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Dungeons & Dragons Edition Wars: Original D&D

12 Jun 200914 Jun 2009

My recent post asking the question of why do we have D&D edition wars erupting across the blogsphere garnered quite a few responses. The responses were passionate and everyone has their…

I Hate 5e D&D errata

6 Jun 20096 Jun 2009

I had a brilliant idea. I'd take all of the recent tweets about the specualtive hating of the fifth edition of D&D. Surprise! as I was scrolling through the tweets,…

Dungeons & Dragons Edition Wars: Why?

I've been sitting here reading through various blogs, forums, tweets about why people hate D&D version (X). Twitter yesterday even had folks espousing their hatred of 5th edition and it hasn't…

News, Reviews and Culture…

Nobis: Looking at the Religion.

5 Jun 20095 Jun 2009

Nobis is a new game coming out soon from Pantheon Press. The Database is participating in a pre-release overview of some of the aspects of the game. The Database is looking at…

I got the Monster Manual 2 and I’m not going away…..

20 May 200920 May 2009

Due to lots of graduation stuff going on with PIT#1, I've been a little lax with my updates. Today I picked up my copy of Monster Manual 2. As I'll…

News, Reviews and Culture…

Join the Cult of the Bear! Support Uncle Bear.

17 May 200917 May 2009

Are you a member of the #CultoftheBear? If not, and you want to be (and you do!) just post a comment in Twitter with the tag #CultoftheBear and your membership…

Blog Carnival…

RPG Blog Carnival: The Future of Roleplaying

15 May 200913 May 2009

The Carnival is being hosted by Roleplaying Pro. The topic chosen for this month is the Future of Roleplaying. Apropos for me as May is always the month I contemplate…

Fluff/Inspiration…

Story Cubes: A Random Plot Generator

13 May 200912 May 2009

I came across these cubes when reading this post over at the Core Mechanic. Tom's article was a fascinating read, but I couldn't help but notice the graphic. The cubes…

Point – Counterpoint: Magic Is too Common

Viri the Bard of Valiant has started a new series, Point - Counterpoint. Her first article takes the position that Magic Is too Common. My own veiwpoint is that the…

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Game Balance: Do you have it?

3 May 20092 May 2009

According to my friend Dr. Checkmate game balance is when your actual gaming matches your desire for it. Unfortunately my desire and actuality are way out of whack right now. Probably…

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