I’ve been reading a lot to try to recharge my storytelling batteries and I came across something remarkable. As in remarkably bad storytelling…

In which MetalJim returns to the subject of 4th edition previews…

Adventuring is about voyage, discovery, heroic deeds, turning the tide in a great battle, undertaking a diplomatic mission, and so on: either bearing witness to – or, even better, being a part of – the making of history.

In one of the campaigns I play in, we’ve been tooling around a relatively unknown part of the [...]

More fun with aligments…

Here is the skinny on the coolest game I’ve played in a while. And it’s free…

A lack of organizational skills and commitment has led to a very sparse gaming experience so far this year. People are more concerned with family affairs, new jobs, and illness than with gaming. The hiatus has drawn me back to one of my beloved games from yesteryear: the MARVEL SUPER HEROES Role-Playing Game by TSR, [...]

In which MetalJim reviews a newish board game…

Once upon a time I subscribed to a magazine called Computer Games (it actually started with a free subscription bundled with Europa Universalis II!), and as its name implied, it was all about gaming on the PC. Content was sterling, but readership wasn’t. They stooped so low as to start filling the back pages with [...]

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From the list of podcasts I listen to that I shared with you all last week you can guess that I’ve been exposed to many new and interesting ideas in the past couple of years. One that keeps coming up again and again is the concept of the social contract. Most [...]

Have you heard the phrase, “Try Before You Buy”?

I seem to be on a roll lately talking about style-versus-substance issues in D&D as we know it, and where it might be going. So let’s keep it up this week with a quick hit on the nature of magic and storytelling versus analytical gaming…

I tend to like “high fantasy” in theory more than in [...]

Back in the young days of d21 I told you all about the great gaming podcasts out there. Here is an updated list of the good ones…

In which MetalJim tries to talk himself out of an expensive minis purchase…

MetalJim gave us an early look, back in November, at some of the changes coming with 4th-edition D&D. Now the 95–page splatbook “preview” versions of the Player Handbook and DMG are out, respectively titled “Races and Classes” and “Worlds and Monsters”.

There is an excellent Slashdotted review here that I would encourage all you D&D-ers to read. [...]

This weeks theme is the feat Weapon Focus.

Last year I told you about many exciting flash games out there. Here are a few of my favorite online games.