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Inq. of the Week: 4E D&D in 2010?

December 28, 2009 by Bartoneus

This week I’m taking a hard look at what has been announced for Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition in the coming year (you can see them all at WotC’s catalog in wondrous chronological order) and wondering what’s in store, getting a taste of what I’m going to like and what I won’t in 2010.

Filed Under: Featured, Inquisition of the Week, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 2010, catalog, D&D, dnd 4e, Dungeons and Dragons, Inquisition of the Week, products, roleplaying games, Roleplaying Games, wizards of the coast, wotc

You’re a Mean One, Mr. Gish

December 17, 2009 by Dave

I have posted my entry into the Winter Holiday Encounter Contest, an adventure for 5 15th level PCs that takes them up the slopes of Mt. Crunchit to face a certain green-skinned thief and his trusted companion with a fake horn.

Filed Under: Critical Bits, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 4e, holiday, winter, wotc

Statement from Wizards of the Coast Regarding Fansite Toolkit

October 15, 2009 by Dave

Months back, Wizards of the Coast released their “Fansite Toolkit”, essentially a package of images that could be used for bloggers and similar in exchange for agreeing to, well, a lot of terms about citations, trademarks, and usage. The release raised a lot of questions among the potential audience for it (bloggers) and so we emailed Wizards of the Coast to get some clarification. They provided us two short answers, which don’t cover everything, but do provide some information.

Filed Under: News, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 4e, fan site, GSL, wotc

Review: “Revenge of the Giants”

September 15, 2009 by Dave

Revenge of the Giants is the first WotC “mega-adventure” for 4e. It’s also the first adventure put out by them for 4e that comes in hardback book form (with a double-sided flip map attached in the back) instead of the double book folio style. The book is 160 pages and takes characters from 12th to 17th level. This is a review based on one read-through and has not been played in any part by me. This review contains some minor spoilers as well.

Filed Under: Featured, Reviews, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 4e, adventure, module, revenge of the giants, wotc

GenCon 2009: High Level D&D Seminar

August 26, 2009 by Bartoneus

While at GenCon this year there were many events and seminars which I wanted to attend, but one of the seminars that I really didn’t want to miss was the High Level D&D one hosted by Bruce Cordell and Stephen Schubert from Wizards of the Coast.

Filed Under: Featured, News, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 2009, 4e, 4th Edition, dnd, Dungeons & Dragons, gen con, gencon, high level, roleplaying game, seminar, tabletop, wizards of the coast, wotc

Review: “Adventurer’s Vault 2”

August 11, 2009 by Bartoneus

The second arms and equipment resource book, Adventurer’s Vault 2 is much like the first installment but this time presenting a myriad of items for (as the cover says) ALL character classes. This book begins to fill out some of the under represented classes such as the Swordmage and most of the PHB2 classes that missed out on the items in the first Player’s Handbook and Adventurer’s Vault.

Filed Under: Featured, Reviews, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 4th Edition, adventurer, adventurer's vault 2, D&D, dnd 4e, Dungeons & Dragons, magic items, roleplaying game, Roleplaying Games, tabletop, wizards of the coast, wotc

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