Just a quick note: I was honored to be a guest of The Tome Show with Jeff, as well as with Quinn of At-Will. We talked about the Draconomicon, chapter by chapter. In case you didn’t get enough information from our review (or you just want to hear my sexy voice talk about beating up […]
Critical Bits for the week ending 2009-02-14
Holy crap, I don’t play Vampire or any White Wolf games regularly, but this looks amazing “All the mechanics actually felt like they were part of the same game…allowing more time for tactics and bad jokes.” 1st Dominion Expansion to contain everything you need to play (i.e. treasures and kingdoms) Soon, you can die of […]
Dungeons & Dragons at New York Comic Con ’09
Even though I’m a comics fan myself and could have found plenty to do without it, the main reason I wanted to get to Comic Con was to play D&D. Here were the different parts of Dungeons & Dragons at NYCC.
New York Comic Con ’09 Report
The convention doesn’t go far from what I’ve come to expect from Comic Cons. The exhibit hall is the big thing, which contains a mix of publisher booths, seller booths, creator booths (artist alley), and assorted other miscellany. The big difference is how packed everything is. Except during the very end before the hall closed, it was hard to get almost anywhere, and even harder to get pictures (which you want to do, since it’s quite a spectacle). Plus you have events with back-ups: signings and portfolio reviews all took place in the same space, which caused a few choke-points.
Critical Bits for the week ending 2009-02-07
Goodman Games announces GSL licensed magazine. A shot across Pathfinder’s bow? DDI Updates: The Shaman Preview, Wizards and Worlds (Mordain the Fleshweaver / Summoner Wizard preview) WotC Updates: Previews February and Beyond, Build Them, and Games Will Come L4D Valentines Cards Boardgamegeek 2.0 is live Digital Insider: New York Comic Con info. Also updated character […]
Critical Bits for the week ending 2009-01-31
WotC Updates: Judy and Tom’s Excellent Adventure Author Reading 1 Warforged Champion Pride and Prejudice and Zombies LARP Battle captured on Google Streetview (No wait, It’s actually staged just for the camera.) Not terribly old franchise based on a fading video game to be revived for some reason WotC Update: Digital Insider #23 Mostly info […]
Dungeons & Dragons & Racism
At first blush, D&D is a harmless fantasy game of heroes and villains, black & white. This article will examine the phenomena, offer some explanations as to its implications, and suggest how I have, anecdotally, approached the quandary of race in Dungeons & Dragons.
D&D XP 2009: No news is… no news
Maybe it’s just me being arrogant (it happens a lot), but I gotta say, the quality of journalism for coverage of this year’s D&D XP convention is way lower than last year. By this time last year, I had already written up the entire new products seminar, and others had been liveblogging, conducting interviews, etc. I’ve barely heard anything from the convention, despite my pleas.
D&D Character Builder is Live
You can now generate characters of all 30 levels using the newly updated Character Builder if you’re a D&DI subscriber. Otherwise, you can still download the level 1-3 trial version. I’m still figuring out the details of how many computers I can install it on from the announcement thread on the WotC forums. The interface […]
New Feature: Character Race Reference
Another week, another feature from us here at Critical Hits. This time, it’s a list of PC races and the attributes they are known for. This of course goes nicely with our feature on character classes when planning your next character. We only have one more idea for a feature for the time being… so […]
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