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Category Archives: Strategy Guides
Warhammer Wood Elf Strategy Part 2: Heroes and Lords
Part 2 of this series on the Wood Elf army in Warhammer Fantasy in which we will look at the choices of Heroes and Lords for your army, examining general strategies for these characters and popular builds. Continue reading
Posted in Games, Strategy Guides, Tabletop Wargames
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Warhammer Wood Elf Strategy Part 1: Basic Army Selection
Welcome to the first part of a series on my favourite Warhammer Army: the Wood Elves. We’ll cover the building of an army, selection of characters, and tactics for getting the most out of your army. No doubt this series … Continue reading
Posted in Games, Strategy Guides, Tabletop Wargames
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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 Game Resources, Games, Role Playing Games, Strategy Guides
Tagged 4E, AoE, Area, burst, Close, cover, d&d, D&D4e, effect, martial, power, Powergaming, Ranged, strategy, tactics, Wall
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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 Games, Role Playing Games, Strategy Guides
Tagged 3.5, abjuration, conjuration, d&d, enchantment, evocation, illusion, necromancy, specialization, spells, transmutation, wizard
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D&D Powergaming: Introduction
Today we begin the first of a series of (hopefully weekly…) articles discussing various powergaming strategies in D&D, both 3.5 and 4E. But what do we really mean by powergaming? How can we discuss details without understanding it? Well, that’s … Continue reading
Posted in Games, Nerdom, Role Playing Games, Strategy Guides
Tagged 3.5, 4E, d&d, Dungeons and Dragons, power gaming, Powergaming
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Nostalgia Revisited: Half-Life 1
This is the first in what will hopefully be a series of articles, where we here at Dice of Doom look at old games, and see if they are really as good as we once thought. Warning: this is a … Continue reading
Posted in Computer Games, Game Design, Strategy Guides
Tagged fps, half-life, hl, hl2, nostalgia, sierra, strategy, valve
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Zombieville USA beginner’s strategy guide
Zombieville USA is one of those simple to play magical games that can distract you for hours doing the same repetitive thing over and over. It’s hard to say whether the charm stems from playing a trucker’s cap, flannelet shirt … Continue reading
Posted in Computer Games, Strategy Guides, Zombie Apocalypse, iPhone Games
Tagged game, iPhone, iPhone Games, shooter, zombie, Zombie Apocalypse, zombies, zombieville
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Beginner’s Guide to NetHack
NetHack is a Rogue-like hack and slash computer RPG. It is particularly notable because it has been in development reasonably recently, and the overall quality of the game is incredibly good. The game shares a heritage with Moria and Rogue … Continue reading
Posted in Computer Games, Role Playing Games, Strategy Guides
Tagged beginner, getting started, guide, help, Moria, NetHack, rogue, Rogue-like, strategy
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iDracula Beginner’s Strategy Guide
iDracula has an awesome visual feel to it – very Diablo in mood and atmosphere and the controls and game play are simple but effective. Like some other games, I struggled at first, so I thought I’d post the lessons I have learnt playing the game in the hope that it helps a few others out there. Continue reading
Posted in Computer Games, Horror, Strategy Guides, iPhone Games
Tagged Computer Games, Games, iDracula, iPhone, monsters, shoot 'em ups, vampires
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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, Strategy Guides, Zombie Apocalypse, iPhone Games
Tagged Computer Games, featured, game, iPhone, strategy, Zombie Apocalypse, zombies
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