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Izuna - Early Impressions  (1 comment)

Posted on April 30th, 2007 by Smite. About Computer, DnD, Smite.

OK, a few weeks back I picked up Izuna: Legend of the Unemployed Ninja for the Nintendo DS. Read here for the twisted tale on how I settled on this particular title. Now I’ve gotten to play it for maybe 5–10 hours and I’m going to share some initial thoughts. You might enjoy these thoughts even if [...]

An alternative point of view: The Good Death  (1 comment)

Posted on April 27th, 2007 by Random. About DnD, Random, Rant.

Yesterday KharasDjun filled you in on the old school gamer’s nostalgic take on the passing of Dragon and Dungeon magazines. Now I will tell you why it is about time that these useless relics from a bygone era are finally laid to rest.

Ode to the Dearly Departed  (1 comment)

Posted on April 26th, 2007 by KarasDjun. About Culture, KarasDjun.

Well, this has been a bad week for me. I was made aware of the fact that Wizards of the Coast and Paizo Publishing were ending their licensing of DRAGON and DUNGEON magazines. Then, through other sources, I learned that Tom Moldvay had passed away in March with nary a word until someone was contacted [...]

MetalJim’s Pre-Release Experience  (5 comments)

Posted on April 25th, 2007 by MetalJim. About Collectible, MetalJim.

In which MetalJim learns how to hang in there and keep digging…

Of Horror and Vanities  (2 comments)

Posted on April 24th, 2007 by Smite. About Culture, Smite.

License plate seen by yours truly on a freeway north of Los Angeles Sunday night:

WWCTHLD

Priceless.

 

A hybrid of tabletop role-playing and Internet play  (0 comments)

Posted on April 23rd, 2007 by Mystagogue. About Computer, DnD, Mystagogue.

Yes folks, I’m beating this horse to death. I’m filling for Smite Monday with a bonus post on my latest adventures in bridging the geographic gap between gamers.

On Saturday and Sundays for the past few years, our local group of seven have gotten together to play standard D&D sitting on couches around a table with a vinyl [...]

Choices, choices: Paranoia vs. Cybepunk  (0 comments)

Posted on April 20th, 2007 by Random. About Random, Theory.

At the All Games Considered podcast they have a kind of competition going. They paired off a bunch of game systems in a March Madness bracket style tournament and encouraged their listeners to vote on…

Using Google Earth to Visualize Your Game World  (4 comments)

Posted on April 19th, 2007 by Mystagogue. About Computer, DnD, Mystagogue.

This week, I’m helping out KarasDjun with filler for his regular Thursday slot.

Last week, I played around with using Google Earth to visualize my game world of Primordia. To get the most out of this post, you may want to stroll on down to http://earth.google.com/ and download your very own copy.

First, an introduction to Google Earth. [...]

On the Future of Magic  (0 comments)

Posted on April 18th, 2007 by MetalJim. About Collectible, MetalJim.

[Spoiler Alert] MetalJim previews the upcoming Future Sight expansion for Magic: The Gathering…

Prelude - RPGs on the Nintendo DS  (2 comments)

Posted on April 16th, 2007 by Smite. About Computer, DnD, Smite.

I’m going on a trip for work next week, which will involve multiple cross-country flights. I look out the window today and see April snows across the Northeast! That can mean only one thing: I should expect lots of cancelled flights along the way (as if the airlines even need a reason anymore…) On my last [...]

Tales from the Birthing Pits  (1 comment)

Posted on April 13th, 2007 by Random. About Random.

Spring is here so I’ll celebrate new beginnings by looking at some recent character creation sessions that have been going on.

Maximize Your Potential  (5 comments)

Posted on April 12th, 2007 by KarasDjun. About DnD, KarasDjun, Theory.

D&D 3.5 really goes for the wow factor at higher levels, enticing you to advance to astronomical levels never before attained in most older D&D campaigns faster than ever before. The power levels at the high end of the level spectrum are ridiculous. Let’s see how the system can be used to craft a perfect killing [...]

Gamer GEEKS - They Walk Among Us!  (1 comment)

Posted on April 11th, 2007 by MetalJim. About Culture, MetalJim.

In which MetalJim calls out to lonely gamer geeks everywhere…

Labels - More Harm Than Good?  (4 comments)

Posted on April 9th, 2007 by Smite. About Board, Computer, Culture, Smite.

In the board game world, we struggle a bit when trying to describe our wonderful secret trove of games to those poor fools than make up the uninformed masses. Labels are so useful for the way the human brain sorts and stores ideas, and yet… we run into trouble early. We all think of “board [...]

There’s no reason we can’t be civil, is there?  (3 comments)

Posted on April 6th, 2007 by Random. About Board, Computer, Random, Rant.

Sid Meier’s Civilization is one of the greatest gaming franchises in the history of computer gaming. I recently played the board game based on the computer game.

City Adventures: Great in Theory….  (4 comments)

Posted on April 5th, 2007 by KarasDjun. About DnD, KarasDjun.

I’ve recently ended one campaign only to start work on another, this one set in the Forgotten Realms. I’ve opted to set the beginning of the campaign in Waterdeep figuring that the city should be a safer location to start an adventure. But where do you start?

I can come up with nearly a dozen adventures [...]

Reporting from the Front Lines of the Card Wars  (2 comments)

Posted on April 3rd, 2007 by MetalJim. About Collectible, MetalJim.

In which MetalJim learns that there are plenty of people in Nashville who are willing and eager to kick his butt…

They Just Don’t Make ‘Em Like That Anymore  (1 comment)

Posted on April 2nd, 2007 by Smite. About Board, Smite.

We just had an old friend in town for the last week or so, and managed to set up a single night of gaming. John used to round out our “hard-core” foursome – with other permutations of our gamer group we play some light Euro-games, or Magic, or D&D, or the occasional Steve Jackson brand [...]

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