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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

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

(Non) YouTube of the Week: D&D 4 Me Edition

June 3, 2008 by Dave

Worried that 4e will be far too simplified? This video will surely assuage your concerns. Found via ENWorld.

Filed Under: Roleplaying Games, YouTube Tuesday

Contest Season… and Pimp your site.

June 2, 2008 by The Chatty DM

No true post tonight. I’m reading the D&D Game Day adventure (titled Into the Shadowhaunt) to prepare for a full day of DMing. I won’t spoil it but I can tell you that you should get a D&D mini that represents the pre-generated character you will choose (one of 5) on Saturday. So call your […]

Filed Under: Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games

Inq. of the Week: Campaign to a Close

June 2, 2008 by Dave

Last week, the question was asked, and you answered: 64% use the wheel attachment when playing Mario Kart, while 36% use some other form of control to guide Bowser off the edge of the haunted house level. I haven’t gotten to play as much Mario Kart as I’d like, but the wheel is definitely my […]

Filed Under: Featured, Inquisition of the Week, Roleplaying Games

Chatty’s Initial Thoughts on 4e

June 1, 2008 by The Chatty DM

I’ve decided that I won’t review the 4e Core Books. I will probably do a few ‘Chatty on 4e’ and ‘Chatty’s Debate’ posts on things in the core but I won’t review them. Part of this is because my way of doing reviews tend to be pretty massive. I’d end up with a multi-parter series […]

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

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