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DDXP 2012 Report: The First Glimpses at the New Edition of Dungeons & Dragons

27 January 2012 by 31 Comments
Timmy the ThinkGeek monkey at DDXP 2012

Thanks be to Thor and whatever other gods are controlling the weather; we made it to Ft. Wayne this year! It's 12:33 am and since I haven't gone to bed yet, I'm going to say it's Thursday. (It's technically Friday.) I wanted to be sure to get the news out to all the folks who don't follow me on Twitter, so here's the excitement of the first full day of DDXP and the introduction of the new edition of D&D. Seminar:  Charting the Course: An Edition for All Editions Loads of folks turned out … [Read more...]

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The Perils of Edition Wars: Adventure to Dice Castle

17 January 2012 by 1 Comment
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This month's article was inspired by D&D's special announcement. Unless you've had your head stuck in a dice bag, you might have heard that Wizards of the Coast announced their plans to reinvest their energy into Dungeons & Dragons. (You can read What We Know About 5th Edition on ENWorld for the latest updates.) The news was picked up by several major media outlets including Forbes, The New York Times, and Yahoo! News. From a gamer's perspective, this news shook tables and shattered … [Read more...]

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Pleading the 5th – Pondering on the Future of D&D

14 January 2012 by 6 Comments
Crystal Ball

It’s ironic. I was planning on writing an article about whether or not I thought 5th Edition D&D would be coming soon, and Wizards of the Coast announces they are beginning work on the next iteration of D&D. So there’s a big ol’ yes. So instead, drawing on my experience with the game and my thoughts about how WotC has handled things with D&D of late, I thought instead I would share my thoughts on what 5th Edition will be like. It Won’t Be Called 5th Edition I know … [Read more...]

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New Year, New D&D: Please Don’t Bring Your Old, Old, Old Drama

9 January 2012 by 9 Comments
We love dragons

The announcement of the new edition of Dungeons & Dragons came out today in the NY Times. It promises to capture the hearts and minds of all D&D players, young and old, no matter which edition they thought was best. My Challenge For You In your discussions of "5e" (or whatever it ends up being called), stay positive. We all love slaying dragons. We all love exploring dungeons. Let's focus on the positive aspects of what make us LOVE a game rather than talking about the new game in … [Read more...]

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The Other Tabletop Games – 5 Board Games Worth Considering

2 August 2011 by 11 Comments
Ashardalon

I’ve told you a lot about how to run tabletop RPG games, but there are certain things that happen, whether we will them or not. You know how it goes – a week before the game, someone tells you they can’t make it next week because they’ll be at a Shower-Ring Salesman Seminar. Then, at the 11th Hour, someone calls to say they have Whooping Cough, and they can’t make it. Now you’re two players down, and maybe one of them was the person who’s personal plot you planned to develop … [Read more...]

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“Yes, And…”: Saying Yes to Your Players Isn’t Giving Up Control

8 January 2011 by 16 Comments
y3s

I was asked, a while ago, what I liked about 3rd Edition Dungeons & Dragons. My answer then really continues on into 4th Edition: earlier editions said no a lot to players. These editions say yes. Let me give a bit of an example of what I mean. You younger gamers who haven’t done your history homework may not realize it, but there was a time when you wouldn’t have been able to play your dwarf paladin…or your half-orc paladin…or an elf fighter above 4th level, for that matter. In … [Read more...]

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One Box Wonder: Gamma World

4 January 2011 by 11 Comments
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I fell in love with Gamma World at the Dungeons & Dragons Experience (DDXP) 2010, where I was lucky enough to play a preview game GMed by Rich Baker. Having never played a previous edition of Gamma World, I went in without any expectations. And I had my mind blown. The sheer randomness of Gamma World is what intrigued me at first. The dice rule the game, for better or worse. Actually, I wouldn't say "worse" as much as "hilarity ensues." Trevor Kidd was playing a Yeti Cockroach and … [Read more...]

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CONTEST: It’s GammaWeen! Win Gamma World From Gator Games!

25 October 2010 by
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The wonderful folks at Gator Games just sent me my very own Gamma World box set and guess what? They want one of YOU lucky readers to have one, too. UPDATE: Congrats, Seth White! The random.org gods chose your mutant as the winning entry. If you've been under a rock, Gamma World was just released this month by Wizards of the Coast. It's set in a world where everything is either crazy or radioactive (sometimes both!) and you get to play fun mutants like a cat-hawk man or a yeti cockroach. … [Read more...]

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To Follow or Not To Follow, That Is The Twitter Question

17 August 2010 by 5 Comments
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Twitter is an odd animal.  There are unspoken rules, exclusive cliques,weird customs. But most importantly, everyone wants to be followed. Everyone wants to see their follower number rise steadily, even if it never reaches a milliwheaton. The other fun part about Twitter is managing how much you tweet, especially because the Twitter stream looks vastly different if you follow 30 people than if you follow 300 or 3000. Someone who tweets "too much" according to someone who follows 30 people … [Read more...]

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GenCon 2010 Update: Castle Ravenloft Board Game

4 August 2010 by 18 Comments
Castle Ravenloft Board Game Cover Art

Before we even got our badges, a group of bloggers got whisked away to a secret storage room in the Indy Convention Center to play Castle Ravenloft the board game, to be released by Wizards of the Coast in just a couple weeks (8/17/10). For those unfamiliar, Castle Ravenloft is one of THE most famous vampire adventures ever. Many a D&D player has fond memories of fighting Strahd. If you know Dan from Obsidian Portal, he has an awesome Strahd story that involves a very crafty cleric and a … [Read more...]

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