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Archives for September 2011

The One-Page Character Sheet

September 29, 2011 by dixontrimline

So here is a game that I really do enjoy, and yet, there is this scar on my beloved which prevents me from embracing it completely: the character sheets are 8000 pages long.

Filed Under: Editorial, Featured, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 4e, character sheets, design

The Architect DM: Winter is Coming

September 28, 2011 by Bartoneus

Recently I’ve been reading the Song of Ice and Fire books and really enjoying them, starting with A Game of Thrones and now I’ve just finished the second book A Clash of Kings. One of the major concepts of the series is that summers and winters can last for years at a time, and the books start during a long period of summer and focus on the Stark family whose motto is the very foreboding words, “winter is coming.” Though there are different seasons, the northern portion of the series’ fantasy world is always in a wintery climate and the narrative of the books returns to this area every now and then as a subtle reminder that winter is in definitely coming.

Filed Under: Featured, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: advice, architect dm, castle black, D&D, dnd, Dungeons and Dragons, game of thrones, roleplaying games, seasons, song of ice and fire, winter is coming

Be Careful What You Wish For

September 27, 2011 by Vanir

We have a new player joining our group, and her character debut is going a little differently than I’d seen before. I’ve seen detailed backstories written. I’ve never seen a player bring a list of demands that must be met if her character is ever to see the light of day. Of course, I accepted her terms. You see, she hadn’t played D&D before, and she never knew about the credo of the Evil DM — “be careful what you wish for, you just might get it!”

Filed Under: Dire Flailings, Humor, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: batman, D&D, demands, dnd, evil, evil dm, gelfling, LOLdemort, magog, pinata, ransom, ransom note, spiderman, tears are delicious, tiger, tiger magog, wolverine

Piledriver: The Most Popular Game Ever Played

September 26, 2011 by The Main Event

Piledriver. You’ve all played it, sometimes on purpose, sometimes by accident, but you play it more than you expect.

Filed Under: Board, Card, and Miniature Games, Editorial, Featured, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: game design

Critical Bits for the week ending 2011-09-25

September 25, 2011 by Gato the News Robot

“@mudbunny74: ICV2 interviews Greg Leeds, CEO of #WotC Part 1: http://t.co/Ky5cAKpT Part 2: http://t.co/bIdwC6MS” # In his final L&L column, @mikemearls announces that @MonteJCook will be taking over the column and working on D&D http://t.co/lluEMN9p # “@mudbunny74: If you have any comments about todays #DDI update, please post them in the thread here: http://t.co/bwvtwjrX " […]

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Why I’m Starting to Love Epic 4e D&D

September 22, 2011 by Bartoneus

I started playing and running 4th Edition Dungeons & Dragons right as it was released. I started my current ongoing campaign back then with a party of 1st level characters and now three years later I’ve run over 50 adventures and the party is up to 24th level characters. The campaign has had its share of rough spots and tough times, but overall I’d say it has been an incredibly fun experience and something that I look forward to every other weekend. Dave was also running a campaign that was on the same track as mine only slightly ahead, but due to a myriad of reasons a few weeks ago we ran a day long, jointed finale that closed his game out in style and unrestrained awesomeness. What I’m discovering more and more over the last few weeks is that running epic level 4th Edition is some of the most fun I’ve ever had running or playing in any D&D game.

Filed Under: Roleplaying Games, The Architect DM Tagged With: 4e, 4th Edition, advice, D&D, DM, dnd, Dungeons & Dragons, Dungeons and Dragons, epic level, epic tier, GM, roleplaying games

I Was A Teenage Movie Magic-User

September 20, 2011 by Vanir

The comments on my article on DM Fiat took an interesting turn last week when people started talking about how much more “cinematic” 4e is than previous editions. This is a claim I’d heard applied several times to 4e, but I’ve never really understood why. The combat is faster! All the classes have cool powers now, not just the casters! I can’t confirm or deny these things, but I am calling Shenanigans on them making anything more action-movie awesome on their own. As a matter of fact, I am extending these same Shenanigans to claims that any game system can do this.

Filed Under: Dire Flailings, Humor, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: action jackson, action movies, action sequences, amerrricuh, arnold schwarzenegger, bruce willis, bumblebee cars, cars, charlie sheen in the phantom, chase scenes, cinema, cinematic, Movies, mullets, russians, sally stallone, sly stallone, sword-chucks, swords, sylvester stallone

The Future of D&D Might Be Its Past

September 20, 2011 by Dave

Monte Cook has been brought aboard to work on D&D to make “D&D the greatest RPG the world has seen.” Some may point to it just signaling a new edition, but I have another idea…

Filed Under: Editorial, News, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 4e, D&D, legacy D&D

White Wolf Grand Masquerade 2011

September 19, 2011 by Dave

The annual White Wolf Grand Masquerade convention in New Orleans just wrapped up over the weekend. As with other conventions for fans of a particular RPG company, there are panels, announcements, exclusives, and gaming. Unlike most other company cons though, there is much partying and pagentry to be had, especially given the New Orleans backdrop.

Filed Under: Featured, News, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: changeling: the lost, exalted, Vampire, vampire: the masquerade, vampire: the requiem, werewolf: the apocalypse, werewolf: the forsaken, white wolf, white wolf grand masquerade, world of darkness

Critical Bits for the week ending 2011-09-18

September 18, 2011 by Gato the News Robot

RT @Alphastream: […] I cobbled together links and tips on writing DDI article submissions. http://t.co/vweLZCY # “@StvWinter: Big changes are coming to the online #DnD Adventure Tools this month. The screenshot gallery tells all — http://t.co/jyvtypp” # RT @Trollitc: Love RPGs? Help victims of child prostitution? http://t.co/yaZS6521 23 products, $80 value, $15 price. All profits […]

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