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Yearly Archives: 2008
Monster of the Week: Golems
(Er, Monster of the Month, due to sickness and the whole Christmas thing) Golems are a classic part of D&D. Everyone knows the deal: you find a statue with massive eye gems, you pry the gems out, and the statue … Continue reading
Posted in Bestiary, Dungeons & Dragons, Game Design, Role Playing Games Tagged 3.5, 4E, Bestiary, d&d, Dungeons and Dragons, golem, monster, rogue Leave a comment
Wands in 4E D&D
NEW: Updated for new books (PHBII, PHBIII, AV2) Wands in 4E are often given the bad reputation of being the worst implement. At first glance, the magic Wands are inferior to other implements, and the Wizard’s Implement Mastery ability for … Continue reading
Posted in Game Resources, Role Playing Games Tagged 4E, 4th Edition, d&d, Dungeons and Dragons, guide, implement, wand, wands 17 Comments
Foldable 3D Paper D&D & Tabletop Scenery Models
I stumbled across this the other day on the WOTC website archives (from 2003). It is the PDF’s and JPG’s of paper based 3D building models. The quality and detail is quite amazing, and they are no trouble at all … Continue reading
Strategy guide for Zombie Attack! (updated – level 50)
Zombie Attack! for the iPhone has kept me happily distracted protecting the beer shack vigorously against the zombie onslaught for more hours than I care to admit. The recent update has seen the game improved immensely with new ways of … Continue reading
Posted in Computer Games, iPhone Games, Strategy Guides, Zombie Apocalypse Tagged Computer Games, featured, game, iPhone, strategy, Zombie Apocalypse, zombies 34 Comments
List of the Best D&D 4E Character Sheets: Redux
Some time ago, I wrote about the choosing of the best D&D 4E character sheet. That was when I was creating my very first 4E character: now that I’ve actually played the game, and have had some experience, I decided … Continue reading
Posted in Dice Games, Game Design, Game Resources, Role Playing Games, Tabletop Wargames Tagged 4E, Character Sheets, d&d, D&D4e, Dungeons and Dragons, Power Cards, role-playing, rpg 7 Comments
iPhone RPG dice roller ‘Pip’ reminds us simple is often better
A few days ago the developers of iPhone polyhedral dice rolling application ‘Pip’ (Mystery Coconut) sent me a request to look at their application and offer my thoughts. Well, we have had a play around with it and we have … Continue reading
Posted in Computer Games, Dice Games, iPhone Games, Role Playing Games, Tabletop Wargames Tagged dice, dice roller, iPhone, rpg, tabletop Leave a comment
Rogue on the iPhone – finally…
One game has been sadly missing from iPhones – a Rogue style game. Well, better than getting ‘a’ Rogue style game, Gandreas Games (the same people who brought us the awesome RPG dice roller Dicenomicon…) have released ‘the’ Rogue game … Continue reading
Posted in Computer Games, iPhone Games, Role Playing Games Tagged Computer Games, Fantasy, iPhone, Moria, rogue, Rogue-like, rpg 4 Comments
Monster of the Week: Gelatinous Cube
Unlike the previous two Monsters of the Week, this week I look at a monster which is completely unintelligent, has no tactics, and is a pushover for any party: and yet can be the most dangerous thing they ever face. … Continue reading
Posted in Bestiary, Dungeons & Dragons, Game Design, Game Resources, Role Playing Games Tagged Bestiary, d&d, d&d encounter, d&d traps, d&d2e, d&d3.x, D&D4e, encounter, Game Design, Gelatinous Cube, Roleplaying games, rpg, Trap 6 Comments
Is Monty Python’s “Dead Parrot Sketch” 1600 Years Old?
Nerds love Monty Python, right? I mean, there’s even a programming language named after the group… Well, in another case of “there’s nothing new under the sun” it seems that Monty Python’s “Dead Parrot Sketch” is perhaps a little bit … Continue reading
Posted in Funny, Random, TV Shows Tagged ancient, comedy, Funny, History, Monty Python, Random 14 Comments
Monster of the Week: Dark Elf
This week we look at the Dark Elves, known as Drow in D&D. Like many of the creatures, Dark Elves have their history in mythology. Norse mythology places Dark Elves as evil underground creatures, which is exactly what Drow generally … Continue reading
Posted in Bestiary, Dungeons & Dragons, Game Design, Role Playing Games Tagged Bestiary, d&d, Dark Elf, Dark Elves, Drow, Dungeon Master, monsters, Roleplaying games, rpg Leave a comment
