To finish off the paragon tier, the PCs in my game headed into one of the most classic dungeons out there: The Temple of Elemental Evil. I started with the original module (while not being slavish to it), then hacked away to adapt pieces to my game and involve major NPCs from earlier. However, I had a very specific style in mind that would feel like a big dungeon crawl.
Archives for January 2011
Critical Bits for the week ending 2011-01-30
From the Archives:: Kobold Love: Interlude 1, The Posse is building http://bit.ly/ggVxwx #charchive # If you haven't already, please vote in the poll in this post: http://bit.ly/gETCnQ about our DDXP seminar coverage and posting on Twitter. # Follow our live coverage of the DDXP New Products Seminar here starting at 1PM EST: http://bit.ly/gd5Wy8 # Follow […]
Chatty’s Mailbag: Launching your own RPG
Earlier this week I got an email question that made me ponder the realities of publishing one’s own RPG in this already flooded niche market. Here’s our friend’s question: Hey Phil, I’m finishing up development of my first RPG system, and plan to publish it on RPGnow.com in a couple month’s time. I have been […]
DDXP 2011: New Product Seminar
Collected liveblog by Vanir of the DDXP 2011 New Product Seminar. A few new products announced, some details of previously announced products, and the additional loss of a product or two.
Chatty Plays: Freemarket Part 3, Ghost’N’Breakin’
This post chronicles the second half of our Freemarket game. You can follow my post on character creation here and my recounting of the first half here. Let’s conclude our David vs Goliath story of stolen sex toys designs, covetous enlightened blanks and subtle revenge. Quick dramatis personae reminder: Jack Knife (Yan): Jack of many […]
Unboxing: Wrath of Ashardalon D&D Board Game
For those of us who have been playing and enjoying the game Castle Ravenloft, anticipation has been building for the quick release of the second D&D Adventure System board game Wrath of Ashardalon! We were fortunate enough to get an early preview copy and so what I’d like to provide for you today is a brief post about the box and its contents as well as a preview of what to expect from the game based on a preliminary look through the rules and components.
A Cure For The Januarys
I hate January. A lot. I hope to reverse this condition with radical, intensive game-convention therapy in the form of DDXP. And Gamma radiation. GET IT?
Eulogy for D&D Miniatures
We are gathered here today to say goodbye to some old friends. For the last seven years they have entertained us with their crazy overly-large axes, completely inappropriate phallic clubs, and fiery jazz hands. They have fuelled our imaginations with naked bat-winged lady-folk and helped us avoid trying to describe just what the hell a […]
Chatty Play’s: Freemarket Part 2, The Steam Stallion
In which Chatty shamefully tells the tale of how his players used a brand new, state-of-the-Art Role Playing Game and tested it’s revolutionary task resolution mechanic… to make a wall and a sex toy. True Story, but hell did everyone have fun.
Critical Bits for the week ending 2011-01-23
From the Archives:: Our Ladies of Sorrow: Modern Gaming, Scary Women http://bit.ly/dWIrsw #charchive # RT @fredhicks: New on Deadly Fredly: Taste of Fiasco on March 19th http://www.deadlyfredly.com/2011/01/taste-of-fiasco-on-march-19th/ # Now Rolling: The Dungeon Reality Show http://is.gd/b83lIn # RT @fredhicks: Behold! A few weeks early, it's Neutral Grounds, our first one-shot adventure for the #DFRPG http://bit.ly/i6WItL # […]
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