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Critical Bits for the week ending 2010-02-14

February 14, 2010 by Gato the News Robot

Updated: Character Class Reference with PHB3 classes http://is.gd/7SU2d and Character Race Reference with PHB3/ Dark Sun http://is.gd/7SU5Q # Roleplaying Games as Tools for Story Telling http://is.gd/80SWc # RT @ATerribleIdea: Special Valentine's Day sale: Shambles $5.00 – Show how you love them by trying to eat their brains. http://bit.ly/aHhE4Z # RT @Wizards_DnD: Not sure what's in […]

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Critical Bits for the week ending 2010-02-07

February 7, 2010 by Gato the News Robot

Photos from the Athas Unveiled Seminar at #DDXP http://www.flickr.com/photos/davethegame/sets/72157623327330580/ #darksun #dnd # RT @direflail: This week's Dire Flailings: Stephen Colbert and The Rats of iCrap. http://bit.ly/cghaTa # RT @RockBandAide: PAX East exhibitors announced! http://bit.ly/anVfyl # Five Things You Should Never Say to Your DM from @geeksaresexy http://is.gd/7AS42 # More information about D&D Essentials line (incl. […]

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Critical Bits for the week ending 2010-01-31

January 31, 2010 by Gato the News Robot

Twitter Updates RT @Highmoon: Houses of the Blooded-powered Menzoberranzan hack cooking up. http://ow.ly/UO8X via @Judd_of_Kryos #DnD #drow #HotB # Sorry, working now to disable the tweets while we play around, please stand by! # Gotta love out of control technology. # Coming to Rock Band: Flight of the Conchords (including “Business Time”) should make @bartoneus […]

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D&D XP 2010: Dark Sun Characters

January 29, 2010 by Dave

Here are scans of all 6 characters being run in the adventure “Dark Sun: Death in the Arena” here at D&D XP.

Filed Under: Featured, News, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 4e, D&D, D&D XP, dark sun

D&D XP 2010: Dungeons & Dragons Essentials

January 29, 2010 by Dave

During the last quarter, WotC will roll out a product line designed for new players. The game’s core is what was being called the “4e Red Box.” The prototype image was styled after the original D&D Red Box, and contains enough for a few players to play (including some tokens and maps), but can also be played solo. What was interesting to me was the “walkthrough” approach to the rules, where the book is designed to come with you to learn the rules as you play.

Filed Under: News, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 4e, D&D, D&D essentials, dungeon tiles, red box

D&DXP News: D&D Encounters

January 28, 2010 by Bartoneus

Today at D&D Experience 2010 Wizards of the Coast announced their new program titled D&D Encounters, a natural evolution of the Delve Nights concept. D&D Encounters is aimed at encouraging players to mingle and interact more with other gamers in their area and will allow players to participate in contests to win cool prizes and D&D swag.

Filed Under: News, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: D&D Encounters, d&d experience, D&DXP, dnd 4e, Dungeons and Dragons, News, wizards of the coast, wotc

Inq. of the Week: Welcome to the New Digs / Hero Minis

January 25, 2010 by Dave

This week it was announced that the Player’s Handbook Heroes series of miniatures from WotC will be canceled. For those of you unfamiliar with the product, the idea was to separate the big “mystery packs” that they had been doing since the beginning of the D&D minis line with Harbinger.

Filed Under: Featured, Inquisition of the Week, Newest Critical Hits, News, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: D&D, D&D miniatures, player's handbook heroes

Donate to Haiti Relief, Get a Ton of RPG PDFs

January 20, 2010 by Dave

DrivethruRPG is doing something incredibly great. Right now, you can head over there and pick up a mega-bundle of PDF RPG products for only $20. That $20 goes entirely to Doctors Without Borders, an excellent charity providing disaster relief for Haiti. In return, you get what has to be the best deal I’ve ever seen in RPG PDFs.

Filed Under: News, Roleplaying Games

“King of RPGs” – King of Viral Marketing?

January 15, 2010 by Dave

Post updated with a response from Jason Thompson, the author, at the end of this post. Last September, I received an application to the RPG Bloggers Network (back when I was head-honcho) for a blog called “Theo Dudek, Ultimate Dungeon Master.” Aside from being a bit over the top- as many game masters tend to […]

Filed Under: Editorial, News, Roleplaying Games

Inq. of the Week: CH-CH-CHanges

January 11, 2010 by Dave

With this new year, big changes are in store for Critical Hits. (Now the title of this post makes sense, eh?)

Filed Under: Featured, Inquisition of the Week, News Tagged With: meta

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