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Critical Hits Podcast #7: Interview with James Wyatt

August 18, 2008 by Dave

At GenCon 2008, we sat down (well, he sat down and we stood) and interviewed James Wyatt, Story Lead for D&D and primary author of the DMG. We talk about the game he ran for us (full report to come later), writing the DMG, his upcoming projects (Eberron Campaign Setting, Eberron Player’s Guide, and Player’s […]

Filed Under: Critical Hits Podcast, Interviews, Roleplaying Games

YA5WKEPACLB*: What Gen Con 2008 meant for me

August 18, 2008 by The Chatty DM

Yax, this one is for you! Feeling: I entered Gen Con 2008 feeling like a Nobody, I left it feeling like a Rockstar Lesson learned: Edition Wars hate mongers are idiots. Rules are lies, Game systems are guidelines at best. Bask in the awesomeness of your bile and leave us alone while we have fun. […]

Filed Under: Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games

Back from Gencon, Coming attractions

August 17, 2008 by The Chatty DM

(Photo credit: Bartoneus/Dave: The Game) I’m back home! Still under the grip of it all. My rational brain has gone into Coma when my “friends” (Said with a totally snooty French accent) broke me sometime during the 1st Drunken D&D game. My Emotional Center has been running the show since then. Since I assume that […]

Filed Under: Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games

Preview: D&D Insider

August 16, 2008 by Bartoneus

This afternoon Dave and I had the chance to talk to Randy Buehler and Didier Monin while they showed us some of the D&D Insider features.  Dave will be posting an interview that we conducted with Mike Mearls, Scott Rouse, and Randy Buehler which will discuss some of overall aspects of D&D Insider such as […]

Filed Under: Editorial, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: character visualizer, D&D, D&D Insider, Dragonborn, Dungeons & Dragons, Dungeons & Dragons Insider, Dungeons and Dragons

GenCon: Live ENnies Coverage

August 15, 2008 by Bartoneus

Dave and I are at the ENnies Awards, Dave is covering it live on our twitter feed. Winners to be posted here when we have wireless! Critical Hits Twitter Feed EDIT: Winners below cut and pasted from ENWorld‘s Homepage. Or check the archives of our twitter feed to re-experience it. Also check out our pictures […]

Filed Under: Critical Bits, News, Roleplaying Games

Quick Updates from GenCon

August 15, 2008 by Dave

Before we actually start some more serious writeups of our GenCon experiences, there’s a few tidbits that have crossed by me that I wanted to point out: Scott Rouse is very confident that the new version of the GSL will make third parties a lot happier, and they’re specifically using Clark Peterson (Necromancer Games/Orcus) as […]

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GenCon 2008 Coverage

August 15, 2008 by Dave

Bartoneus and myself are at GenCon 2008 in Indianapolis. This post will collect all of our coverage of the event, updated with new links whenever content is posted. GenCon Twitter Feed GenCon Photos Ennie Award Winners and Pictures Preview: D&D Insider Interview: James Wyatt (podcast) Interview: Scott Rouse, Mike Mearls, and Randy Buehler of Wizards […]

Filed Under: Board, Card, and Miniature Games, Featured, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: Board, Card, and Miniature Games, games, gaming, gencon 2008, gencon 2008 coverage, gencon 2008 news, gencon photos, Interviews, Roleplaying Games, Video Games, videogames

Green Lantern Next Mega Franchise?

August 14, 2008 by The Main Event

In brightest day, in blackest night, No evil shall escape my sight Let those who worship evil’s might, Beware my power…Green Lantern’s light! So, an epic superhero space movie that draws out the Sinestro/Hal Jordan relationship and seeds the beginnings of Guy Gardner?? Seriously, Green Lantern is perhaps the best established comic franchise yet to […]

Filed Under: Critical Bits, Movies, Science Fiction & Fantasy Genre

Gen Con 2008 Rambling (Semi-Live blog)

August 13, 2008 by The Chatty DM

Two Sentences Summary: Gen Con is the most fun I ever had with tabletop gaming, ever. It’s about making friends, laughing like hell, and having no shame about being silly. I thought it would be a one shot ‘meh’ thing, turns out I’m now addicted to the Con! I’ll put my ramblings here as I […]

Filed Under: Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: gen con 2008

Random Thoughts: Gen Con, Job Posting for ZeStuff, Mearls joins network!

August 13, 2008 by The Chatty DM

I’m off to Gen Con. I just finished packing my suitcases and I’m done doing all the prep work for my games, seminars and other fun stuff. I don’t plan to live blog because I’m already so overbooked that I fear I won’t enjoy Gen Con as much as I should. Between DMing 13 hours […]

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