When my good friend and co-conspirator Micheal “Chgowiz” Shorten decided to pull down his blog last month, many asked me what happened. Last week, Chgowiz asked me if I could link to the thank you letter he’s sending to the online community.
Critical Bits for the week ending 2010-04-25
RT @gamefiend: The SkillCast Episode #1 Introduction http://at-will.omnivangelist.net/2010/04/the-skillcast-episode-1-introduction/ # RT @AllenVarney / @loresjoberg : First Person Observer – like The Onion for gamers (@fpshouter): http://is.gd/byN2B/ # RT @NevermetPress: The Monster MashUp Contest is now live! http://bit.ly/aAjVdw # RT @loganbonner: I've put up a new blog post. Read "4E Success or Failure: Paragon Paths:" http://is.gd/bytaV # […]
The Planar Orphan
Eladrin of the Feywild are an enigmatic people. With a natural detachment from events that occur on the material plane, these creatures can seem heartless and uncaring. However those that have the privilege to call an Eladrin friend know the true extent of their love and compassion. Five hundred years ago, the Eladrin now known as Loch was sentenced to death for unspeakable crimes. Fleeing to the material plane, Loch has continued his lifelong experiments in hiding. After hundreds of years of experimenting with planar magic, the Eladrin wizard finally nears his goal – a creature merged with the essence of both the Feywild and the Shadowfell.
My RPG DNA: Part 1: the Early Years, AD&D 1e
Say what you want of AD&D 1e, I think that we loved it so much because we had to unlock the game in our own way, adopting bits of rules, ignoring most of it, making up the rest, so we could get to the full fantasy RPG experience it offered. It is the one thing I miss most about it. 1e was MY game because I had no choice to hack it otherwise I’d never would have been able to play it.
How the iPad Changes D&D
If I had to guess, I’d guess that you either already love the iPad or already hate it, and another 2000 words won’t change that. If you hate it, you might want to move on. I don’t think this article will make you any happier. What I do want to focus on are the short-term ways the iPad could potentially change our D&D games. I’m primarily a D&D 4th Edition dungeon master so this article is likely to focus on that as well.
Rise of the Eldrazi Preview
The newest expansion set for Magic: The Gathering is going to be released in a few days and for those of you who play the game I wanted to share some of the information and spoiler cards that WotC has released. The set is called Rise of the Eldrazi, and is the third set of the Zendikar block and looks like it comes with some new rules and mechanics that set it apart from everything else that’s out there right now.
Gears of Ruin Interlude: The Warforged Wars
The arrival of sentient machines in an already explosive political situation plunged the whole world into global wars among economic, religious and opportunistic alliances. The auto-clanks (humanoid machines) ended up obtaining their emancipation at a horrendous price of scrap metal and blood. They took the name “Warforged” as to never forget how they won the right to exist as free beings on this hostile world.
Min/Max Mashup
The power gamer is earnest in his approach to the game, in the same way that an evangelical is earnest about saving souls. This is a player who isn’t content to simply optimize his own character, but expresses an aggressive desire to help you with yours.
Save vs. Misogyny: An Open Letter To Gen Con’s Event Organizers
See that ball and chain? That’s how Gen Con is portraying our wives and girlfriends in their event registration system. Activating rant mode.
Inq. of the Week: Doctor… Who?
This weekend held one of the few must-see TV events for me: the premiere of the new season (or to some, new series) of Doctor Who here in the US. When reviewing the RPG, I mentioned how much of a fan of the more recent episodes I am. I thought David Tennant did a fantastic job, and was sad to see him go. However, I was still looking forward to seeing what the new guy would bring to the job.
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