Every year a buddy of mine hosts a poker tournament for family and friends. I’ve been attending for 3 years and have been breaking even. This past tourney I went in with a brand new strategy, one I’d never considered before, and I won. Here is the story of how it went down and what I learned.
When Neverwinter Nights originally hit the shelves a few years ago I was a little disappointed. Yet again Greyhawk had been passed over for the more popular Forgotten Realms. The ruleset was going to be D&D 3.0, and it was going to be a single or multi-player game. Nothing out of the ordinary, nothing special. [...]
In a world with sufficiently high levels of magic, no one would ever be foolish enough to build a castle. Read on to find out why…
With War of the Dragon Queen is now just over a week out, I take a look at last years champion faction and my true love in the game….. Lawful Evil! From Aspect of Tiamat to Witchknife we’ll look over the 19 pieces including the Large Green Dragon, a new rat, and a Dracolich!
War of the Dragon Queen is just over a week out, I take a look at one of the strongest factions throughout DDM’s history…. Chaotic Evil! From Blackspawn Exterminator to Yuan-ti Halfblood Sorcerer we’ll look over the 25 pieces including early favorites like the Stirge and the Huge Fiendish Spider!!
D&D gamers of a, ahem, certain age, probably own the original (1st-edition) Advanced D&D Dungeon Master’s Guide. And also probably haven’t read it in years, since it’s now a relic, an artifact, forgotten, a mere curiosity, maybe even an embarrassment to its slick and modern offspring. Bah! One of the finest and most important books [...]
Whenever I create a melee oriented character in Dungeons and Dragons 3.x there is always one feat that I am guaranteed to pick up. It is the ultimate combat feat and allows a warrior to drop opponents that should be beyond his ability. That feat is the glorious Power Attack.
[I know some of you may be waiting for the next World Development article, but this rant just had to be let loose.]
Wizards of the Coast has crossed a line. They have taken far too many liberties on their web site and the idiocy has to stop! Wizards: STOP POSTING PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED MODULE MAPS!
I’ve been [...]
I had a great run of hands at my local “home” game last week, so I’m feeling a little cocky about my poker skillzzz right now. With that in mind, I want to offer some helpful poker strategy for the Texas Hold’em noobz out there.
With War of the Dragon Queen is now just three weeks out and I take a look at the weakest faction to date….. Chaotic Good faction. From Bonded Fire Summoner to Wizened Elder Watcher we’ll look over the 13 pieces including the every so popular PURPLE WORM!
With War of the Dragon Queen is now just three weeks out and I take a look at the Lawful Good faction. From Aasimar Fighter to War Weaver we’ll look over the 10 pieces that will be fighting the just fight this summer!
Balance is an important thing for a board game to get right. Variety of elements is a means to achieving balance (and interest!) – having a number of different things to do gives you options, replays, strategies. But how, then, to “score” these elements to determine a winner? One way that I want to look at in this article is the “Highest Lowest Score”. The intent is to automatically build the balance into the game, because each player is now responsible for making sure he does well with all of the game elements – to ignore one is to lose.
Yet another review inspired by Smite’s call for candidates for the ultimate gaming closet ; I bring to you the greatest impulse buy of my entire life: Industrial Waste !
Nothing kills the experience of an enjoyable game like a bad sport. You know the type: they refuse to acknowledge a loss, they whine and complain when things aren’t going precisely as they planned, they disrupt the enjoyment of others just because they are losing, or they suffer from “sour grapes” syndrome.
At home there’s always [...]
Keeping in mind Smite’s series on the ideal board game closet, I’d like to say a few words today in praise of one of my all-time favorite Euro board games. Reiner Knizia’s RA is a game that I love, and I will never refuse to play this game if it is proposed. Reprinted by Uberplay in 2005, the game is still widely available from most specialty board game retailers. RA holds the #7 spot in the all time BGG rankings, and is one of the best auction type games you will ever come across.
Rhelik reviews spoilers for the War of the Dragon Queen one month before the release of the set. In this review, he looks at some of the lawful-evil pieces from the set.
I happen to be a player in two different D&D campaigns that play on alternating weekends. The time constraints of adult life, right? That makes for a bit of a slow pace for character development, but on the other hand there are also some very positive aspects to it. One is the anticipation of looking [...]
Well, as is often the case, once a D&D player character of mine gets a few levels under his belt, I start feeling like the generic character record sheet just doesn’t cut it anymore. Mazzy, my Half-Orc, has buckets of weapons, combat modifiers that switch on and off all over the place (is he raging? [...]
When is a dwarf not really a dwarf? When he’s eight feet tall and committed to knocking you on your butt! Today’s character workshop is all about what happens when a duergar learns how to use a polearm effectively.
I’ve been playing a druid in a D&D 3.5 campaign for a couple of months now, and I find myself wondering about nature of the class. When I decided to play a druid it was because I’ve never played one before and wanted to try something new. I’ve always enjoyed the concept of shape shifting. [...]