Tag: Dungeons & Dragons
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Unboxing the D&D Starter Set (Dungeons & Dragons Fifth Edition/D&D Next)
An advance copy of the D&D Starter Set arrived at my front door just in time for the Fourth of July. Although it will take me a while to write up a review of the whole piece, along with some more specific looks at the rulebook and enclosed adventure, I thought many of you who…
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Book Review: The Herald: The Sundering, Book VI
The Herald: The Sundering, Book VI Publisher: Wizards of the Coast Page Count: 336 Pages Cost: $7.99 (Kindle)/$27.95 (MSRP for Hardcover)/$17.68 (Amazon Hardcover Price) Release Date: 06/03/2014 Get it Here: Amazon.com Well here we are. After six books and four adventures, The Sundering is completed as The Forgotten Realms have officially moved from Dungeons &…
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Tabletop Review: Dreams of the Red Wizards: Dead in Thay (Dungeons & Dragons Next)
Dreams of the Red Wizards: Dead in Thay (Dungeons & Dragons Next) Publisher: Wizards of the Coast: Cost: $17.99 (PDF Only) Page Count: Special (see text) Release Date: 04/29/2014 Get it Here; DriveThruRPG.com Dead in Thay is the four adventure and ninth overall release (out of ten) for Dungeons & Dragons, “The Sundering,” which transitions…
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Book Review: The Sentinel: The Sundering Book V (Dungeons & Dragons)
The Sentinel: The Sundering Book V Publisher: Wizards of the Coast Cost: $27.95 (Hardcover)/$18.39 (Hardcover at Amazon)/$15.37 (Kindle)/$7.19 (Paperback) Page Count: 304 Release Date: 04/01/2014 (Hardcover and Kindle)/10/7/1014 (Paperback) Get it Here: Amazon.com It’s hard to believe that this is the penultimate book in the Sundering series that will take the Forgotten Realms from Fourth…
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Tabletop Review: Ravenloft: Forbidden Lore (Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, Second Edition)
Ravenloft: Forbidden Lore (Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, Second Edition) Publisher: Wizards of the Coast (Originally TSR) Page Count: 288 Cost: $9.99 (Originally $25) Release Date: 03/11/2014 (Originally 1992) Get it Here: DNDClassics.com I’m really glad to see Forbidden Lore up on DNDclassics.com, as I wasn’t sure how they were going to pull this off. You…
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Book Review: Night of the Hunter: Companions Codex, Book I (Dungeons & Dragons)
R.A. Salvatore’s latest brings Drizzt and crew into the new Forgotten Realms
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Tabletop Review: Spelljammer: Adventures in Space (Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, Second Edition)
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space (Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2nd Edition) Publisher: Wizards of the Coast Page Count: 248 Pages across two books Cost: $9.99 Release Date: 03/04/2014 (Originally 1989) Get it Here: DNDClassics.com Wow. I can’t express how happy I am to have the Spelljammer: Adventures in Space boxed set once again available to the…
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Tabletop Review: Birthright: Player’s Secrets of Tuarhieveln (Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, Second Edition)
Birthright: Player’s Secrets of Tuarhieveln (Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, Second Edition) Publisher: Wizards of the Coast (Originally TSR) Cost: $4.99 (Originally $7.95 Page Count: 39 Release Date: 02/18/2014 (Originally 1996) Get it here: DriveThruRPG.com If there’s one thing you can say about Second Edition Advanced Dungeons & Dragons with absolutely certainty, it is that this…
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Book Review: The Reaver: The Sundering Book IV (Dungeons & Dragons)
The Reaver: The Sundering Book IV (Dungeons & Dragons) Publisher: Wizards of the Coast Cost: $27.95 (Physical)/$15.37 (Digital) Page Count: Release Date: 2/4/2014 (Physical)/2/11/2014 (Digital) Get it Here: Amazon.com The Reaver is the fourth book in The Sundering, a Dungeons & Dragons set of novels which showcases the changes between Fourth Edition and the upcoming…
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Tabletop Review: Dreams of the Red Wizards: Scourge of the Sword Coast (Dungeons & Dragons Next)
Dreams of the Red Wizards: Scourge of the Sword Coast (Dungeons & Dragons Next) Publisher: Wizards of the Coast Cost: $17.99 Page Count: 85 (for the adventure) and 220 (Multiple Rules Supplements) Release Date: 02/04/2014 Get it Here: DriveThruRPG.com/DNDClassics.com Scourge of the Sword Coast is a pretty unique experience in a lot of ways. It’s…
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Tabletop Review: Legacy of the Crystal Shard (Dungeons & Dragons)
