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Dwarven Dice from Q-Workshop
If you look at many of the hobbies that we have, aside from video games, dice are a common element in a large majority of the games we play. Whether its Dungeons & Dragons, Warhammer 40k, or Settlers of Catan they all use dice and as a result man...
Monster Manual 2 – In Depth #5
Now that it is nearing the end of 2009, at long last I bring you my final in depth analysis of the Monster Manual 2 and the creatures contained therein. While the book has been out for half of a year now, I still have not gotten anywhere close to usi...
Review: “Kobold Quarterly #11″
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 ...
Preview & Review: “Primal Power”
Late last week, with a copy of Primal Power in hand, I decided to give people a chance to preview the book by asking questions that I would answer on Twitter as well as at our page on Facebook. Below I'll share most of the questions and answers from...
Leveling Up As An Inexperienced DM
I still consider myself an inexperienced DM. the 4th Edition campaign that I'm currently running has just passed twenty adventures and is the longest campaign I've ever run. Hell, it was the longest game I've ever run when it hit ten adventures back...
Inq. of the Week: RPGs in Various Flavors?
I've really enjoyed reading Dave's posts about his 4th Power project and adapting the 4E D&D system to a modern setting game as well as the comments on those posts, but it's started me thinking about the genres of RPG that people play and in add...
In Depth: 4E Assassin and Q&A with Mike Mearls
Last week Wizards of the Coast released a new class for Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition called the Assassin, an exclusive class only available to subscribers of their D&D Insider service. I was very intrigued by this new class, so I asked if...
Inq. of the Week: Tiers of Play?
Dave and I both started running 4th Edition D&D campaigns when the system was released, now over a year later Dave's game is solidly into the paragon tier while mine looks to be entering paragon in the next few weeks....
4th Edition D&D: Beyond Level 30
Character level is one of the core concepts behind most roleplaying games, and it has been at the core of D&D from the very beginning as an indication of a character's abilities, power, and influence in the world. Back in Original D&D they...
Quick Review: Adventure Art – Issue #1
Mythic Design has released a new product called Adventure Art in a series of issues, with the subtitle “Professional Artwork for Use in Your Roleplaying Games”. They were kind enough to provide us with the ......
Review: “Eberron Campaign Guide”
The DM companion book to the Eberron Player's Guide, the Eberron Campaign Guide presents all of the information a DM could need to run a 4th Edition D&D game in the unique and interesting fantasy world of Eberron. Unlike the Player's Guide, thi...
4E: Psion – by the Numbers
Yesterday saw the introduction of Wizards of the Coast's new 'preview' content roll out for the PHB3, starting with a build for the new Psion class and an article with developer commentary on the new class and the inclusion of the Psionic power sourc...
Monster Manual 2 - In Depth #3
Now that the Monster Manual 2 has been out for a little bit, I figure it's good to continue my more detailed looks at the monster inside it in case any DMs out there have put off buying it and still aren't aware of exactly what it contains....
Inq. of the Week: Age of Roleplaying?
This week I've been thinking about something that I don't believe we have touched on yet, and that's at what age people start playing RPGs. I've heard from quite a few people that are new to D&D with 4th edition from various ages, but even just...
Monster Manual 2 - In Depth #2
(Continued from Monster Manual 2 - In Depth #1) Demon - The demons get an excellent group of additions in this book. The Abyssal Eviscerator (lvl 14 brute), Abyssal Rotfiend (lvl 26 controller), Bebelith (lvl 18 ......
Monster Manual 2 - In Depth #1
Many of you DM’s out there will be going out to get the Monster Manual 2 as soon as you can on Tuesday, but if you’re not convinced yet from my review that it’s a ......
Review: Monster Manual 2
If there's one thing most DMs can agree on, it's that having more monsters to pick and choose from is better than more options for players, so the Monster Manual 2 comes as a welcome addition to 4E. The MM2 expands on many of the monsters we're alre...
Being a Good New Player
So often the focus of my articles is DMing. However, in a few short weeks I will be doing something unusual: joining The Game’s regular D&D game. I’m going to run through the considerations of making a character for a game that has been ru...
Monster Manual 2 Spoilers!
Wizards of the Coast is releasing some spoilers today for the Monster Manual 2 through various sources, one of which is right here! I believe the deal is that various sources will be sneak previewing ......
The Subtle Empowerment of the 4E Wizard
I've been reading through Arcane Power for the last couple of days, and I am pretty sure Wizards has tried to pull a fast one on us! What're they trying to pull? Making the Wizard class just as powerful as the other classes in 4th Edition. It's no...
