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Warhammer Magic Guide: Lore of Life
The Lore of Life is very powerful spell lore in Warhammer Fantasy Battles that has a good mix of Augments and Direct Damage spells. It contains features of both a defensive and an offensive spell lore. Continue reading
Posted in Gaming, Strategy Guides, Tabletop Wargames, Warhammer Fantasy Battles Tagged Games Workshop, lore of life, lores, magic, warhammer, wfb 6 Comments
Warhammer Wood Elf Strategy Part 3: Tactics
In this third article on Warhammer Wood Elf Strategy, we look at the tactics that you use on the battlefield to get the most out of the Wood Elf army. Continue reading
Posted in Gaming, Strategy Guides, Tabletop Wargames, Warhammer Fantasy Battles Tagged 8th, army, edition, Fantasy, guide, strategy, tactics, warhammer, wfb, wood elves 21 Comments
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 Gaming, Strategy Guides, Tabletop Wargames, Warhammer Fantasy Battles Tagged 8th, army, edition, Fantasy, guide, strategy, tactics, warhammer, wfb, wood elves 12 Comments
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 Gaming, Strategy Guides, Tabletop Wargames, Warhammer Fantasy Battles Tagged 8th, army, edition, Fantasy, guide, strategy, tactics, warhammer, wfb, wood elves 16 Comments
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
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
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 Dungeons & Dragons, Gaming, Nerdom, Role Playing Games, Strategy Guides Tagged 3.5, 4E, d&d, Dungeons and Dragons, power gaming, Powergaming 4 Comments
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 7 Comments
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, iPhone Games, Strategy Guides, Zombie Apocalypse Tagged game, iPhone, iPhone Games, shooter, zombie, Zombie Apocalypse, zombies, zombieville Leave a comment
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 5 Comments
