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Keep Calm And WIS Check (DC 22)

February 9, 2012 by Vanir

Remember a couple weeks ago when nobody knew anything at all about the new D&D? Then came DDXP, and a couple things happened. One, a playtest that lots of people took part in and nobody can talk about due to NDAs. Two, a series of seminars that were very light on details and heavy on […]

Filed Under: Dire Flailings, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 5e, angry people, Blogger, D&D next, D&DXP, dnd next, edition wars, flame war, Grognard, nda, playtest, secrecy

DDXP 2012 Recap: Running the New D&D and Playing Games

February 2, 2012 by Dave

This year’s DDXP was a very interesting one, as I suspected. We were actually able to get there, unlike last year, though Fort Wayne’s weather seems persistant in its attempts to keep us out. In order to help finance the trip, and because I was one of the few who had an early look at the new D&D, I volunteered to DM seven four-hour slots of the new game to eager players. While I only ended up running four games of it (mostly because I was too tired to do any more than that), I had a blast and felt good about the games that I ran.

Filed Under: Editorial, News, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 4e, D&D, D&DNext, D&DXP, DDXP2012, magic the gathering, marvel heroic roleplaying

Dwarven SEAL Team Neutralizes Terrorist DM Threat: Film At 11

January 31, 2012 by Vanir

This year at DDXP, I got to try out running games for complete strangers. Little did I know what I had actually signed on for. Find out how six dwarves can make a grown man weep using only some ingenuity and a sackful of d12s.

Filed Under: Dire Flailings, Humor, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: adventuring company, battle interactive, cthulhu, D&DXP, dagon, ddxp 2012, DDXP2012, dndnext, Dwarves, lfr, living forgotten realms, minmax, ring of sympathy

DDXP 2012: “Charting the Course: An Edition for All Editions” and “New Products” Seminars

January 30, 2012 by Dave

This past weekend was DDXP, and since this the new edition of D&D was announced recently, this was both the first chance the public would both find out directly from the mouths of the people making the game what it would be like, as well as try a limited demo of the new game. Like in 2008, questions about the new game were answered, and new ones were created. And just like back then, we were on the scene to report on the goings on to try to bring you a taste of the information available if you couldn’t be there.

Filed Under: Featured, News, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 4e, 5e, D&D, D&D next, D&DXP, DDXP2012, new edition of D&D

Blind Design, or How to Fail Better

February 11, 2011 by Shawn Merwin

Adventure design, whether for personal use or mass consumption, comes down to having a goal and heading straight toward it. And, of course, there are never pitfalls in the way . . .

Filed Under: Editorial, Know Your Roll, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 4e, adventure design, D&DXP, game design, heroes of shadow, published adventures

DDXP 2011 Recap Part Deux: THE EXCITING REMAINDER

February 8, 2011 by Vanir

For those of you who missed last week’s recap of my trip to DDXP 2011: SPOILER ALERT! I had a seriously excellent time. Today’s article continues my account of my adventures in beautiful downtown Ft. Wayne, IN. Learning the Hard Way As I said yesterday, I had an awesome time playing in the Battle Interactive […]

Filed Under: Board, Card, and Miniature Games, Dire Flailings, Reviews, Roleplaying Games, Science Fiction & Fantasy Genre Tagged With: ashes of athas, baldman games, D&DXP, ddxp 2011, living forgotten realms, wizards of the coast

The D&D Experience

February 4, 2011 by Chris Sims

Lots of conventions, from PAX to Comicpalooza, have D&D games and organized play. None of them are like D&D Experience. This convention is about hardcore D&D gaming and D&D news. It’s all D&D all the time on official channels. Players who come here come to play the game from sunup until the witching hour. When they’re not playing, they’re learning more about D&D from the experts.

Filed Under: Analysis Paralysis, Featured, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: ashardalon, ashes of athas, convention, D&D, D&DXP, despair, Shadowfell

Lessons Learned at DDXP2011

February 4, 2011 by Shawn Merwin

DDXP 2011 is in the books. I’ll look at what I learned, think about the joys of playing and DMing, and extol the virtues of the World’s Smallest Stripper.

Filed Under: Editorial, Know Your Roll, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 4e, ashes of athas, D&DXP, ddxp 2011, ddxp2011, heroes of shadow

DDXP 2011 Recap

February 2, 2011 by Vanir

We laughed. We cried. We found out it’s not a good idea to heal a wizard if he’s surrounded by demons who get a free attack if he spends a healing surge.

Filed Under: Dire Flailings, News, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 4e, battle interactive, D&DXP, ddxp 2011

DDXP 2011: New Product Seminar

January 27, 2011 by Vanir

Collected liveblog by Vanir of the DDXP 2011 New Product Seminar. A few new products announced, some details of previously announced products, and the additional loss of a product or two.

Filed Under: Featured, News, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 4e, D&DXP, ddxp 2011

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