I discovered Legend of the Five Rings several years ago, but in the past I have never had a chance to play the RPG system itself and instead have ended up playing Oriental Adventure version of D&D or other systems with strong Asian influences. That’s why I’m very thankful that Alderac Entertainment Group has provided us with the 4th Edition of the Legend of the Five Rings Roleplaying Game core book, which is right off the bat one of the most beautiful RPG books I’ve ever seen. Plus a contest to win a copy of the L5R core book!
Archives for November 2010
How To Stop A Bully
That news story about the little girl who got picked on for having a Star Wars bottle last week broke my heart. I was picked on mercilessly from pretty much the first day of school until I got my high school diploma. I don’t want that for my boy. This is, sadly, not an uncommon story for us geeks. What do we do?
Preview: Dungeons & Dragons Virtual Table
What they’ve come up with is a pretty solid product with some extra specific to D&D touches that I haven’t seen so smoothly integrated elsewhere, which gives me hope for this product. There’s still a few key features I would love to see (which I’ll get into) but it’s a great start, and totally useable right out of the gate.
How Do You Turn a GM Off the Tracks Onto a Dirt Road?
As part of running Roleplaying Tips, I often receive questions about common gaming problems. One reader sent me this question recently, which might have come up in your gaming group: “How do you wean a GM off of a cinematic/railroad style?”
Chatty Plays, Part 3: Burning Wheel, Monstrous Power Play
In which Chatty finally reveals what happens to Yan’s Snake-woman PC when our unified group of adventurers decide to attack her. Will the alliance stand? Will the snake woman survive? Come and read about it!
Critical Bits for the week ending 2010-11-21
New web-based Character Builder is up, but loading very slowly: http://wizards.com/dnd/Tool.aspx?x=dnd/4new/tool/characterbuilder # New Character Builder known issues list and user bug reporting: http://bit.ly/aSFhzX # RT @davebernazzani: Congratulations to Lady Blackbird for the 2010 RPG GoldenGeek for Best Free Game! http://is.gd/hiKOH # You could win a signed Dark Sun Campaign Guide and Creature Catalog from @ChrisSSims […]
Review: Essentials D&D “Heroes” Books
If you’re a 4th Edition Dungeons & Dragons player then the two Essentials books that you most want to look at are Heroes of the Fallen Lands and Heroes of the Forgotten Kingdoms. Each book is presented in a similar style to a stand alone Player’s Handbook with Heroes of the Fallen Lands introducing new builds for the classic D&D classes (Clerics, Fighters, Rogues, and Wizards) while Heroes of the Forgotten Kingdoms introduces new builds for Druids, Paladins, Rangers, and Warlocks. Each of these books stands on its own perfectly well and you don’t need to buy both if you’re only interested in the classes presented in one of them.
One-Hour Game Design
A year ago, I went to Nanocon and made friends with the illustrious Richard Dansky. On Friday evening, we were a between commitments, and we were amused at the Dakota State University game design program’s promotional literature. We also stumbled on some loose dice and game pieces. We decided to make a game . . .
Chatty Plays, Part 2: Burning Wheel, Compromising Canucks
In which Chatty starts relating a play-by-play account of the Burning Wheel scenario “The Sword” as played by his long-standing gaming group.
Fable 3 Half-Review Part 2 – Freedom: The Final Betrayal
In the name of all that is good and holy in this world, you MUST to read the last half of my review of Fable 3. To protect yourself. To protect your family. For AMERICA. (If you do not live in America, I am sorry. Your reading this review will still be counted as being for America.)
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