There’s a reason every review I see of the Kobold Quarterly magazine compares it to the Dragon and Dungeon print magazines from years passed, even opening a PDF of the book and seeing the cover makes me immediately think of seeing those issues in my local book store. The comparison goes well beyond the cover, however, through the whole interior of the publication that screams nostalgia…
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Critical Bits: 2009 GenCon
Press Release by the Diana Jones Award Committee explaining why they nominated as they did DDI Monster Builder Contest. (via @WolfStar76) The official Gen Con Tell me About Your PC contest! Go ahead, it time to talk #aboutmypc and win prizes! (via @ChattyDM) GenCon Coverage
Overt vs. Covert Skill Challenges
As the maintainer of the (now massive) Skill Challenge feature, I read quite a lot about skill challenges, no matter if they’re positive, negative, or somewhere in between. I think SCs can be broken down into three main camps: overt skill challenges, covert skill challenges, and bad skill challenges.
Friday Chat: Nerd Projectitis
(I’m posting this early to get our Euro/Asia/Down Under friends to comment) Way back when, I posted about the Nerd Handbook, a must-read article for all geeks and their significant others. The post starts with the following sentence: A nerd needs a project because a nerd builds stuff. All the time So true! However, I’m […]
Adventure Prep: Hacking the Written Word
Some time ago, I used to blog about how I prepared my bi-monthly games and posted them before my actual game sessions. It was a writing challenge because I was trying to write something significant for my readers while limiting spoilers for my players (most of whom are readers of this here blog). I stopped […]
Sunday Play Test Unreport!
Once a month (when we can find the time) we try to organize a geekout. It’s a full day event where a slightly different group from my bi-monthly D&D one gathers together to eat junk food, watch some anime and/or movies and play games. This month, my friend and dubiously trustworthy lieutenant PM proposed to […]
5 Things I Loved and 5 Things I Hated About 2nd Edition AD&D
Greywulf and Mike Mearls both have given their opinions on Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2nd Edition on the occasion of it’s 20 year anniversary. While AD&D (1e) was the first version of D&D I played as a very wee one, 2e was the first where I was part of a regular gaming group, the first […]
Dungeons & Dragons at New York Comic Con ’09
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.
Skill Challenges
Skill Challenges are one of the major new mechanics of 4th Edition Dungeons & Dragons. Their launch has not gone as smoothly, as their numbers had to be revised via errata after the first printing. However, they are an important part of the new system, and many DMs are looking for information about how to […]
Chatty’s D&D Online Game: Trial game report
I took a day off from work and blogging today to relax a bit and fiddle with an actual computer game called Portal. I’m way behind in the ‘dude you must play that game’ thing and while my buddies are out playing Fallout 3 I finally shelled out for that awesome game. As I was […]
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