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A system for playing D&D with my kid
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, […]
Applying “Subdual Encounters” to Encounters vs. Solos
I was reading the section on encounters with dragons in the new Draconomicon book, and something stood out: At its simplest, a subdual encounter is one in which the dragon stops fighting and the characters win when the dragon is bloodied. But the degree of the victory matters, so you will need to keep track […]
Adding a new (third) dimension to Dungeon Tiles
Today I have another post on Dungeon Tiles, following yesterday’s article. This one will be short, as I haven’t quite tested it out in actual play. I posted a few pictures on my twitter account, which I’ll post here, where I try to add a 3d element to my Dungeon Tiles. Next gaming session I […]
Playing with my Dungeon Tiles
I’ve been taking a look at my box of Dungeon Tiles lately, and realizing they aren’t getting much use. Normally, I tend to find maps I like online, be it from Wizard’s Map a Week archive, Dungeon magazine, or published modules, scale them up in Photoshop and print them out at a 1″ scale. This […]
Improved Initiative
I finally had the chance to sit down and play some D&D this week, my first post-Gencon session. We had a blast, and as my players are quickly approaching the end of the heroic tier, events in my campaign are coming to a head. A good time was had by all, even if all we […]
Imposing a :30 time limit on 4th ed. players
This posting stems from my previous one, where I highlighted some items bought at Gencon for my game. One of them was a :30 hourglass, which I plan on implementing at my table as a house rule. Each player, on his turn, will have to decide what his action will be in :30 or less. […]
Gencon knick knacks for 4th Ed. D&D
I wanted to share with you some of my purchases from Gencon for my 4th Ed. D&D game, with the hopes that it may help someone out there starting to play the game. 4th Ed., above all others, is in my opinion a game that lends itself very well to this type of thing, and […]
A reader written tutorial on making your own Dungeon Tiles.
I received an email from one of my readers suggesting an idea for a tutorial. Rather than have me blog about the topic without really knowing much about it, I suggested he write it and I just host it. So, here now is reader Alex, with a pretty kick ass tutorial about making your own […]
Change in attitude regarding ability scores throughout different editions…
While I seem to be an unabashed fan of 4th Ed., the truth of the matter is that I am probably more of a fan of the game I happen to be playing at the time. Right now, it’s 4th Ed. I like it. I’m into it because it lets me roll dice with my […]
Portable Dungeon Tile playing surface
This weekend I was going to play somewhere other than my house, and I intended on using Dungeon Tiles. Now, these things are prone to sliding around a lot on table surfaces, so I came up with a little something I plan on using whenever I take my game to someone elses house. It’s a […]
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