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I have them! 4e books!

June 6, 2008 by The Chatty DM

Expect a ton of mini posts in the next few days as I chronicle my 4e Experience. I have them, still shrink wrapped!  Woot! I just got back home from ZeStuff (the main sponsor of this here blog) where I picked up 2 Core Sets, 5 Players Handbooks and 1 Dungeon Master Guide. Pierre-Luc was […]

Filed Under: Geek Stuff, Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 4e

X-mas in June: D&D 4e is out!

June 6, 2008 by The Chatty DM

It’s 5h45 AM and I can’t wait for Pierre-Luc (of ZeStuff) to open the doors to his Warehouse Store at 10h00 am so I can pick up my D&D 4e hardcovers. I know most of you have seen it, but Scott Rouse of WotC has made you all a series of notes allowing you to […]

Filed Under: Geek Stuff, Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 4e

4th Edition Round Table: Classes and Other Topics

June 6, 2008 by Dave

Just as with the core races, we also talked about the Classes in the new 4E PHB. Of course, we ended up going on a few tangents about the system in general. The panel this time consisted of myself (TheGame), Bartoneus, TheMainEvent, and Shakespear (who subbed in for his roommate joshx0rfz.) WARLORD Bartoneus: Warlord doesn’t […]

Filed Under: Editorial, Roleplaying Games

4th Edition Round Table: Races

June 6, 2008 by Dave

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Filed Under: Editorial, Featured, Roleplaying Games

Gaming DVD Collection Soon to be Complete

June 5, 2008 by Dave

OK, it’s never going to be complete, but it’s a major milestone… e. pointed out that Gamers 2: Dorkness Rising has FINALLY found a distributor, and will be available for sale at GenCon. I have been eagerly looking forward to this for years, and even moreso after I finally got to see the finished product […]

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

EXCLUSIVE Preview: 2 Pages from the 4e PHB

June 4, 2008 by Dave

If you’re not one of those lucky few who received your copies of the 4E books, but you haven’t seen enough previews of the new rules yet, we’ve got something to show you! Sent to us by Wizards of the Coast, we have two pages from the Player’s Handbook. It looks to be part of […]

Filed Under: News, Roleplaying Games

Afterschool Tropes Special: The Campaign as a British TV Series

June 4, 2008 by The Chatty DM

This trope post is going to be a bit different. Instead of applying tropes to characters or adventures, why not explore a few tropes that could apply to the actual structure of a campaign? As I’m pondering about my last campaign, I decided that I would spare you the analysis and discuss the key lesson […]

Filed Under: Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games, Tropes Tagged With: Tropes Season 2

WotC announces Magic: The Gathering changes, nerd rage on all sides

June 3, 2008 by Dave

GamingReport posted a statement from Wizards about changes to come in Magic: The Gathering, which I can only guess are going to inspire hatred in the hardcore fans. I haven’t followed Magic for some time now (Time Spiral was even the last set I did a draft in), but it’s always interesting to see what […]

Filed Under: Board, Card, and Miniature Games, Critical Bits

Campaign Wrap-Up: Recaps, Obsidian Portal Wikis, and General Thoughts

June 3, 2008 by Dave

Last Sunday, I finished the D&D 3.5 campaign that I had been running since last August. The game ran on roughly an every other week schedule. I started with 6 players, added one more player for a few weeks, and had a regular guest PC whenever The O was in town. There were a few […]

Filed Under: Editorial, Reviews, Roleplaying Games

Chatty’s Worldwide D&D Game Day

June 3, 2008 by The Chatty DM

On Saturday June 7th, FLGS around the world will celebrate the launch of 4th Edition with a Day long demo of the newest ruleset of D&D. As I said earlier this week, I think it’s the best occasion for those who have been fervent hopefuls or downright 4e fans to share their enthusiasm by showing […]

Filed Under: Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 4e

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