Image Credit: Heliopolis at Deviant art So I joined the Kirin Tor Server after reading that Shamus Young was trying it (and if you read between the lines of his recent posts) liking it. I was well received in the Pig & Whistle Society guild and have also had the pleasure of buggin Shamus with […]
Archives for June 2008
Critical Hits Podcast #2: Valerie Putman explains Dominion
Dominion is a new card game coming out from Rio Grande Games, but is still in prototype form at the show. This was a highly praised game at this year’s Gathering and is generating quite a lot of early buzz- and for good reason. I’ll give a more indepth preview later, but for now, here’s […]
Origins 2008 Coverage
I’m at the 2008 Origins Game Fair in Columbus Ohio. Here’s a list of all the posts I’ve done about Origins: Travel Day (Podcast) Pictures from the Show (updated daily) Valerie of Rio Grande Games explains Dominion (Podcast) Luke of North Star Games explains Say Anything (Podcast) Lucas of Fantasy Flight Games explains Mutant Chronicles […]
Critical Hits Podcast #1: Origins Travel Day
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’ll see about doing the iTunes subscription and all that jazz. For now, it seemed […]
Chatty’s Review: The D&D 4e Player’s Handbook
Last week, I reviewed the DMG and found it to be the best version of this long-lived book. It wasn’t without flaws, chiefly among those was how the writing of Skill Challenges was doing the mechanic near-criminal injustice. This week, I’ll tackle the 4th Edition Players Handbook, from the standpoint of its content and then […]
4th Edition: Class Acts
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, this one actually boasts a complete list of powers/’sploits from […]
Chatty’s Debates: The Relative Merits of Action-Oriented RolePlaying
I know that this here site has been somewhat content-lighter lately. Summer has arrived and I start to feel the pull for other evening activities than blogging. Also, since I don’t have a game going anymore, gone are the periodic DM logs or Game Prep posts. There’s nothing to be worried about, just a more […]
YouTube of the Week: Andy vs. Everybody Edition
In honor of heading off to Origins this Wednesday, check out this video of my buddy Andy Looney playing many of his games at once at last year’s Origins. Bonus: he calls his own La Strada !! on camera, which of course is illegal.
Chatty’s Gen Con (and contest update)
It’s done, I just purchased my plane tickets for Gen Con Indianapolis 2008. I will be there mostly for one thing, and it’s meeting with fellow bloggers, readers and some industry people I’ve quipped and had fun with since I have been online (You better have those Electo-fluff cannons ready and buffed Mr. Baur). I […]
WTF is up with D&D Insider
I consider this a public service, since there’s tons of confusion about the issue (and for that I can place the blame solely on Wizards of the Coast.) With the advertisement in the back of every core book, it seems like the service launched, but that’s not the case. I’ve been asked lots of questions […]
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