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D&D&D&D&D&D

April 26, 2012 by newbiedm

EDIT: Mike Mearls tweeted today that the board game is no hoax. Does this mean that the 3.5 reprints are a go? Interesting times indeed. “I’m just sitting here Watching the wheels go round and round I really love to watch them roll.” John Lennon Well, this certainly made for an interesting week in D&D land. […]

SW/Age hack Adversaries

April 25, 2012 by newbiedm

Another day, another example of where I’m going with this Star Wars/Dragon Age hack. This is really starting to take shape as a playable game, if only for playtesting purposes. Here are some sample enemies: a stormtrooper, a thug, a young rancor, an average bounty hunter, and an imperial customs agent. As you can see with the rancor, the […]

Starfighter combat in SW/AGE

April 23, 2012 by newbiedm

One of the things that has to be made up from scratch in my Star Wars/AGE hack is starship combat, which is iconic to SW, yet in AGE there are no vehicular combat rules of any kind. I decided that the easiest way for me to approach that, and in keeping with the spirit of […]

Star Wars/AGE conversion update

April 20, 2012 by newbiedm

Some time ago I mentioned that I was slowly working on a Dragon Age/Star Wars hack, but I never really posted much more than that. Since then I’ve received a couple of emails from people interested in the project, so I decided to recharge my batteries and get to it. Over time, I’ve gotten some […]

To Grid Or Not To Grid, That Is The Question… And Another Topic…

April 18, 2012 by newbiedm

There’s been some talk lately about the infamous “GRID” in rpg’s. It’s come up in conversations about DnDNext, and whether or not people prefer to play with it or would rather go the “theatre of the mind route”. I also heard Will Wheaton on the latest Jennisodes podcast refer to 4e as basically a “board […]