!

Filed Under: Geek Stuff, Musings of the Chatty DM Tagged With: gen con 2010

The Dungeon Master Guys, Episode 4

July 29, 2010 by Dungeon Master Guys

In our pre-Gen Con episode 4, Newbie talks about railroading, Chatty DM gives some tips on how to keep players focused at the table, and Dave the Game outlines how to run a flashback adventure.

Filed Under: Dungeon Master Guys Podcast, Podcasts, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 4e, DM advice, dm tips

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