On Saturday of Origins, I peeled myself out of bed after a long night hanging out and gaming to attend the panel run by Mike Mearls. It was nearly all questions and answers, and even ran a half an hour past when it was supposed to let out. Mike started with introducing himself, saying that […]
Critical Hits Podcast #6: Interview with Mike Mearls
On the final day of Origins 2008, I sit down for a short interview with Mike Mearls, lead developer of 4e D&D. We talk about the game’s release, some DMing tips, older adventures, and much more. Critical Hits Podcast #6 (Quick note: I ended up moving the voice recorder at the beginning of the interview, […]
34th Annual Origins Awards Winners
It began, as last year, with an introduction by Phil Lacefield Jr. Miniatures Rules of the Year Presented by Rick Loomis Classic Battletech Published by Catalyst Game Labs Created by Jordan Weisman Edited by Michelle Lyons, Diane Piron-Gelman Saganami Island Tactical Simulator, Second Edition Published by Ad Astra Games Created by Ken Burnside and Thomas […]
Critical Hits Podcast #1: Origins Travel Day
Hear my sultry voice describe the difficulties in finding a place to sleep in Columbus in this very first Critical Hits podcast! Critical Hits Podcast 1 Today is literally my first experiments with doing podcast/audio. When I have more time I’ll see about doing the iTunes subscription and all that jazz. For now, it seemed […]
4th Edition: Class Acts
In the convoluted web of intrigue that blogs create, Phil (the Chatty DM) led me to a link via a guest post at Geek’s Dream Girl, to a very cool fan-created Bard class for 4th Edition. Unlike some other fan-created classes for the new edition, this one actually boasts a complete list of powers/’sploits from […]
WTF is up with D&D Insider
I consider this a public service, since there’s tons of confusion about the issue (and for that I can place the blame solely on Wizards of the Coast.) With the advertisement in the back of every core book, it seems like the service launched, but that’s not the case. I’ve been asked lots of questions […]
Free RPG Day is Tomorrow
Continuing our usual public service for “Free _____ Days”, Free RPG Day is tomorrow. See if there’s any participating store near you, mentally rank the offerings, and head out on Saturday in search of free RPG goodness. You may recall that I was fairly unhappy last year because of the restrictions placed on it by […]
4e D&D SRD is up
The long-awaited SRD is up, and it doesn’t contain a lot of surprises, but it’s somewhat disappointing (especially by those of us spoiled by the openness of the 3e SRD.) Probably the only improvement for 3rd party product makers and fans is that they can finally put something with the D&D logo on the packaging, […]
Gaming in Ancient Rome
A friend sent me a link for something really interesting, it’s an auction by Christie’s for a d20 from Ancient Rome! It looks like the Caesars may have been playing D&D pre-1st Edition. From the site: A ROMAN GLASS GAMING DIE Circa 2nd Century A.D. Deep blue-green in color, the large twenty-sided die incised with […]
An Unusual Source for RPGs and Game Design
Here’s an idea I’ve been thinking about for a while, and is worth revisiting as you plan your next campaign or sit down to design the next great game. Our biggest source of traffic is, of course, Google. Thanks to all the tracking software whojidgts, we have a comprehensive log of the search terms used […]
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