Tag: Dungeons & Dragons
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Tabletop Review: Murder in Baldur’s Gate (Dungeons & Dragons)
Murder in Baldur’s Gate (Dungeons & Dragons) Publisher: Wizards of the Coast Page Count: Special (See Review Below) Cost: $29.99 ($22.97 at Amazon.com) Release Date: 08/20/2013 Get it Here: Amazon.com Murder in Baldur’s Gate is the first adventure for The Sundering event, which is meant to serve as the transitions between Four Edition and D&D…
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Tabletop Review: Lords of Waterdeep: Scoundrels of Skullport Board Game Expansion (Dungeons & Dragons)
Lords of Waterdeep: Scoundrels of Skullport Board Game Expansion (Dungeons & Dragons) Publisher: Wizards of the Cost Cost: $39.99 ($26.94 at Amazon.com) Release Date: 08/20/2013 Get it Here: Amazon.com A year and a half ago, I reviewed the Lords of Waterdeep board game. I thought the game was a lot of fun and nicely combined…
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Book Review: The Companions: The Sundering, Book I (Dungeons & Dragons)
The Companions: The Sundering, Book 1 (Dungeons & Dragons) Publisher: Wizards of the Coast Page Count: 448 Pages Cost: $9.78 (Kindle)/$17.95 (Hardcover)/$4.95 (Softcover) Release Date: 08/06/2013 Get it Here: Amazon.com The Sundering is the event that will be bringing Dungeons & Dragons, particularly the Forgotten Realms, from Fourth Edition into D&D Next. There will be…
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Tabletop Review Deities and Demigods (Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, First Edition)
Deities & Demigods (Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, First Edition) Publisher: Wizards of the Coast (Originally TSR) Page Count: 128 Cost: $9.99 Release Date: 01/17/2013 (Originally 8/15/1980) Get it Here: DNDClassics.com The Deities and Demigods book has been a mainstay of the D&D world for a long time – most people who played D&D during the…
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Tabletop Review: Magic Item Compendium Premium Reprint (Dungeons & Dragons 3.5)
Magic Item Compendium Premium Reprint (Dungeons & Dragons 3.5) Publisher: Wizards of the Coast Page Count: 286 Cost: $49.95 ($33.41 at Amazon.com) Release Date: 07/16/2013 (Originally 3/13/2007) Get it Here: Amazon.com Wizards of the Coast has done a great job with the premium reprints of Dungeons & Dragons books from past editions. I’ve been especially…
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Tabletop Review: Ravenloft: Monstrous Compendium Appendix III: Creatures of Darkness (Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, 2nd Edition)
Ravenloft: Monstrous Compendium Appendix III: Creatures of Darkness (Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, 2nd Edition) Publisher: Wizards of the Coast (Originally TSR) Page Count: 126 Cost: $9.99 Release Date: (Originally 1994) Get it Here: DNDClassics.com I’m of the personal opinion that each Ravenloft Monstrous Compendium Appendix is a bit weaker than the one that came before…
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Tabletop Review: Ravenloft Monstrous Compendium Appendices I & II (Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, Second Edition)
Ravenloft Monstrous Compendium Appendices I & II (Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, Second Edition) Publisher: Wizards of the Coast (Originally TSR) Page Count: 130 Cost: $9.99 (Originally $20) Release Date: 06/04/2013 (Originally 1991 and 1993 Get it Here:DNDCLassics.com Ravenloft was the campaign setting that sucked me into Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, and the first Monstrous Compendium…
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Tabletop Review: Menzoberranzan Boxed Set (Advanced Dungeons and Dragons Second Edition)
Revisiting the AD&D 2nd Edition Boxed Set of the fabled Drow City
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Tabletop Review: Arms and Equipment Guide (Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Second Edition)
Arms and Equipment Guide (AD&D 2e) Publisher: Wizards of the Coast (Originally TSR) Page Count: 128 Release Date: 1991 (Book), 04/23/2013 (PDF) Cost: $9.99 (PDF) Where to get it: DrivethruRPG.com I can’t think of any other book that has shaped my perception of the weapons and armor used in various medieval-esque fantasy games than the…
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Tabletop Review: Greyhawk Adventures: Vecna Lives! (Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2nd Edition)
Greyhawk Adventures: Vecna Lives! (Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2nd Edition) Publisher: Wizards of the Coast (Originally TSR) Page Count: 98 Cost: $9.99 Release Date: 05/21/2013 (Originally January 1991) Get it Here: DNDClassics.com Unlike most AD&D gamers of my generation, I wasn’t that into Forgotten Realms or Dragonlance. I preferred Ravenloft and Greyhawk (and later, Planescape).…
