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Pain of Campaigning VI: Give Your Villains Some Panache!

August 9, 2008 by The Main Event

Well, it had to happen.  The Main Event has begun to plan his first 4E game (and speak in third person!) So now, with a campaign fresh on the brain, I’ll continue my last villains article and talk about how to make your villain(s), regardless of type, formidable, awesome and dastardly. They Have a Plan: […]

Filed Under: Featured, Roleplaying Games, Science Fiction & Fantasy Genre

YouTube of the Week: Get Your Higgs Boson Edition

August 5, 2008 by Dave

By popular demand (from joshx0rfz), it’s the Large Hadron Collider Rap. You can sing this as it consumes the universe (or not.)

Filed Under: Music, Science Fiction & Fantasy Genre, Web Meme, YouTube Tuesday

Why You Shouldn’t Watch Firefly

July 30, 2008 by Sucilaria

Many, if not most of you, have already viewed Joss Whedon’s Firefly series and the follow-up film, Serenity. This article is not intended for you; however, let me say that I’m sorry. I now feel your pain, because some supposed “friends” convinced Bart and I to view the series. I had many reservations about it, […]

Filed Under: Anime, Editorial, Featured, Movies, Science Fiction & Fantasy Genre, Television Tagged With: firefly, joss whedon, sci-fi, science fiction, Television, TV, tv shows

More WotC shakeup: Novel lines canceled

July 28, 2008 by Dave

Over at ENWorld, author Ari Marmell laments another change in WotC policy: they are discontinuing their novel lines that do not relate directly to D&D or Magic. A number of posters both on Wizards own boards and on ENWorld have noticed a distinct lack of activity from WotC Staffers on the messageboards in the past […]

Filed Under: News, Roleplaying Games, Science Fiction & Fantasy Genre

Inq. of the Week: Monster Brawl

July 28, 2008 by Bartoneus

The Dark Knight dominated its second weekend, but who is surprised by that with competition like the way late X-Files movie sequel and Will Ferrell’s latest movie Step Brothers?  It raked in $75 million on its second weekend, which is very impressive and left the second place movie way behind at $30 million.  Last week […]

Filed Under: Featured, Inquisition of the Week, Roleplaying Games, Science Fiction & Fantasy Genre Tagged With: D&D, Dungeons & Dragons, Dungeons and Dragons, Inquisition of the Week, monster brawl, monsters

Report Card: Space Marine Units (Part 3)

July 18, 2008 by originalsultan

And now for the third and final installment of my analysis of every unit in Codex: Space Marines.  The first part contains the overview and my grades for HQ, Troops and Transports.  The second part contains my grades for Elites and Fast Attack.  This final part contains my grades for Heavy Support and Ultramarines Special […]

Filed Under: Board, Card, and Miniature Games, Featured, Reviews, Science Fiction & Fantasy Genre

Report Card: Space Marine Units (Part 2)

July 16, 2008 by originalsultan

This is part 2 of my examination into the units in the 4th edition Codex Space Marines.  This part features the Elites and Fast Attack sections of the force organization chart.  For the overview of what all of this means, see the original article.  Therein you will find my analysis of the HQ, Troops and […]

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Report Card: Space Marine Units (Part 1)

July 14, 2008 by originalsultan

With Warhammer 40k entering its 5th edition as of this past Friday, one chapter of the game’s history comes to an end, while another begins. As I thought about the past edition I decided it would be good to take one last look at all of the units in the Space Marine Codex. There are always […]

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Warhammer 40k 5th Edition Released Today

July 11, 2008 by originalsultan

The 5th edition of Warhammer 40k was officially released today, according to the Games Workshop website.  I wrote a preview of 5th edition a while back, for those who are interested in my thoughts on the new system.  As I haven’t bought the new rules yet, I will reserve judgement on it until a later date. […]

Filed Under: Board, Card, and Miniature Games, News, Science Fiction & Fantasy Genre

34th Annual Origins Awards Winners

June 28, 2008 by Dave

It began, as last year, with an introduction by Phil Lacefield Jr. Miniatures Rules of the Year Presented by Rick Loomis Classic Battletech Published by Catalyst Game Labs Created by Jordan Weisman Edited by Michelle Lyons, Diane Piron-Gelman Saganami Island Tactical Simulator, Second Edition Published by Ad Astra Games Created by Ken Burnside and Thomas […]

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