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The World is Full of Dungeons

February 13, 2008 by Bartoneus

We’ve recently been having some long discussions that essentially started as, “OMG Dungeons and Dragons 4th Ed. is just WoW!!!11!” I was very surprised when I was reading the 4th Ed. preview books I saw an acknowledgement of the influences of recent games like World of Warcraft on the tabletop genre. Dave’s number one response […]

Filed Under: Board, Card, and Miniature Games, Editorial, Featured, Roleplaying Games, Science Fiction & Fantasy Genre Tagged With: 4th Edition, D&D, Dungeons and Dragons, world of warcraft, WoW

Inq. of the Week: An Issue of Class

January 21, 2008 by Bartoneus

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 […]

Filed Under: Featured, Inquisition of the Week, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 4e, classes, D&D, Dungeons and Dragons

D&D: Typically Misaligned

January 17, 2008 by Bartoneus

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 […]

Filed Under: Board, Card, and Miniature Games, Editorial, Featured, Roleplaying Games, Science Fiction & Fantasy Genre Tagged With: alignment, Chaotic Neutral, D&D, Dungeons and Dragons

Where does he get those wonderful toys?

January 15, 2008 by Dave

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, […]

Filed Under: Board, Card, and Miniature Games, Editorial, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: D&D, D&D accessories, Dungeons and Dragons, heroquest, heroscape, paizo

D&D and the Bardic Afterlife

December 12, 2007 by Bartoneus

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 […]

Filed Under: Board, Card, and Miniature Games, Editorial, Featured, Roleplaying Games, Science Fiction & Fantasy Genre Tagged With: 4th Edition, bards, classes, D&D, druids, Dungeons and Dragons

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