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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

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

Ending a campaign

July 28, 2007 by The Chatty DM

Last night we played the last of a 2 sessions Nostaligia-ride that is the re-visiting of an old campaign. About 5 or so years ago, we started our second vanilla D&D campaign with level 1 PCs. Now I don’t exactly remember what players and what characters were there when we started. It started out as […]

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

RPG Software

July 26, 2007 by The Chatty DM

I’m a complete and utter Geek (I scored Major Geek BTW) sometimes its a huge wonder that I actually got married, but then again, my lovely wife is also pretty up there on the geek scale. Anywho, being the geek that I am, I’ve always been fascinated by using computers to make my RPG games […]

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

Making a Campaing villain

July 25, 2007 by The Chatty DM

One of the 1st steps I do when I think about a new campaign is the Big Bad Guy. The too-often Shadowy hand that pulls the strings of the evil/insane/chaotic side of the game. Creating a good bad guy that will act as a motivator is not easy. If he’s too powerful early on in […]

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

Time to start a new Campaign

July 24, 2007 by The Chatty DM

I have been playing structured Role playing game like D&D and Gurps since I was barely 10. During the 1st year of playing that game I’ve discovered how much I liked being a DM. 24 years later, I’m still geeking out at the idea of starting a new campaign. We’ve been playing D&D 3.0/3.5 more […]

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

2007 ENnies Voting Open

July 16, 2007 by Dave

Though most of you don’t care at all about gaming awards, you can still make a difference in the RPG gaming world by casting your vote for the 2007 ENnie Awards. The voting is open to anyone with an internet connection, and showcases the best of the RPG industry of the year. Of particular note […]

Filed Under: News, Roleplaying Games

Origins Report: 2007 Wrapup

July 11, 2007 by Dave

I’ve arrived home safely from Origins (no thanks to a drunk driver killing several and delaying traffic for hours.) Here’s some general thoughts about the whole thing.

Filed Under: Board, Card, and Miniature Games, News, Roleplaying Games

Inq. of the Week: Gaming Awards?

July 9, 2007 by Dave

Last week, we tried to find out if any of you were as amused by some of the critiques of what we know of Fallout 3. The majority of people did not call me a moron, but only by a slim margin, as most of you picked that all the complains were reasonable. Second place […]

Filed Under: Board, Card, and Miniature Games, Inquisition of the Week, Roleplaying Games

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