Universal Pictures has acquired film rights to the late Robert Jordan’s bestselling “The Wheel of Time” novel series in a seven-figure deal. Now, I may have some complaints about the series, but it sure does do a lot of things right. I liked the idea of a mini series more, but maybe a movie done […]
New 4e errata release
WoTC has served up their latest helping of errata for 4e. While most of it appears to be simple clarifications and actual fixes for typos, there are a few morsels worth noting and savoring. Some Endurance checks are more difficult Active Perception checks are a Minor Action instead of Standard Action Stealth completely rewritten (move […]
WotC to revise GSL: that’ll give us something to interview about
With the evergrowing list of publishers not signing the GSL (or choosing their own alternatives), it looks like the message finally got through to someone: “We recognize the important role third party publishing support plays in the success of the 4th Edition of Dungeons & Dragons. We have listened to the community and our valued […]
2 Hugo Awards, and one other scoop from WorldCon
Not that I normally cover them, but I’m receiving word (via text message from my mother at WorldCon) that the Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation (Long Form) went to Stardust, and Best Novel went to The Yiddish Policemen’s Union by Michael Chabon. EDIT: A Dramatic Presentation (Short Form) went to the Doctor Who episode […]
War is Coming
Greetings all, For the past year or so I’ve received monthly newsletter updates on the progress of the upcoming MMORPG Warhammer Online: Age of reckoning. Just the past week, I recieved the “newsletter you have all been waiting for” and by that I mean Mythic Entertainment (finally) has announced a release date for their long […]
Sneaky update to Stealth skill?
To my knowledge, the highly debated Stealth skill in 4e has not received official errata just yet. Thanks to the DnD Insider Compendium, however, we may have a sneak peek at WoTC’s attempt to “clarify” the use of the Stealth skill in 4e campaigns. You can read the changes for yourself by loading up the […]
WotC finally convinces me to buy Forgotten Realms
I’ve never been much of a Realms fan. Well, I take it back, I’ve never really been a fan of PLAYING in the Forgotten Realms. When I was younger, I read every FR book that my two local libraries had, and still own quite a few paperbacks of Realms stories. I especially enjoyed the Avatar […]
D&DI Updates: Charging Before Ready
WotC has posted some updates to how D&D Insider is developing. Some of it is encouraging, some of it… not so much. There’s a rundown of the different services that are included, which also drops this in there (that I hadn’t heard about before): A suite of small “bonus tools” that live on the web […]
Critical Hits Prepares for GenCon
Expect posting to be light for the next week or so as Bartoneus and myself prepare for the oncoming train game con that is GenCon. We’ve purposely left a lot of our schedule open so that we can cover the con and get into pick-up games that look interesting. We have scheduled just a few […]
RPG Bloggers Down (And Back Up)
Just a quick note… we’re not sure if it’s due to the incredible response yesterday, a rogue post, or something else, but RPG Bloggers Network is currently down. We are doing our best to restore it ASAP. Well, not sure how or why, but it’s back up. Go forth and enjoy, and here’s hoping that […]
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