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Yearly Archives: 2009
Powergaming: Understanding Area of Effect in D&D4E
Area of Effect powers, or AoE, are pretty common in 4th Edition D&D. No longer are they limited to Wizards, but can be found in the arsenal of many non-spellcasters, such as Fighters, as well as being used by many … Continue reading
Posted in Dungeons & Dragons, Game Resources, Gaming, Role Playing Games, Strategy Guides Tagged 4E, AoE, Area, burst, Close, cover, d&d, D&D4e, effect, martial, power, Powergaming, Ranged, strategy, tactics, Wall 29 Comments
Wizards of the Coast settle copyright infringement case
Back in April this year, Wizards of the Coast (WotC) filed three copyright infringement cases against eight individuals for sharing a copy of the Player’s Handbook II on document sharing site Scribd. Yesterday the judge accepted a settlement with the … Continue reading
Music for role-playing games: Ulver
Continuing on in our series of background music for role-playing games we look at the Norwegian Black Metal band turned increasingly electronica band Ulver. Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tweet … Continue reading
Posted in Game Resources, Music, Role Playing Games Tagged blood, blood inside, GMing, inside, Music, rpg, shadows, shadows of the sun, sun, ulver Leave a comment
Finally, an iPhone app for keeping your D&D characters on: i4e
It is very likely that if you are an iPhone owner and a D&D player there is one app that you have been longing for ever since you picked up the device from the store – a native application to … Continue reading
Posted in Dungeons & Dragons, Game Resources, Role Playing Games Tagged app store, apple, character, d&d, D&D4e, Dungeons and Dragons, i4e, iPhone, role-playing, rpg, stats 3 Comments
Get your friends together – Star Wars Uncut needs your help
The Star Wars Uncut project is perhaps one of the most awesome projects started online. Basically anyone can claim a 14 second portion of the film to remake in their own fashion. So far there have been acted scenes, animated … Continue reading
Create your own Dungeon Tiles from scratch with Photoshop
Learn how to create your own full color, printable dungeon tiles for your own games using Photoshop in 5-10 minutes. Continue reading
Posted in Dungeons & Dragons, Game Design, Game Resources, Homemade, Role Playing Games, Tabletop Wargames Tagged d&d, D&D4e, dragons, Dungeon Tiles, dungeons, mapping, maps, photoshop, tiles 20 Comments
Music for role-playing games: Zoë Keating
Having music play in the background of a game is a fairly divisive issue – some love it, some hate it. However, I have found that if you pick the right music it can add a real ambiance to the … Continue reading
Posted in Game Resources, Music, Role Playing Games Tagged cello, GMing, Music, natoma, one cello, rpg, zoe keating 2 Comments
Powergaming: Choosing a Wizard School Specialization
Wizards, apart from being arguably the most powerful character class in 3.5 D&D, have the neat ability to choose to specialize in a specific school of magic, just in case nigh-unlimited power wasn’t enough, in exchange for dumping the ability … Continue reading
Posted in Dungeons & Dragons, Gaming, Role Playing Games, Strategy Guides Tagged 3.5, abjuration, conjuration, d&d, enchantment, evocation, illusion, necromancy, specialization, spells, transmutation, wizard 1 Comment
The Philosophy of Horror
For those of you who love horror fiction and roleplaying, yet also don’t mind a bit of academic/philosophical speculation, let me introduce a wonderful resourse: Collapse volume IV. This is a special edition of an academic journal on philosophy, this … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Cthulhu, Horror, Nerdom, Role Playing Games Tagged awesome, Cthulhu, geek, Horror, Lovecraft, monster, role-playing, rpg Leave a comment
Fabled Lands: a great solo roleplaying adventure
Remember those choose your own adventure books from your childhood? Well imagine that gameplay with some RPG character development, an inventory system, dice-based skill checks and an entire world to explore and quest throughout — awesome! Well I’ve just described … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Gaming, Role Playing Games Tagged adventure, Books, Fabled Lands, gamebook, review, role-playing, rpg 10 Comments
