Category: Tabletop Gaming
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Tabletop Review: Vornheim
Vornheim: The Complete City Kit Publisher: Lamentations of the Flame Princess Author: Zak S. Page Count: 64 Cover Price: 12.50€ for Print+PDF Get It Here: Vornheim: The Complete City Kit I read gaming blogs voraciously. My RSS feed is filled with OSR blogs and science fiction RPG blogs, blogs about the 80’s games of my…
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Interview with Duane Fleck of Recruits
Duane Fleck was kind enough to answer some questions I had about the Recruits Fall Convention in Lee’s Summit, MO, September 9th-11th. Chuck Platt: How many Recruits conventions have been held? Duane Fleck: I believe we are working on Recruits 18. Started in the Spring of 2003 as a GamesDay but since that name is…
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My Favorite D&D Books: Aurora’s Whole Realms Catalog
Aurora’s Whole Realms Catalog is a strange book to pick as my favorite D&D book of all time. Even people who were playing D&D when it came out have likely never held a copy in their hands, let alone read it. That is a shame. When it came out, every D&D release was a boxed…
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My Favorite D&D Books: Oriental Adventures
Oriental Adventures is a strange book. As with most of my D&D purchases, I got it used and didn’t have the exact rules it was made for. When I ran my sadly short Oriental Adventures campaign, I was using the D&D Rules Cyclopedia, Oriental Adventures, the Fiend Folio, and Monster Manual II. The resulting campaign…
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Neverwinter Campaign Setting: New Monsters and NPCs
Three NPCs and two new monsters from Neverwinter await you inside!
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My Favorite D&D Books: The Complete Book of Gnomes and Halflings
The Complete Book of Gnomes and Halflings is probably not a book you would expect me to love. My favorite setting, Dark Sun, renders halflings as cannibalistic little monsters. There are no gnomes in Dark Sun. I generally prefer sword and sorcery to high fantasy. I hate elves. All of that is true, yet I…
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Dungeons & Dragons: Neverwinter Campaign Setting – The Bladesinger Class
The Neverwinter Campaign Setting contains a brand new character class. We take a look at class and what awaits you if you choose it.
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My Favorite D&D Books: Dark Sun (2nd Edition Campaign Setting)
The original Dark Sun boxed set was a revelation for me. My Dungeons and Dragons tastes evolved in a different way than most, pieced together from the BECMI (Basic, Expert, Companion, Master, and Immortal) version of D&D and whatever 1st Edition books I stumbled across. Since I didn’t read fantasy novels, my vision of fantasy…
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Dungeons & Dragons: Neverwinter Campaign Setting Character Themes
Today we are going to talk about the thirteen character themes introduced in the Neverwinter Campaign Setting. We touched on these yesterday in our review of the guidebook, but today we’re going in-depth and seeing which of the thirteen are worth using and what’s worth ignoring. Neverwinter Noble The gist of a Neverwinter Noble is…
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Interview with Dominic McDowall-Thomas of Cubicle 7 Entertainment
At Gen Con 2011, I had the opportunity to sit down with Dominic McDowall-Thomas; Director of RPGs, Production & The Creative Studio, from Cubicle 7 Entertainment. We talked about The One Ring, Abney Park, and winning an Ennie for best new game amongst other things. Matt Faul: I am here with Dominic McDowall-Thomas; Director of…
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My Favorite D&D Books: Fiend Folio
The Fiend Folio was my very first 1st Edition AD&D book. I had started with the classic BECMI D&D books and moved on to the Jeff Easley covered 2nd Edition books. 1st Edition had a certain cache with me, due in part to age, but more to its weirdness. When the guy in my video…
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Tabletop Review: Dungeons & Dragons: Neverwinter Campaign Setting
Dungeons & Dragons: Neverwinter Campaign Setting Publisher: Wizards of the Coast Page Count: 223 Cost: $39.95 ($26.37 at Amazon.com) Release Date: 08/16/2011 Get it Here: Amazon.com Although Ravenloft is my favorite campaign setting from Dungeons & Dragons, the City of Neverwinter and the Sword Coast nearby it are where I’ve spent most of my D&D…
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Tabletop Preview: Dungeons & Dragons: Neverwinter Campaign Setting
The Neverwinter Campaign Setting hits stores August 16th. Get a hands-on preview of the book before it is released!
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Tabletop Preview: Dungeons & Dragons: Upcoming Neverwinter Releases
Whether it’s board games, novels, comic books, or Facebook games, Wizard of the Coast has something for everyone with their big Neverwinter lineup.
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Tabletop Review: Devious NPCs and Curious Creatures
Devious NPCs and Curious Creatures Publisher: Troll In The Corner Author: Benjamin Gerber Page Count: 21 Cover Price: $1.99 Get It Here: DriveThruRPGs At a deceptive 21 pages long, Devious NPCs and Curious Creatures is a neat way to spice up a low-level campaign. While intended for Pathfinder, it is close enough to D&D that…
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Tabletop Review: Doctor Who: Aliens and Creatures
Doctor Who: Aliens and Creatures Publisher: Cubicle 7 Page Count: 170 Cost: $24.95 Release Date: 06/24/2010 Get It Here: DriveThruRPG When I received Doctor Who: Adventures in Time and Space, I received Doctor Who: Aliens and Creatures at the same time. I took care to not touch Aliens and Creatures until I was done reviewing…
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Interview with John Nguyen of Dream Pod 9
Friday night during Gen Con 2011, I had the opportunity to speak with John Nguyen, Marketing Director of Dream Pod 9, makers of the tactical miniatures game Heavy Gear, and talk all things Dream Pod 9. Matt Faul: Here I am with John Nguyen of Dream Pod 9, makers of the Heavy Gear miniatures game…
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Tabletop Review: Masks: 1000 Memorable NPCs
Looking for some new characters to fit into a campaign? Masks has the answer! Find out how well it works here.
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Tabletop Review: Shadowrun – Street Legends
The newest Shadowrun supplement is out. Is this 180+ page book worth the $45 price tag? Time to find out.
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The Night Gallery, Volume I, Issue I
I’ll be honest. When I first signed up to review table-top material for Diehard GameFAN, I had no idea that people even sold artwork for gaming. I always thought that was sort of the purview of Deviant Art or a simple Google Image Search. I figured that if someone attached a price tag to something…