From the Archives:: Interview: Randall Bills from Catalyst Game Labs, Publisher of Classic Battletech http://bit.ly/hTm5ML #charchive # Follow @BoardGameGeek, @RPGGeek, & @VideoGameGeek for great updates from Geekdo, and the chance to win microbadges: http://bit.ly/dKqMZt # We'll be a bit light on content this week as several of us (@DaveTheGame, @Bartoneus, @ChattyDM, & @loganbonner) are PAX […]
RPGs and Fiction: An Interview with Alana Abbott
D&D and other RPGs owe much of their development to fiction, and they in return have spawned an entire industry of game-related novels and stories. Can you write good fiction that is still true to the game? I talk to someone who has done so to learn the tricks of the trade.
Critical Bits for the week ending 2011-03-06
From the Archives:: Chatty's Megadungeon: Foundations http://bit.ly/fwAB4Z #charchive # Embrace Chaos–the tag line for the 4th of Fantasy Flight's 40K RPGs! Called Black Crusade. http://bit.ly/fkXzhb /via @CharlesMRyan # Posted on Roll: Hypocritical Exploding Rat Swarm http://bit.ly/hqSVlA # RT @4eBlogs: Robert J. Schwalb: Encounter Alternatives http://bit.ly/hr0Esp #dnd # RT @Morrus: Upcoming D&D computer game! http://www.waroftheburningsky.com #dnd […]
The 5×5 Method Compendium
Consistently one of our most popular articles here on Critical Hits (for which I couldn’t be prouder), The 5×5 Method is a planning method for GM’s that sits between giving decisions for the party to make so that their choices matter, and at the same time, isn’t so wide open as to make it difficult to plan ahead for those of us who aren’t as great building adventures on the fly. Just in time for GM’s Day, I give you this collection of links about the 5×5 Method.
Critical Bits for the week ending 2011-02-27
From the Archives:: Nico's Pick up D&D 4e Game http://bit.ly/f0IVHw #charchive # RT @SlyFlourish: #dnd SlyFlourish: Designing 30 Minute Skirmishes in 4e http://goo.gl/fb/w9pML # RT @obsidianportal: Our official API has launched, and the possibilities are endless! http://bit.ly/gkIcan #rpg #API # RIP RT @CBR: BREAKING: Milestone Creator Dwayne McDuffie has Died http://on.cbr.cc/hLi4XJ # 6 games for […]
Critical Bits for the week ending 2011-02-20
From the Archives:: Critical Hits Gift Guide #3 Games http://bit.ly/992L8i #charchive # RT @gamefiend: Hmmm…I seem to have have been given access to Roll! I talk quick about the D&D comic : http://j.mp/hc38mM # RT @nerdvana: RT @arstechnica: Designer of latest D&D board game explains its changes: http://arst.ch/o92 by @benkuchera # RT @NeoGrognard: Why RPGs […]
Critical Bits for the week ending 2011-02-13
From the Archives:: 10 word contest update http://bit.ly/f5KzZf #charchive # Cheapass Games returning with free, easy-to-print PDFs to download and print yourself, then pay what you want. http://www.cheapass.com/ # RT @joystiq: Activision axing Guitar Hero and True Crime; Freestyle Games reportedly hit with layoffs [update] http://aol.it/gLyrdj # "7 Dragons" coming later this year from @LooneyLabs […]
Critical Bits for the week ending 2011-02-06
RT @DreadGazeebo: Wherein I give you the lowdown on @Wizards_DnD's new Despair Deck http://bit.ly/igfzxe # From the Archives:: Exploring Evil in RPGs http://bit.ly/hP0AI0 #charchive # RT @loganbonner: The worst RPG characters (via @frequentbeef): http://bit.ly/fABiX3 # RT @rjschwalb: I chat about skill challenges here: http://bit.ly/fQIE6I I'm sure there's something here folks will hate 😀 #
DDXP 2011 Recap
We laughed. We cried. We found out it’s not a good idea to heal a wizard if he’s surrounded by demons who get a free attack if he spends a healing surge.
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 […]
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