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Warhammer Magic Guide: Lore of Metal
The Lore of Metal is a powerful Lore, with a good selection of great spells, and is extremely effective against well-armoured foes like heavy cavalry and Steam Tanks. With a powerful Lore Attribute and great Signature, in addition to scaling well with boosted spells, this Lore is effective on any level Wizard. Continue reading
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Tagged Games Workshop, guide, magic, warhammer
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Warhammer Magic Guide: Lore of Beasts
The Lore of Beasts has an interesting mix of spells. It primarily focuses on Augments, but also boasts two Magic Missiles and a Hex. It immediately offers itself as a fairly general spell list that can be played comfortably with and against pretty much any army. The spells are fairly easy to cast, but have good enhanced versions for if you have the power dice to spare. Continue reading
Posted in Tabletop Wargames, Warhammer Fantasy Battles
Tagged beast lore, Games Workshop, guides, magic lore, warhammer, warhammer fantasy battles, wfb
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Warhammer Magic Guide: Lore of Fire
The core magic Lores in the Warhammer rulebook are a lot more useful, and hence see a lot more play, with the changes in 8th Edition. In this post we’re looking at the Lore of Fire. The Lore of Fire is, unsurprisingly, focussed on delivering large amounts of fiery death to your opponent’s troops (or “dudes”). Most of its spells are direct damage, which is not necessarily a bad thing if that’s what you want.
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Tagged fire, guide, lores, magic, warhammer
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iPhone app review: MineCraft Pro
The success of Minecraft has led to lots of iPhone apps trying to play on this success. MineCraft Pro is one of these… and unlike some of the other apps, it costs money. So naturally, I was extremely dubious about it. While it’s a reference app designed to be used whilst you play Minecraft on your computer the question remains: “Is it worth the price tag?”. Continue reading
Star Wars RPG Saga Edition: Review, Resources, and More
If you’re a regular at Dice of Doom you’ll know about our “Gaming Experiment”: playing 12 different roleplaying games in as many months. Whilst we’re currently working through Rolemaster (…we’ll report on that if, afterwards, we’re still alive to tell the tale), the game before that was Star Wars Saga Edition, which I GM’d. Whilst the game isn’t exactly new, we hadn’t played it before, and were very excited. RPGs are awesome, Star Wars is awesome… what could go wrong? Continue reading
Posted in Game Resources, Role Playing Games, Star Wars d20
Tagged review, rpg, Saga Edition, star wars
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Fabled Lands Choose-Your-Own-Adventure Books Republished, an iPad Game, and an RPG
The excellent Fabled Lands gamebook series is being revived, with the books being republished, an iPad version and an RPG in development. Continue reading
Posted in Books, Gaming, iPhone Games, Role Playing Games
Tagged choose-your-own-adventure, CYOA, Fabled Lands, gamebook, iPad, iPhone, rpg
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Introduction to Using Emotions in RPGs
We, as humans, are emotional creatures. We enjoy experiencing emotions, and a lot of the media we have (games, films, books, etc) focus on using our emotions to tell a story or create enjoyment. Understanding how people react to stimuli has been increasingly important in game design lately. Creating emotional situations in RPGs is tricky, however, because the form of RPGs can restrict you a lot, but you need look no further than the horror roleplaying genre to see what you can do. In this post we’ll look at some of the basic emotions, and an overview of including them in games. Continue reading
Posted in Dungeons & Dragons, Gaming, Role Playing Games
Tagged dnd, emotions, gaming, GMing, Horror, Roleplaying, rpg
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Using Lego in Roleplaying Games
Over the last couple of years, I’ve been using Lego more and more in my D&D and Star Wars Saga Edition games, with startling and excellent results. Continue reading
Posted in Dungeons & Dragons, Role Playing Games, Star Wars d20
Tagged d&d, dnd, dragons, dungeons, Lego, Roleplaying, rpg, saga, star wars
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Powergaming: Making a Powerful Druid in Core 3.5 D&D
Druids are one of the more powerful classes in core 3.5 D&D. However, they are certainly not the easiest of classes to play, and there can be a lot of paperwork involved. This article will cover the various abilities, spells, and strategies involved in playing a Druid, and provide simple advice to making a powerful Druid using only core 3.5 D&D. Continue reading
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Tagged 3.5, d&d, d&d 3.x, dnd, Druid, Dungeons and Dragons, Powergaming
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Mapping your Warhammer battles with Battle Chronicler
Battle Chronicler is a free program for making battle reports of tabletop wargames, such as Warhammer. It provides a simple yet attractive user interface combined with excellent graphical output to produce professional-quality battle reports for any tabletop wargame you like. Continue reading
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Tagged mapping, maps, review, warhammer
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