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Pain of Campaigning VI: Give Your Villains Some Panache!

August 9, 2008 by The Main Event

Well, it had to happen.  The Main Event has begun to plan his first 4E game (and speak in third person!) So now, with a campaign fresh on the brain, I’ll continue my last villains article and talk about how to make your villain(s), regardless of type, formidable, awesome and dastardly. They Have a Plan: […]

Filed Under: Featured, Roleplaying Games, Science Fiction & Fantasy Genre

Pain of Campaigning V: Suitable Villains

June 21, 2008 by The Main Event

So, let’s see, you have pre-planned your campaign, started it out with a bang, managed to balance a bunch of squabbling players interests in the game and even dared to put politics into it. Sounds like a great game, huh? Job’s over? Wrong. A recurring villain is one of the simplest ways to increase the […]

Filed Under: Editorial, Featured, Roleplaying Games

Raimi’s First Rule

May 21, 2008 by The Main Event

Terry Goodkind’s book series turned television show finds its leads.

Filed Under: Critical Bits, Science Fiction & Fantasy Genre, Television

Marvel Movieverse!

May 5, 2008 by The Main Event

Can Marvel keep a high quality line and connected universe up and running? (Hint: Use Paul Dini’s animated DCU [Diniverse] as a solid model!)

Filed Under: Comics, Critical Bits

Review: Iron Man

May 1, 2008 by The Main Event

General: Iron Man is a faithful fun-filled adaptation of one the most flawed heroes in comicdom. Tony Stark is a womanizing, irresponsible, hard-partying, smug son of a bitch, but he’s super-cool. His ascendancy into superherodom doesn’t necessarily change that, it just gives him a sense of obligations and duty. His origins remain true in spirit, […]

Filed Under: Comics, Featured, Movies, Reviews

Jeez, Just Wait ’til you Get to Liberty City…

April 29, 2008 by The Main Event

Obviously, Joe and Hill-rod are correct about video games!

Filed Under: Critical Bits

HUGEMONGOUS NEWS ABOUT ZELDA

April 1, 2008 by The Main Event

A MOVIE !!!11!1!

Filed Under: Movies, Video Games

A Sword of Truth done Xena Style?

January 29, 2008 by The Main Event

So, news is floating around that Sam Raimi is going to a fantasy syndication of Terry Goodkind’s Sword of Truth series. I have decidedly ambivalent feelings about this. The first book was really great, but it included… mature… themes such as man-boy rape, sado-masochistic torture-magic-sex, and satanic summoning (no joke). That being said, the series […]

Filed Under: Critical Bits, News, Science Fiction & Fantasy Genre Tagged With: fantasy novels, sam raimi, sword of truth, xena

The Pain of Campaigning III: The Plot Thickens

November 26, 2007 by The Main Event

So, assuming you’ve considered pre-campaign decisions and successfully started your game its now time to keep running a campaign. Not just treading water, but also have it be interesting, engaging, and fun. Maintaining interest, engagement, and enjoyment from all players and a DM can be incredibly difficult, but here are some of the most common […]

Filed Under: Editorial, Featured, Pain of Publication, Roleplaying Games

The Pain of Campaigning II: Starting the Game

November 12, 2007 by The Main Event

So you have made some decisions about your game. You may have drawn yourself a pretty map, figured out that the King is actually a Beholder, and even made a cute little NPC to travel with the players. If you were really smart you considered the campaign’s primary conflict, means of conflict resolution, and a […]

Filed Under: Editorial, Featured, Pain of Publication, Roleplaying Games

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