“Open Game Table: The Anthology of Roleplaying Game Blogs, Volume 1″ was a book that came out last year in which the best rpg material of the blogosphere was collected and put into print form. It was thought up and put together by Jonathan Jacobs, author of the gaming blog The Core Mechanic and one… [Read more…]
This is a tough book for me to review, mainly because I have never, ever, in my years of playing D&D have had any sort of interest in planar campaigns. My PC’s have never been to Sigil, City of Brass, nor the Happy Hunting Grounds. The DM’s I’ve played with never took us for a… [Read more…]
So since I’ve got minis on the brain today, let’s talk a bit about them, and how you use them in your game. I’m the type of DM that doesn’t need to have a mini for every single enemy on the table. I think that’s insane (in a good way), although there certainly are many… [Read more…]
EDIT: SUNDAY 1/17/2010 – We have a winner! Scott M (comment @ January 13, 5:01pm) was selected as the winner! Congratulations to Scott and thank you all for entering! In 2 weeks, we are giving away the Dragonborn books, so check back! —————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— Thought we’d start the week with a giveaway, and who doesn’t like… [Read more…]
I’m going to come out of the closet here and admit that I am a fan of the classic D&D alignment system. Maybe fan is a strong word, but I certainly never felt a strong dislike for it. While some see it as restrictive, I see it as a good framework for a character’s… [Read more…]
Fights take too long. There’s no roleplaying. It’s a videogame on paper. Blah blahblah blah blah blahblah. I had a wonderful time on Sunday night with 4e, and I feel like blogging about it. Why? Because that session reinforced the true strength and selling point of 4e: simplicity to run. I was asked to run… [Read more…]
EDIT 9/2010: The new version of rpgKids is available here. ———————————————————————- If you are anything like me, your little kids are curious about D&D. I know that when game time comes at my house, my 4 year old daughter loves hanging around the table seeing what we’re doing. She’s full of questions about the minis,… [Read more…]
January 17, 2010 by newbiedm
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