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Inq. of the Week: Frequency of Play?

October 26, 2009 by Bartoneus

This week I’d like to take a look at how often all of you play tabletop RPGs. My own D&D campaign has been on a short hiatus for four weeks now and will be resuming in early November, but leading into the holiday season I’m scared the schedule is going to be disrupted for the next few adventures.

Filed Under: Featured, Inquisition of the Week, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: games, gaming, gender, group, Inquisition of the Week, Roleplaying Games, women

Inq. of the Week: Gaming Women

October 12, 2009 by Dave

Conventional wisdom and surveys show that women are in the minority among gaming groups of all kinds, but I think the ratio is starting to shift. We touched on the issue almost three years ago (to a bit of controversy) but I’d like to pose a slightly less loaded question…

Filed Under: Board, Card, and Miniature Games, Featured, Inquisition of the Week, Roleplaying Games, Video Games Tagged With: gender, women

Inq. of the Week: RPGs in Various Flavors?

October 5, 2009 by Bartoneus

I’ve really enjoyed reading Dave’s posts about his 4th Power project and adapting the 4E D&D system to a modern setting game as well as the comments on those posts, but it’s started me thinking about the genres of RPG that people play and in addition to that the settings we play in as well.

Filed Under: Featured, Inquisition of the Week, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: genre, Inquisition of the Week, Roleplaying Games, roleplaying games, setting

Inq. of the Week: Tell Us Your Critical Hit Story

September 29, 2009 by Dave

We’re coming up on our 4th anniversary this week (expect our usual yearly wrap-up this Thursday), and this year, we thought we’d do something fun. At gaming conventions this year, we asked our interview subjects about their favorite critical hit story (from any game.) We got some great responses, and will be typing those up this week, but we’d like to open the floor to you!

Filed Under: Featured, Inquisition of the Week, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: anniversary, critical hit, Newest Critical Hits, share, story

Inq. of the Week: Tears or tiers?

September 22, 2009 by Bartoneus

I have a small handful of polls that creep back into my consciousness every year or two and the few that I’ve done multiple times before have been very enlightening. On that note I’m bringing back a poll that I last ran in March of 2008…

Filed Under: Featured, Inquisition of the Week Tagged With: Inquisition of the Week, reader poll

Inq. of the Week: On Reviewing

September 14, 2009 by Dave

Alternative titles for last week’s poll: “Blood, Sweat, and Tiers”, “Tiers of a Clown”, and “Tiers for Fiers.” 91% of you have played lowish level D&D recently, 27% in the mid to high range, and only 3% dare to go EPIC. Some interesting stories in the comments too! Whatever levels you’re playing (or not playing […]

Filed Under: Board, Card, and Miniature Games, Inquisition of the Week, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: adventure modules, reviewing

Inq. of the Week: Tiers of Play?

September 9, 2009 by Bartoneus

Dave and I both started running 4th Edition D&D campaigns when the system was released, now over a year later Dave’s game is solidly into the paragon tier while mine looks to be entering paragon in the next few weeks.

Filed Under: Featured, Inquisition of the Week, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 4e, 4th Edition, dnd, Dungeons & Dragons, Inquisition of the Week, paragon epic heroic, Roleplaying Games, roleplaying games, tabletop, tiers of play

Inq. of the Week: Cthulhu Who?

August 31, 2009 by Dave

I believe it is too late for me now. With each new tome I uncover, the more I find myself drawn away from my usual realm and into a realm of insanity. Are you with me?

Filed Under: Featured, Inquisition of the Week, Roleplaying Games, Science Fiction & Fantasy Genre Tagged With: coc, cthulhu, kobold quarterly, open design, yellow sign

Inq. of the Week: Cataclysm?

August 24, 2009 by Bartoneus

This passed weekend was Blizzcon ’09 which came with a slew of new announcements from everyone’s favorite delayed publishing game company. (Yes, I’m still bitter about Starcraft: Ghost – No, I will not let it go until StarCraft 2 actually comes out.) Chief among the announcements was the third expansion for World of Warcraft which is called Cataclysm, and looks to offer a huge overhaul to the entire game and the world it takes place in.

Filed Under: Featured, Inquisition of the Week, News, Video Games Tagged With: barrens, cataclysm, gencon, Inquisition of the Week, swords & wizardry, world of warcraft, WoW

Inq. of the Week: The Most Wonderful Time of the Year

August 10, 2009 by Dave

I am going to subject you all to another question about what you’d like to see here, but focused on our immediate future. These answers will help us to determine where we should spend our time and energy at GenCon. While we already have a packed schedule (much of which I will lay out below), the effort we spend on write-ups of particular subjects will depend on what you, the audience want to see.

Filed Under: Board, Card, and Miniature Games, Inquisition of the Week, News, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: conventions, gencon

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