Big news in DDI: Assassin coming in September w/ new power source, revenant undead race in June, Psion in July. Character builder now includes: “classic heroes such as Drizzt Do’Urden, Raistlin, and Jim Darkmagic (of the New Hampshire Darkmagics)” The writers of Star Trek talk about “The Shatner Scene” and why it was cut. (Contains […]
Special Promo for Dungeonmastering Tools: Free Open Game Table
Editor’s Note: We’ve been fans of Dungeonmastering since the beginning, and so we’re happy to help promote his new tools that help you run your 4e game, as well as a way to get Open Game Table Anthology (that I helped edit) into more people’s hands. That’s why we’re presenting this offer and the advertising […]
Critical Bits for the week ending 2009-05-30
Spiel Des Jahres nominees announced. A great bunch in the nominees! (Not so excited about the recommended titles) The Old School determiner is awesome. The very last “Lying in the Gutters” column by Rich Johnston but he says to check here. Fear and Loathing: The Board Game Wil Wheaton: “in which i find something unexpected […]
With Karate (And Psionics) I’ll Kick Your Ass
Monks are Psionic. (Yes, “Martial Striker” was half wrong). As per the Design & Development article that accompanied it, Ki is a dead power source (though some third party products have already tried to use it). Personally, I have no problem with this. On multiple occasions, I attempted to run campaigns with an eastern flavor, and banned most (or all) arcane and divine classes, relying primarily on psionic and ki powered characters. Conceptually, they always seemed very close together: an internal energy source with fantastic abilities powered by intense discipline.
Critical Bits for the week ending 2009-05-23
Chuck renewed for third season (but with cutbacks) Kirk’s dad is Thor D&D 3.5 Monster Advancer A home for skill challenges on the web: The Skillforge Sarah Connor Chronicles Terminated PHB3 cover released President Obama Vetoes Mutant Registration Act [The Onion] Who ya gonna call? The Troubled Terminator Timeline More PHB3 content will be rolling […]
Critical Bits for the week ending 2009-05-16
Monk playtest released, Psionic Striker that uses Dex as primary Mearls and Schubert explain the reason for psionic in the Design and Development (sub required) for those who want to whack kobolds with acquisitions, incorporated … Steampunk Beholder Blizzard’s new game to be new IP. Obviously, it must be World of CowboyCraft Does anyone know […]
Critical Bits for the week ending 2009-05-09
Green Ronin to publish RPG based on Bioware’s Dragon Age: Origins Trekkies Bash New Star Trek Film as ‘Fun, Watchable’ (Onion video) Best worst Star Trek parodies All of BoingBoing Gadget’s posts on Star Trek are worthwhile Peter Dinklage as Tyrion Lannister Changes to D&DI updates, and next update will include Hybrid classes and the […]
Critical Bits for the week ending 2009-05-02
Cool article about Werewolf, but shouldn’t they be playing iPhone werewolf? Winners of the 2009 Mensa Mind Games Free, D&D, 4e DDI May Editorial Calendar Games Are Art, Eurogames is an Art Period Best. Resignation. Letter. Ever. I don’t know where this came from, but it’s clearly the most powerful Guitar Hero/Rock Band guitar ever […]
Free 4th Edition
GURPS Lite: “GURPS Lite is a 32-page distillation of the basic GURPS rules. It covers the essentials of character creation, combat, success rolls, adventuring, and game mastering for GURPS Fourth Edition.” Ars Magica: “The fourth edition of Ars Magica‘s core rulebook introduces improved systems in several key areas such as combat, character advancement, and covenant generation.” Shadowrun: “Shadowrun, […]
Origins Awards Nominees 2009: Picks and Commentary
icv2 has published the list of Origins Awards nominees. The nominees are decided by retailers at the GAMA Trade Show, and then attendees of Origins vote on the winners, and are announced at a ceremony on site (which we’ve covered two years in a row now). Here’s the relevant categories to the Critical Hits audience, along with my favorite from each category, and my guess of what will win.
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