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Playing 4e: Initial Thoughts

June 7, 2008 by The Chatty DM

Are you hungry for a review? Check Martin Ralya’s over at Gnome Stew, mine will come later (in one form or another). I got to play a few hours of D&D 4e last night with the D&D Game Day adventure. We were 7 (1 DM, 6 players). Here are a few tidbits: The Good From […]

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

I have them! 4e books!

June 6, 2008 by The Chatty DM

Expect a ton of mini posts in the next few days as I chronicle my 4e Experience. I have them, still shrink wrapped!  Woot! I just got back home from ZeStuff (the main sponsor of this here blog) where I picked up 2 Core Sets, 5 Players Handbooks and 1 Dungeon Master Guide. Pierre-Luc was […]

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

X-mas in June: D&D 4e is out!

June 6, 2008 by The Chatty DM

It’s 5h45 AM and I can’t wait for Pierre-Luc (of ZeStuff) to open the doors to his Warehouse Store at 10h00 am so I can pick up my D&D 4e hardcovers. I know most of you have seen it, but Scott Rouse of WotC has made you all a series of notes allowing you to […]

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

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 […]

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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

4e a Bestseller, the Leak and Community Service for Naughty Geeks

May 30, 2008 by The Chatty DM

Well well, D&D 4e is already such a huge success that WotC have re-sent the books to the printers before the release! I truly am happy about that since I was worried that the appearance of the pre-press printer files of the Core books on the net would cause a dent in demand. It’s now […]

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Chatty’s Review: D&D 4e’s Keep on the Shadowfell

May 14, 2008 by The Chatty DM

As mentioned this morning, I was able to read a copy of D&D’s 1st 4e adventure, Keep on the Shadowfell, thanks to ZeStuff. Now it’s time for the review! Hurrah! I’ll take the spoiler-free approach (though I may slip a bit in places) as I guess that a lot of readers will want to play […]

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Chatty on 4e: Schooled by the Old Combat School.

May 6, 2008 by The Chatty DM

As I mentioned in my Retro-Stupid post, I feel that 4e is knowingly taking a step toward embracing the aspect of the early versions of the game that were fun while doing away with some of their unfun legacy (fun and unfun being completely subjective concepts; I think it is at the heart of many […]

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Chatty on 4e: I heart Grapple!

April 25, 2008 by The Chatty DM

(Click on the images to be able to read the word bubbles) Last week I dropped by my Favorite Local Game Store (FLGS) to buy myself a few boxes of the 1st official 4e product available: the Dungeons of Dread D&D miniature game. I purchased the Starter and 2 booster boxes. Before I dig in […]

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

Chatty on 4e: Retro-Stupid vs… well Retro-Stupid

April 6, 2008 by The Chatty DM

This is the second in an series of articles where I tackle 2 short subjects on 4e from a DM’s perspective and ask for your thoughts. The 1st one can be found here. While I was reading stuff on D&D 4e on the various blogs, news sites and the Worlds and Monsters book (which I […]

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

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