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The Case for Fourth Edition

August 17, 2007 by Dave

Wizards of the Coast has gone and done it. They’ve announced that Dungeons & Dragons Fourth Edition will be released mid-year 2008. And I’m totally pumped. Marketing and digital stuff aside, looking through what the announcements are consisting of, it’s clear to me that Wizards is concerned about game design. And not just about fixing […]

Filed Under: Critical Threats, Editorial, Roleplaying Games

Comics Snap Reviews 8-17-7

August 17, 2007 by Dave

Be warned of possible spoilers! Also, new graphics courtesy of Bartoneus!

Filed Under: Comics, Reviews

D&D 4th Edition

August 17, 2007 by The Chatty DM

There, they’ve finally done it. D&D 4th edition comes out next year (in May). I’m really angry because I bought a shitload of D&D 3.0/3.5 books (I mean I have a whole bookcase full of them) and I know that most mechanics in them will become useless. I’m not saying Wizards is evil and money […]

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

BREAKING NEWS: D&D 4th Edition Announced at GenCon

August 16, 2007 by Dave

Thanks to Ogrecave for putting this in my RSS feed- there’s a full blown press release officially dating D&D 4th Edition for May of 2008. Like the 3.0 release, the PHB will be released first, with the DMG a month later, and the MM a month after that. MerricB over at ENWorld has been collecting […]

Filed Under: News, Roleplaying Games

The Rule of the modern Blog

August 16, 2007 by The Chatty DM

I’ve been reading blogs for about 2 years if you count Webcomics newsposts. I’ve also read that a lot of people got in trouble because of their own blogs (Lost thier jobs usually). I would love to find the links but I’m lazy and I don’t want to spend that much time on this. So […]

Filed Under: Musings of the Chatty DM

Mike Wieringo

August 13, 2007 by Bartoneus

I am utterly blown away right now. Mike Wieringo passed away yesterday of a heart attack at the age of 44. Mike was an amazingly talented artist who worked on a lot of comcis for Marvel, no matter what he did he was top notch calibur all the way. It just floors me that a […]

Filed Under: Comics, News

Back to gaming: Mana Screw!!!!!

August 13, 2007 by The Chatty DM

Ok enough about travel stuff and financial editorials. I’m back from my vacation so this means I’m back into the gaming mood. As most married-with-a-life Casual Magic the Gathering player, I have a love-hate relationship with this game. Like most of my gaming buddies that play D&D and Magic, we have very limited time to […]

Filed Under: Newest Critical Hits, Uncategorized Tagged With: magic the gathering

Inquisition of the Week: YouTube Tuesday

August 13, 2007 by Dave

Last week, with vacation on the brain, Bartoneus asked how you like to spend your vacation time. Most of you said that you would hibernate, which I suppose is cheaper than all the other options, unless you mean actually go somewhere to hibernate. Second place went to those of you who love roller coasters and […]

Filed Under: Comics, Inquisition of the Week, Movies, Roleplaying Games, Science Fiction & Fantasy Genre, Video Games, YouTube Tuesday

A Compedium of Critical Threat Worthy Posts 8/10/7

August 10, 2007 by Dave

Here’s a few articles that I’ve been reading over the past few weeks that I highly recommend for any of you in the field of thinking about games or even just those with an interest in games.

Filed Under: Board, Card, and Miniature Games, Critical Threats, Roleplaying Games, Video Games

Who You Calling Heavy?

August 10, 2007 by Dave

Over on Boardgamegeek, you’ll see plenty of references to weight. And I’m not talking about the size of the players. Games tend to be divided in a spectrum from Light to Heavy among the BGG ratings. Something like Coloretto, or the great Loopin’ Louie is in the light category. Light-Medium includes such favorites as Ticket […]

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

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