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Drinking Dungeons & Dragons 2011 Is Coming

July 28, 2011 by Dave

For the fourth year in a row, Drunken Dungeon & Dragons is coming to Gen Con. And you can come eat and drink with the players and watch the game.

Filed Under: News, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: dd&d, DD&D 2011, gen con, gen con 2011

Critical Bits for the week ending 2011-07-24

July 24, 2011 by Gato the News Robot

From the Archives:: Give Feedback to your GM… and live! Part 1. http://bit.ly/r0NX0E #charchive # Mordenkainen's Magnificent Emporium to only be released to hobby and game stores and not to big box outlets http://bit.ly/rqCG3X # RT @AdamantEnt: Buckaroo Banzai Adventure Game: Coming in Spring 2012 from Adamant. Announcement: http://bit.ly/qjGZzH # Blood Bowl: Team Manager card […]

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Scotty’s Brewpub: Gaming, Grog, Grub, and Good Times for Gen Con

July 22, 2011 by guest

There’s a lot going on at Scotty’s during Gen Con. The short, take away is JUST GO, you’ll have fun. That’s enough if this looks like it’s going to be a TL;DR for you.

Filed Under: Featured, News, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: D&D, gen con, pathfinder, restaurants, wizards of the coast

Critical Bits for the week ending 2011-07-17

July 17, 2011 by Gato the News Robot

From the Archives:: Tales of the City Within, Session 2, Part 1 http://bit.ly/oOAv0J #charchive # "Deities!" — An Album About Love and Dungeons & Dragons, a Kickstarter to fund a new musical album about #dnd http://kck.st/pPTnTp # RT @3d6band: Speaking of albums about #dnd http://t.co/eS7mVBL # RT @geeksdreamgirl: New Article: Calling all Freelancers! Adventure to […]

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Ennie Award Voting Opens: Shameless Begging Begins

July 15, 2011 by Dave

This is our third year of being nominated (2009 for Best Website, 2010 for Best Blog when it was a new category, and this year for Best Blog.) We’ve also been honored to have The Dungeon Master Guys podcast nominated for Best Podcast and would appreciate that to.

Filed Under: Editorial, News, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: ennie awards, ennie awards 2011, ennies, please go vote, shameless begging

2011 Ennies Nominations Announced

July 11, 2011 by Dave

On Friday, the nominations for the 2011 Ennie Awards were announced. For the third year in a row, Critical Hits has been nominated (in 2009 for best website and 2010 for best blog), and I’m honored to add both 2011 best blog to the list, as well as a nomination for best podcast for the Dungeon Master Guys.

Filed Under: Featured, News, Roleplaying Games

Critical Bits for the week ending 2011-07-10

July 10, 2011 by Gato the News Robot

From the Archives:: Movie Review: Cloverfield http://bit.ly/lAmhlv #charchive # “@ENnies: Announcing the 2011 #ENnie Nominations! http://t.co/Fz4PpVs” #

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Critical Bits for the week ending 2011-07-03

July 3, 2011 by Gato the News Robot

From the Archives:: Antagonistic Viziers and Fleeing Pickpockets http://bit.ly/kH0Idj #charchive # RT @boardgamegeek: Congrats to Qwirkle for winning 2011 SdJ, and to 7 Wonders for winning Kennerspiel des Jahres- http://tinyurl.com/3wwv9vn # Slight corrections made to 2011 Origins Awards Winners post, also added photo of Evil Hat Productions crew by @Jamie1km http://bit.ly/lDjkno # The Death and […]

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2011 Origins Report

June 30, 2011 by Dave

Another Origins has come and gone, and as always, there were plenty of games. Here are a few that stood out, both old and new.

Filed Under: Board, Card, and Miniature Games, News, Reviews, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 7 wonders, Apocalypse World, ascension, deadlands, fealty, fiasco, gamma world, innovation, magic the gathering, origins, origins 2011, Savage Worlds, seven dragons, star trek: expeditions

Critical Bits for the week ending 2011-06-26

June 26, 2011 by Gato the News Robot

From the Archives:: A 600 lb. Gorrilla http://bit.ly/leSOHF #charchive # RT @matt_james_rpg: Slavicsek to leave #WotC http://bit.ly/iozEtx #dnd #rpg # Live tweeting the 2011 Origins Awards winners to begin soon. Thanks to @rolling20s for use of his connection. # Origins Award for Traditional Card Game: BACK TO THE FUTURE by @LooneyLabs # Origins Award for […]

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