Category: D&D

  • Free RPG Day Reviews, Part 2

    In Part 1 of my Free RPG Day Reviews, I looked at my three favourite small press offerings.  Today I want to look at what the big publishers brought to the table. If you are sitting comfortably, and even if you’re not, we’ll begin. Star Wars Edge of the Empire RPG Quickstart/Shadows of a Black…

  • DnD Next: Three Things I Like at First Glance

    With the start of the public play-test for the next iteration of Dungeons and Dragons recently, you have either been blissfully unaware (if you are not a gamer) or have read roughly a bazillion posts on gaming sites spanning the webz.  For those that have remained thus far ignorant, sorry to get my gaming nerd…

  • A Vision of the Future for D&D

    While enjoying my morning cup of joe, what should catch my eye but the announcement that Monte Cook is once more teaming up with Wizards of the Coast!  Needless to say, the internets are abuzz and ablaze with congratulations, ululations and prognostications.  If you are a follower of Dave “The Game” Chalker and Stephen Radney-MacFarland,…

  • Happy Birthday, Gary! And thanks!

    This is still going to be a link-filled post today, but I need to take a moment to acknowledge someone very special. Today is Gary Gygax’s birthday.  And I can say without hyperbole that his invention of the game Dungeons & Dragons (along with Dave Arneson), changed my life forever.  If I allowed myself, I…

  • The Anniversary of my Birth

    That’s right, it’s my birthday.  So instead of slaving over a hot keyboard (I should really get that fixed) to write a new post, I’m taking the lazy birthday way out.  Below, please find a Classic Post from about, oh, three blogs ago.  You’ll gain a little insight in to how I turned out to…