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Tabletop Review: Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Second Edition Monstrous Manual
Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Second Edition Monstrous Manual Publisher: Wizards of the Coast (Originally TSR) Page Count: 384 Cost: $49.99 ($32.10 on Amazon.com) Release Date: 05/21/2013 Get it Here:Amazon.com In my reviews of the Player’s Handbook and Dungeon Master Guide, I’ve made mention of the two different versions of Second Edition, you have the original…
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Tabletop Review: Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Second Edition Dungeon Master Guide
Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Second Edition Dungeon Master Guide Publisher: Wizards of the Coast (Originally TSR) Page Count: 256 Cost: $49.99 ($32.01 at Amazon.com) Release Date: 05/21/2013 Get it Here:Amazon.com Yesterday we looked at Wizard of the Coast’s premium reprint of the Second Edition Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Player’s Handbook. Today it’s the Dungeon Master…
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Tabletop Review: Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Second Edition Players Handbook
Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Second Edition Players Handbook Publisher: Wizards of the Coast Page Count: 319 Cost: $49.99 ($32.40 on Amazon.com) Release Date: 05/21/2013 Get it Here:Amazon.com I remember saving up for the original 1989 edition of Second Edition AD&D. A whopping twenty dollars, and it was worth it. Amazing artwork, redone rules (Thank Cthulhu…
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The Top Ten Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Second Edition Releases I’d Like To See on DNDClassics.com
With the physical re-releases of the three core Second Edition Advanced Dungeons & Dragons releases on May 21st (Player’s Handbook,Dungeon Master’s Guide and the Monstrous Manual), I thought it would be fun to talk about what other Second Edition releases we’d like to see. Of course, it’s not very likely we’ll see a wide reprint…
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Dragon Magazine Annual Vol. 1 (Dungeons & Dragons)
Dungeons & Dragons: Dragon Magazine Annual #1 Publisher: Wizards of the Coast Page Count: 162 pages Cost: $17.99 Release Date: 01/22/2013 (originally released in 2009) Get it Here: D&DClassics.com Whereas Dungeon Magazine focuses on pre-published adventures for the Dungeon Master whose skills don’t lie in the arena of adventure creation, Dragon Magazine is for the…
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Tabletop Review: Dungeons of Dread: S Series Classic Adventure Compilation (Advanced Dungeons & Dragons)
Dungeons of Dread: S Series Classic Adventure Compilation(Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Publisher: Wizards of the Coast Page Count: 192 Cost: $39.99 ($25.64 at Amazon.com Release Date: 3/19/2013 Get it Here: Amazon.com Within the pages of this beautiful faux leather hardcover book lie four of the most famous adventures in all of tabletop gaming. Even if…
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Book Review: The Last Threshold – Neverwinter Saga Book IV (Dungeons & Dragons)
Neverwinter Book IV is a nice book end to the saga, but may leave you wanting
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Interview with R.A. Salvatore on The Last Threshold and the Upcoming Sundering Event (Dungeons and Dragons)
Salvatore talks on Last Threshold and a behind the scenes of Fifth Ed.
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Tabletop Review: Ravenloft – Children of the Night: Werebeasts (Advanced Dungeons & Dragons)
Children of the Night: Werebeasts Publisher: Wizards of the Coast (originally TSR) Page Count: 98 Cost: $9.99 Release Date: 1/22/2013 (Originally 1998) Get it Here: DNDClassics.com It’s been a month or so, but I’m finally getting around to reviewing Children of the Night: Werebeasts, one of the four Ravenloft themed releases currently on DNDClassics.com. I’ll…
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Book Review: Prophet of the Dead: Brotherhood of the Griffon, Book V (Dungeons & Dragons)
Prophet of the Dead: Brotherhood of the Griffon, Book V (Dungeons & Dragons) Publisher: Wizards of the Coast Page Count: 352 Cost: $7.99 ($6.15 for Kindle Version) Release Date: 02/05/2013 Get it Here: Amazon.com Prophet of the Dead is the fifth in the Brotherhood of the Griffon series by Richard Lee Byers, although technically it’s…