I know how it is. You want to try out the new edition of D&D, but you don’t want to put down the $90 for new books. What’s more, you don’t want to go through the drudgery of buying it from a store: you’d much rather have a Canadian mail it to you. Well, fear […]
D&D to Warhammer: Can You Help?
This week we received our first ever question to the editor from a reader, and he’s looking for some help. Chris is a high-school teacher in New York who is the advisor to the students’ Warhammer club. Chris is an avid D&D player with plenty of minis. The students want to have a big Warhammer […]
Review: "Races and Classes" / "Worlds and Monsters"
To all the DMs out there: how many of you have ever made a house rule? How many of you have changed some piece of description because you felt it didn’t make sense or didn’t fit with what you needed? Probably all of you. Wizards of the Coast is undertaking a huge experiment in both […]
Inq. of the Week: An Issue of Class
Apparently the thing most people want for Rock Band is to be able to have a Jam Mode where you can create, play, and share your own songs. “More Cowbell!” came in second, so I have no doubts there will be a cowbell mod for the microphone very soon (if there isn’t one already). We […]
D&D Miniatures 2.0 Rules Released
Wizards posted them yesterday. Many were hoping that this would preview a lot of 4E combat changes, but that doesn’t appear to be the case. Nonetheless, there were a few changes that stood out to me from the previous version of the DDM rules: No more morale! Previously, a big part of the game was […]
D&D: Typically Misaligned
Whenever you discuss alignment in Dungeons & Dragons, the conversation inevitably veers towards focusing on Chaotic Neutral. Alignment is a tool used to generalize a character’s personality, feelings, and outlook on life that is divided into two portions. The first ranges from Lawful to Neutral to Chaotic, while the second part goes from Good to […]
Where does he get those wonderful toys?
Last weekend at my regular D&D game, one of my players asked me “where I get this stuff” while unrolling a copy of the Magma Keep battlemap. For the past few years- actually, ever since the first D&D Miniatures set came out- I’ve been collecting minis and maps to use with D&D. For some reason, […]
"A Band of Orcs" Wants to Encounter You
Everybody’s favorite Orcish-themed death/thrash metal band, A Band of Orcs, is holding a contest to see who can write the most brutal encounter involving a band of orcs for D&D. Check it out because the deadline is soon- January 21st. Players in my current D&D game will find that this nicely coincides with an encounter […]
Inq. of the Week: Are You Not Entertained?
We had a gathering last night for the premiere of the new breed of American Gladiators (on NBC), and it was definitely two of the most entertaining hours of television I’ve ever experienced. Tonight there is at least one more episode on at 8pm, and we will definitely be posting a review / recap later […]
D&D and the Bardic Afterlife
I haven’t paid that much attention to 4th Edition so far, either I’ve been too busy or I’m really looking forward to having some surprises when it finally comes out. Back when Dave posted his first impressions of it I became really excited because it seemed, against all odds, that the designers at WotC were […]
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