Halloween is a great time of year. Paganism and chocolate, how can you go wrong. It also brings with it horror movies and scary Halloween TV specials. But it is also a great opportunity to play some scary games as well.
I like comparing and contrasting the various rule sets of the Dungeons & Dragons game. It’s interesting to see the evolution of the game from its early and obscure beginnings to the mass-marketed corporate ruleset it has become in recent years. One of the most useful spells in the game, the haste spell, has changed [...]
Today, MetalJim flies off in a brand new direction!
Rhelik opens his playbook and discusses his approach to tournament play.
Atonement – it’s good for the soul.
When we get together to play games, it’s not always our finest moments, is it? Sometimes a bad mood - or pressure from the outside world - creeps in, and we do bad things. Sometimes we just get carried away in the moment and do something that merely seems [...]
I’ve been thinking a lot recently about the different types of gamers out there. Not just in my gaming circle but in all the podcasts I listen to and all the blogs and forums I read. The way I see it, there are 3 main reasons why each of us games. There are Competitive gamers, [...]
If you’ve been following the campaign development articles, then you already know that Coral Cove is a town located on the western coast of the island of Vodalia, the largest and westernmost island in the chain known as the Shattered Isles. These islands are the original homeland of the human race when reptilian races ruled [...]
Metaljim experiences a clash of poker cultures…
Royal Albert Bridge, 1859, Isambard Kingdom Brunel
Train games… there must be a million of them! It’s really not surprising at all, though – there’s something that captivates and thrills us even today about the iron horse and all that it evokes – the birth of the industrial age, remarkable feats of engineering (talkin’ about the [...]
I’ve been finding that there are a few key places in each town that all players eventually seek out. I’ll outline a few of these key locations for the port town of Coral Cove in Vodalia. Feel free to use the information in any way you see fit.
The Blue Parrot (Inn): [...]
MetalJim reviews of couple of new accessories for your roleplaying game…
Rhelik speaks of gaming with halflings!
In the United States, on the second Monday of October we observe Columbus Day, though its official date is October 12th, the morning upon which in 1492 Columbus’ expedition sighted the New World island of Guanahaní. We close the government and schools but let the real working stiffs keep dragging the economy along. The day [...]
[Has anything like this ever happened during one of your D and D games?]
I was thinking about what Smite said this past Monday . Having fully developed NPCs is important and adds a lot to the story, but there is another aspect of playing the bad guys that is much harder….
I’m a D&D purist. When Forgotten Realms came out at the end of 1st edition AD&D I saw it as a new concept that threatened to replace my beloved Greyhawk. I didn’t give it the chance it deserved. Sure, it has its own peculiarities, but I do find myself continually drawn back [...]
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So, I saw “Jet Li’s Fearless” over the weekend. It was a very good movie, highly enjoyable, and a right proper finish to Jet’s career in action/martial-arts movies, if his claims as such are to be believed. It’s nice to see all the money that’s become available to put real polish and production into these wushu movies [...]