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Time to make some Drow and Genasi Swordmages
Critical Hits | July 21st 2008 by Danny
In prepration for the launch of the new Living Forgotten Realms RPGA campaign, WotC has posted some preliminary rules for Forgotten Realms characters allowable in the new campaign. In the document you’ll find Drow and Genasi rules (with the Gen read more
Tidbits from E3 that I have liked
Critical Hits | July 16th 2008 by Danny
Since, for some reason, our tickets to E3 never arrived, I’ve been following the news through a few of the big video game blogs, and picking some things out that interest me: Xbox 360 will be able to stream Netflix movies if you have a subscri read more
Forget OD&D and AD&D: Play DD&D
Critical Hits | July 11th 2008 by Danny
For Drinking Dungeons & Dragons. As the planning for Gen Con goes ahead (mostly involving me panicking about not having signed up for anything), I continue my quest to trick some of the RPG bloggers into entertaining me at the convention by runni read more
Fanboy is now a real word, OK to call people it
Critical Hits | July 7th 2008 by Danny
“Fanboy” is just one of over 100 words to be added to the Miriam-Webster Dictionary this year. They specifically have it defined as “boy who is an enthusiastic devotee, such as of comics or movies.” Thankfully, the more deroga read more
Only one week left to win
Critical Hits | July 6th 2008 by Danny
Next week, contest entries close on Chatty DM and RP Tips’ contest for One Sentence NPCs. All you need to do his head over there and leave a comment with one (or more, as I did) NPCs that can be summed up in one sentence. It doesn’t matte read more
While I was gone…
Critical Hits | June 30th 2008 by Danny
Three pretty important things happened in the gaming world while I was sequestered away at Origins: Reiner Knizia has won his first Spiel Des Jahres award for the boardgame Keltis. And he won the best kids game award too! I’m sure I’m on read more
Critical Hits Podcast #1: Origins Travel Day
Critical Hits | June 26th 2008 by Danny
Hear my sultry voice describe the difficulties in finding a place to sleep in Columbus in this very first Critical Hits podcast! Critical Hits Podcast 1 Today is literally my first experiments with doing podcast/audio. When I have more time I’l read more
4th Edition: Class Acts
Critical Hits | June 25th 2008 by Danny
In the convoluted web of intrigue that blogs create, Phil (the Chatty DM) led me to a link via a guest post at Geek’s Dream Girl, to a very cool fan-created Bard class for 4th Edition. Unlike some other fan-created classes for the new edition read more
Free RPG Day is Tomorrow
Critical Hits | June 20th 2008 by Danny
Continuing our usual public service for “Free _____ Days”, Free RPG Day is tomorrow. See if there’s any participating store near you, mentally rank the offerings, and head out on Saturday in search of free RPG goodness. You may reca read more
4e D&D SRD is up
Critical Hits | June 17th 2008 by Danny
The long-awaited SRD is up, and it doesn’t contain a lot of surprises, but it’s somewhat disappointing (especially by those of us spoiled by the openness of the 3e SRD.) Probably the only improvement for 3rd party product makers and fans read more
Gaming in Ancient Rome
Critical Hits | June 13th 2008 by Danny
A friend sent me a link for something really interesting, it’s an auction by Christie’s for a d20 from Ancient Rome! It looks like the Caesars may have been playing D&D pre-1st Edition. From the site: A ROMAN GLASS GAMING DIE Circa 2 read more
An Unusual Source for RPGs and Game Design
Critical Hits | June 12th 2008 by Danny
Here’s an idea I’ve been thinking about for a while, and is worth revisiting as you plan your next campaign or sit down to design the next great game. Our biggest source of traffic is, of course, Google. Thanks to all the tracking softwar read more
The new age has begun…
Critical Hits | June 7th 2008 by Danny
Out with the old, in with the new! Now, back to reading the Monster Manual with me… read more
Gaming DVD Collection Soon to be Complete
Critical Hits | June 5th 2008 by Danny
OK, it’s never going to be complete, but it’s a major milestone… e. pointed out that Gamers 2: Dorkness Rising has FINALLY found a distributor, and will be available for sale at GenCon. I have been eagerly looking forward to this fo read more
WotC announces Magic: The Gathering changes, nerd rage on all sid…
Critical Hits | June 3rd 2008 by Danny