Legacy of the Crystal Shard (Dungeons & Dragons) Publisher: Wizards of the Coast Page Count: Special (See below Cost: $34.95 ($22.10 at Amazon.com) Release Date: 11/19/2013 Get it Here: Amazon.com Legacy of the Crystal Shard is the second Sundering adventure which helps take the world’s oldest role-playing game franchise from Fourth Edition into D&D Next,…
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Tabletop Review: Ravenloft: Van Richten’s Guide to Vampires (Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, Second Edition)
Ravenloft: Van Richten’s Guide to Vampires (Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, Second Edition) Publisher: Wizards of the Coast (Originally TSR) Cost: $9.99(Originally $10.95) Page Count: 99 Release Date: 11/19/2013 (Originally 1991) Get it Here: DNDClassics.com Van Richten’s Guide to Vampires is not only my favorite supplement for Ravenloft, but it just might be my favorite for…
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Book Review: The Adversary: The Sundering Book III (Dungeons & Dragons)
The Adversary: The Sundering Book III (Dungeons & Dragons) Publisher: Wizards of the Coast Page Count: 432 Cost: $27.95 (Physical)/15.37 (Kindle)/$14.99 (Audio) Release Date: 12/2/2013 (Hardcover/Kindle)/5/6/2014 (Paperback) Get it Here: Amazon.com The Adversary is the third in the six book series known as The Sundering, which phases Dungeons & Dragons from the “love it or…
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Tabletop Review: Ravenloft: Darklords (Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2nd Edition)
Ravenloft: Darklords (Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2nd Edition) Publisher: Wizards of the Coast (Originally TSR) Cost: $9.99 (Originally $10.95) Page Count: 98 Release Date: 11/12/2013 (Originally 1991) Get it Here: DNDCLassics.com As you can tell from the RR1 coding, Darklords was the first supplement release for TSR’s Ravenloft campaign setting. There had been an adventure…
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Tabletop Review: D&D Next: Vault of the Dracolich (Dungeons & Dragons)
D&D Next: Vault of the Dracolich (Dungeons & Dragons) Publisher: Wizards of the Coast Cost: $4.99 Page Count: 26 Release Date: 10/22/2013 (PDF to the Public)/Originally June 2013 (2013 Game Day) Get it Here: DNDClassics.com Vault of the Dracolich is a noteworthy adventure for many reasons. It’s the first ever Game Day adventure to be…
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Tabletop Review: Ravenloft: Web of Illusion (Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, Second Edition)
Ravenloft: Web of Illusion (Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, Second Edition) Publisher: Wizards of the Coast (Originally TSR) Cost: $4.95 (Originally $9.95) Page Count: 67 Release Date: 10/01/2013 (Originally 1993) Get it Here: DNDClassics.com Web of Illusion is one of those odd Ravenloft adventures that neither fits the mood nor theme of the campaign setting, and…
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Tabletop Review: Ravenloft: Howls in the Night (Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, Second Edition)
Howls in the Night (Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, Second Edition) Publisher: Wizards of the Coast (Originally TSR) Cost: $4.95 (Original Physical Copy was $6.95) Page Count: 32 Release Date: 10/08/2013 (Originally 1994) Get it Here: DNDClassics.com It’s October and what better time for DNDCLassics.com to FINALLY start re-releasing some more Ravenloft adventures than in the…
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Tabletop Review: Ravenloft: Dark of the Moon (Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, Second Edition)
Ravenloft: Dark of the Moon (Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, Second Edition) Publisher: Wizards of the Coast (Originally TSR) Cost: $4.95 (Original Physical Copy: $9.95) Page Count: 64 Release Date: 10/08/2013 (Originally 1993) Get it Here: DriveThruRPG.Com As I’ve said in the past, a good rule of thumb for whether or not a Ravenloft adventure is…
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Book Review: The Godborn: The Sundering, Book II (Dungeons & Dragons)
The Godborn, The Sundering Book II Publisher: Wizards of the Coast Cost: $15.37 (Kindle)/$27.95 (Hardcover) Page Count: 336 Release Date: 10/01/2013 Get it Here: Amazon.com Although The Godborn is listed as the second book in The Sundering series, I should point out that all six Sundering novels are only vaguely connected, in that these books…
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Tabletop Review: Ghosts of Dragonspear Castle (Dungons & Dragons Next)
Ghosts of Dragonspear Castle (Dungeons & Dragons) Publisher: Wizards of the Coast Page Count: 288 Cost: $29.99 Release Date: 08/15/2013 Get it Here: You Can’t. It was a GenCon Exclusive. I’m not a fan of Convention Exclusives. In fact, I outright hate the very concept of them. Why have an item that could easily make…