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And also, the end of the D&D Miniatures game

October 24, 2008 by Dave

As Graham points out, Scott Rouse (brand manager for D&D) made a post on Wizards yesterday that explains the changes. To me, the most important part of the whole thing is: November’s release of Demonweb will be the last new set that includes skirmish statistics…  official sanctioning of D&D Miniatures skirmish events will cease right after D&D Experience in February.  I […]

Filed Under: Board, Card, and Miniature Games, Editorial, News, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: D&D, D&D miniatures, skirmish, wargame

Give Feedback to your GM… and live! Part 1.

October 24, 2008 by The Chatty DM

(This post was written in a Coffeehouse in Switzerland, how cool is that?) On the last day of Gen Con, I was sitting in a Restaurant (The Ram if I recall, I had the Salmon, delicious), surrounded by my friends from Critical-Hits and Stupid Ranger. We were all dead tired, living off our energy reserves […]

Filed Under: Musings of the Chatty DM, Player Psychology, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: Feedback

DM Chronicle: Session 4, This.Is.Epic! Part 2

October 23, 2008 by The Chatty DM

See Part 1 here. Rumble in the Temple! Now that Dragora had finished saying what she had to say, the PCs attacked. Or maybe she did, I forget, these accounts are not renowned for their journalistic accuracy. Dragora was a level 7 soldier based on the Fighter Template. I added 3 Zain-Kin minions and one […]

Filed Under: Campaign Logs, Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 4e, Chatty's 2008-2009 campaign

The end of “fully randomized” D&D Miniatures

October 21, 2008 by Dave

All my scoop sources just lit up with this announcement: D&D Miniatures, after the next set, will no longer be sold in completely random boosters.  According to the release, there will be “D&D Heroes” sets that will be sold in packaging that makes all the figures visible, so you already know what you’re getting. Each […]

Filed Under: Critical Bits, News, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: D&D, D&D miniatures

YouTube Tuesday: Your Game is Important to Us Edition

October 21, 2008 by Dave

Spotted in several places lately, here’s the GM Hold Music.

Filed Under: Roleplaying Games, YouTube Tuesday

DM Chronicle: Session 4, This.is.Epic! Part 1

October 21, 2008 by The Chatty DM

(You know what I miss in this blog?  Me being chatty like hell… time to change that!) Previously in Chatty’s Game: Our heroes discovered an ancient Serpent Temple where lost magic was recovered from the coils of spectral ophidian guardians. Following sinuous caverns, they came upon an opening high over the ruins of a Lost City inhabited […]

Filed Under: Campaign Logs, Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 4e, Chatty's 2008-2009 campaign

Inq. of the Week: Favorite Undead?

October 20, 2008 by Dave

Last week, since they started charging for it, we asked how many of you were planning on buying D&D Insider. Surprisingly (to me), the highest group was among those who would be paying the fee to get Dragon and Dungeon back (in digital form) and who play D&D 4e. A close second, however, was those […]

Filed Under: Inquisition of the Week, Roleplaying Games, Science Fiction & Fantasy Genre Tagged With: D&D, halloween, undead

The New Gamemaster: Friends and Ressources

October 20, 2008 by The Chatty DM

One of the things I love doing online is bringing people together. I love to see new communities prosper and people meeting new people.  That’s why I was so excited to co-Create the RPG bloggers project. I also love to gently push people to become more, to try scary, unsure things. I say that success […]

Filed Under: Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games

Jouer aux JdR en Français

October 18, 2008 by The Chatty DM

I apologize to my English readers (i.e 85+% of you), this is a one-shot French post to discuss how I play RPGs in that language and to check how many of my readers read French.  Time to brush up on your high school/college French or to fire up an online translator. J’écris très peu en […]

Filed Under: Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: Jouer en Français

D&D Starter Set Released

October 18, 2008 by Dave

The new D&D Starter Set has been released, providing a simple entry into the world of D&D for new or lapsed player, and coincidentally, making a great gift in time for the holidays. (If I had young relatives who were interested in D&D, I’d definitely get one of these for them.) According to the Previews […]

Filed Under: Critical Bits, News, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 4e, dungeon tiles, starter set

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