Tag Archives: WotC

Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition Announced (DnD5e)

Posted on January 10, 2012 by RupertG
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Today, with very little surprise, Wizards of the Coast announced that they were working on the 5th edition of the venerable game Dungeons & Dragons. Rumours of the announcement have been swirling through the Internet for a while now, particularly after it was revealed that veteran D&D game designer Monte Cook had rejoined the R&D Team. Continue reading →

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Wizards of the Coast have finally gotten around to releasing rules for using vehicles in Gamma World. It’s available as an 8 page PDF. If you’d like to read the full release notes, you can find them here. Continue reading →

Posted on March 19, 2011 by RupertG | Leave a comment

WotC announces big changes to the DDI Adventure Tools

Posted on March 16, 2011 by RupertG
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Wizards of the Coast sent out emails today announcing the release of a ‘new and improved’ series of Adventure Tools to the Dungeons & Dragons Insider subscription. The changes are following in the footsteps of the Virtual Table and are being implemented in the form of a web based applications. Changes are being rolled out starting March 22 starting with the Monster Builder. The full email is included after the break. Continue reading →

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WotC is finally planning to release the D&D Virtual Gaming Table

Posted on November 19, 2010 by RupertG
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Wizards of the Coast have announced that they are finally going to be releasing the Virtual Gaming Table product that they promised and then cancelled so many years ago. Continue reading →

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D&D Insider’s Character Generator coming to the web browser

Posted on November 3, 2010 by RupertG
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One of the great frustrations of Dungeons & Dragons Insider subscriptions is the Windows only software that you are provided with. This is all due to change on November 16 as Wizards of the Coast announce that their Character Generation Tool is going online for the first time. Continue reading →

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Dice of Doom Podcast 008: Weather in RPG’s (and lots of other stuff)

Posted on October 21, 2010 by RupertG
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This week we discuss the ad for the new Dungeons & Dragons Red Box, the release of the new version of The Masks of Nyarlathotep for Call of Cthulhu, the new web-series from Dead Gentlemen Productions called Journey Quest and Using Weather in Roleplaying Games. Continue reading →

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Wizards of the Coast TV Spot for the D&D Essentials Red Box? [Updated]

Posted on October 6, 2010 by RupertG
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WotC is seems to be pulling no punches in getting the new D&D Red Box out there. There has been a lot of hype surrounding the release and it would appear that at least some of it is well justified. With the Red Box itself being more than just a tip of the hat to the old Basic Set the TV spot is a collection of the black and white line drawings that accompanied the original sets of D&D. Continue reading →

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The Dice of Doom Podcast 000 – The Magic Missile Errata

Posted on July 12, 2010 by RupertG
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In this episode of the Dice of Doom Podcast we introduce ourselves and discuss the recent changes to the Dungeons & Dragons Wizard class At-Will power Magic Missile. Continue reading →

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Magic Missile errata – the controversy over changing D&D4e to be more like older editions

Posted on July 8, 2010 by RupertG
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Update: We discuss this at some length on our latest (and new) podcast. There has been quite a bit of chatter on the web recently regarding the latest errata for D&D 4e from Wizards of the Coast (WotC). The primary … Continue reading →

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The Writer’s From Robot Chicken Caught Playing D&D on Video

Posted on April 20, 2010 by RupertG

These have been out for a little while, however we thought we’d mention it, just in case you had missed it. A few months back Wizards of the Coast set up a game with the writers from Robot Chicken and … Continue reading →

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