Yearly Archives: 2009

Powergaming: Understanding Area of Effect in D&D4E

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This entry is part 2 of 7 in the series Powergaming

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

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Wizards of the Coast settle copyright infringement case

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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

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Music for role-playing games: Ulver

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This entry is part 2 of 2 in the series Music for Role-playing

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.

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Finally, an iPhone app for keeping your D&D characters on: i4e

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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

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Get your friends together – Star Wars Uncut needs your help

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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

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Create your own Dungeon Tiles from scratch with Photoshop

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This entry is part 1 of 1 in the series Dungeon Tiles

Learn how to create your own full color, printable dungeon tiles for your own games using Photoshop in 5-10 minutes. Continue reading

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Music for role-playing games: Zoë Keating

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This entry is part 1 of 2 in the series Music for Role-playing

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

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Powergaming: Choosing a Wizard School Specialization

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This entry is part 4 of 7 in the series Powergaming

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

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The Philosophy of Horror

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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

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Fabled Lands: a great solo roleplaying adventure

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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

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