GamingReport posted a statement from Wizards about changes to come in Magic: The Gathering, which I can only guess are going to inspire hatred in the hardcore fans. I haven’t followed Magic for some time now (Time Spiral was even the last set I read more
Penny Arcade (and PvP) Continue Gaming Domination
Critical Hits | May 30th 2008 by Danny
So, Wizards got Gabe and Tycho from Penny Arcade and Scott Kurtz from PvP to sit down at a table to play 4th edition. Gabe announces it on the Penny Arcade news for today, and gives it a generally positive impression. The best part though? They recor read more
Going all Wiki on Game Design
Critical Hits | May 30th 2008 by Danny
The friendly neighborhood Propangandroid over at The Gamer Dome has just launched a wiki for his new project: a way for all the amateur game designers to collaborate on their projects. Unlike the board game designers forum, this has a broader aim: to read more
“Alone in the Dark” Preview Trailers
Critical Hits | May 30th 2008 by Danny
We’re going to be sent a review copy of the new game Alone in the Dark to be dissected by our crack team of video game experts one guy in a basement who can kick my ass in any FPS. Most of us hadn’t heard much about the game, so I checked read more
For a lucky few, 4dventure begins
Critical Hits | May 27th 2008 by Danny
Looks like a certain online seller shipped out at least some of its copies of the 4th edition D&D core books almost two weeks before the street date when they were supposed to start selling it. Of course, several threads have popped up to start t read more
Maybe they can get Michael Bay to direct
Critical Hits | May 22nd 2008 by Danny
Joystiq notes that the Castlevania movie is now back on track (and is Uwe Boll free.) But that’s not the only video game adaptation coming from the same studio. No, they also have the PAC MAN license! Yes, the hottest video game license from th read more
Wizards Lets Loose The Cool
Critical Hits | May 22nd 2008 by Danny
Wired has posted an exclusive preview of the 4th Edition Character Sheet, which I have to say I’m happy to see. Since playing Keep on the Shadowfell, all of us were very concerned because the pre-generated character’s stats were hidden w read more
Raimi’s First Rule
Critical Hits | May 21st 2008 by Danny
Terry Goodkind’s book series turned television show finds its leads. read more
Gen Con & Origins are a GO
Critical Hits | May 20th 2008 by Danny
I have received official word that my press passes for Gen Con and Origins (and one for my assistant at Origins) have been processed. So I shall be at both, barring some catastrophic event (either in me or my car.) I’ll try to do a bit more ind read more
In the Grim Darkness of the Far Future there is Only Kawaii
Critical Hits | May 18th 2008 by Danny
A result of the new edition? Nope, just a heavy duty conversion and paint job that probably no one at GW expected. Hello Kitty Sisters of Battle! (via the Directory of Wonderful Things) Edit: Forgot I had this from long ago: read more
Win a 4e book just by domain name
Critical Hits | May 15th 2008 by Danny
Bob at dndreviews is having a bit of an identity crisis. Instead of wallowing in self-pity, he’s going to reward a talented domain-namer with a 4e book. (Gotta love contest season leading up to a new edition.) Head over to the contest page for read more
A Game of Epic Numbers
Critical Hits | May 15th 2008 by Danny
There’s a lot of buzz going around about the soon-to-be-released 4th Edition D&D Adventure Keep on the Shadowfell, some people even did a ridiculously thorough read through of it, though Phil does provide a great review / preview there for read more
“Guitar Hero IV” will feature a Band… of Rock…
Critical Hits | May 13th 2008 by Danny
Rumored for a few weeks now, it seems that confirmation has come out that the next real installment of the Guitar Hero franchise (skipping over certain spin-off products) will feature a drum set to augment your Guitar and Bass rocking. Sound a bit fa read more
More than meets the i
Critical Hits | May 9th 2008 by Danny
Optimus Prime iPod Speaker. Need I say more? (via BoingBoing Gadgets) read more
An Instruction for All Xbox Live Users
Critical Hits | May 7th 2008 by Danny
It’s very simple what you must do today. Log on to Xbox Live. Download Wits & Wagers, newly released today. Enjoy the most award-winning trivia game ever (made by Maryland’s own North Star Games) from the comfort of your own Xbox. I read more
Marvel Movieverse!
Critical Hits | May 5th 2008 by Danny
Can Marvel keep a high quality line and connected universe up and running? (Hint: Use Paul Dini’s animated DCU [Diniverse] as a solid model!) read more
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