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This is Our Game: Essentials Roundup and Thoughts
Essentials has been around for a little while now. All the speculation about what it is and how it will affect Dungeons and Dragons has come and gone. What we… Read more
Skinning The Frontier: Star Frontiers Stats to 4th Edition D&D – Races I
Okay. So a funny thing happened on the way to Prenglar. The hyper-drive had been deactivated, and I was fresh out of water wrenches…er…hydrospanners. Nevertheless, thank to the intervention of… Read more
Flashbacks!
I just rebooted my Monday night campaign this last month and I had no idea how to begin the story. I sat down with my players and designed the world… Read more
The Horror of It All
Well seeing how it is October, and traditionally in DnD land that means a month featuring horror stories and nightmare creatures I thought I should say something about running a… Read more
This is Our Game:Do you ever find yourself favoring a certain PC and how do you prevent this?
Every month our group of contributors circulates a point about running a D&D game, or some other RPG-centric problem to address. We all stew and think about it for a… Read more
Dungeon Mast Tips in 140 Characters or so #20 – Travel
That’s right, it’s about time for another DM tips in 140 characters or so. I have decided to try to add a theme to each round of questions. This first… Read more
This is My World: Green Sun
Dinosaurs & Dragons – Getting Biological in DnD In this article I’m going to talk about how I used ecology and Dark Sun to inspire a setting that borrows heavily… Read more
Dungeon Master Tips in 140 characters or so #19
This week I thought I would throw my hat into the ring on the whole dungeons suck topic that Sarah Darkmagic started over on her blog. Don’t hate her just… Read more
Ritualistically Speaking: Cauldrons Rebirth
I’m not a fan of necromancers, that is to say I’m not a fan of playing one. I’m a huge fan of using them as villains and adversaries of my PCs. To me, playing a character whose powers are based on calling up the dead to do your bidding is just not that romantic. I do know many people who want to play a character of the necromantic bent, and for them there is the ritual Cauldrons Rebirth.
This is our game: How do you teach 4E to new players?
Every month our group of contributors circulates a point about running a D&D game, or some other RPG-centric problem to address. We all stew and think about it for a… Read more
