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Bonus YouTube: MonstROUS Manual Edition

April 23, 2009 by Dave

Just had to post this up as soon as I saw it. A music video walk through many classic D&D monsters… though more from the Monstrous Manual days than the Monster Manual days. If you ever wanted to hear somebody sing about a Beholder, this is the music video for you. Press info about the […]

Filed Under: Music, Roleplaying Games, YouTube Tuesday Tagged With: D&D, mixel pixel, Monster Manual, monstrous manual, music video

Inq. of the Week: Arcane Powered

April 21, 2009 by Dave

While thinking about spell-casting, I got to thinking about spells themselves. I flipped through both the 3rd edition spell list and cross checked a few against the 4e list (there’s some that didn’t make the jump) and compiled what I feel is a pretty good set of classic arcane spells. Especially around the lower levels there are more that saw more play just because of the nature of lower-level spells, but I think this is a pretty good list across all levels.

Filed Under: Featured, Inquisition of the Week, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 3e, 4e, D&D

Preview – E1: Death’s Reach

April 19, 2009 by Bartoneus

Not even a year after 4th Edition’s release and Wizards of the Coast is now into the Epic Tier of gameplay with their official modules. Adventure E1: Death’s Reach is all about introducing DM’s and players to the world of Epic 4th Edition, and it doesn’t matter if you’ve played all the way from the Keep on the Shadowfell up to this adventure or if you’re a group just starting a campaign and eager to start at 21st level you can jump right into the module.

Filed Under: Featured, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 4th Edition, adventure, D&D, death's reach, module E1, preview, roleplaying, Roleplaying Games, wizards of the coast

Inq. of the Week: Roleplaying with Minis?

April 13, 2009 by Bartoneus

As I mulled over some topics on boardgames, my mind was still wandering back to the D&D game I ran on Saturday, so today we have a topic that spans between D&D and boardgames!

Filed Under: Featured, Inquisition of the Week, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 4th Edition, D&D, Inquisition of the Week, miniatures, roleplaying, Roleplaying Games

Preview: Ranged Warlord

March 27, 2009 by Bartoneus

When preview material for the 4th Edition of Dungeons & Dragons first started to come out, what excited me the most was probably the addition of the Warlord class. The Races & Monsters preview book described the class alongside pictures of armored warriors covered in weapons (both melee and ranged). When 4e was finally released the Warlord class was extremely interesting but it completely lacked that “Weapons Master” feel…

Filed Under: Board, Card, and Miniature Games, Comics, Featured, Roleplaying Games, Science Fiction & Fantasy Genre Tagged With: 4th Edition, D&D, Dungeons and Dragons, martial power, ranged warlord, roleplaying, Roleplaying Games

Everyone Remembers Their First [DM]

February 25, 2009 by The Main Event

Most of us can trace back our D&D gaming lineage to a single Dungeon Master. That’s not to say we hadn’t played before or more often with others, but our friend Abe made an indelible mark on all of our gaming consciousnesses. This article examines our early gaming experiences with Abe and considers how they affected my current notions on role-playing and D&D.

Filed Under: Editorial, Featured, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: D&D, DM, First DM

Inq. of the Week: 4th Edition Books?

February 16, 2009 by Bartoneus

I began to wonder how many people have bought these books. This led me back to a thought I had when 4E first came out, with the shift of magic items to the Player’s Handbook it became much less important for players that aren’t DMs to buy the Dungeon Master’s Guide and the Monster Manual, and back then I wondered how many people bought all three anyway. These curiosities have now combined into this poll!

Filed Under: Featured, Inquisition of the Week, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 4th Edition, books, D&D, dnd, dnd4e, Dungeons and Dragons, Inquisition of the Week

Pain of Campaigning VIII: What About the Bad Guys?

February 11, 2009 by The Main Event

Looking at the Campaigning Inquisition, I saw that the vast majority of people favor heroic or at least characters that have the potential to be heroes. Considering the nature of the D&D beast, this makes sense, but I worry that people may be hesitant to try one of the most enjoyable modes of D&D: playing as one of the bad guys.

Filed Under: Editorial, Featured, Pain of Publication, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: campaign, D&D, dnd, Dungeons and Dragons, evil, pain of campaigning, villain

Dungeons & Dragons at New York Comic Con ’09

February 8, 2009 by Dave

Even though I’m a comics fan myself and could have found plenty to do without it, the main reason I wanted to get to Comic Con was to play D&D. Here were the different parts of Dungeons & Dragons at NYCC.

Filed Under: News, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 4e, D&D, new york comic con, nycc

Inq. of the Week: Campaigning?

February 3, 2009 by Bartoneus

For this week what has been on my mind is how my D&D campaign is going to progress into the future, both Dave and I are running games right now and our players have just reached mid-heroic tier, which means there are many new possibilities opening up to them and us as DMs.

Filed Under: Comics, Featured, Inquisition of the Week, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: campaign, D&D, dnd, Dungeons & Dragons, roleplaying, Roleplaying Games

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