From 1pm-5pm (or thereabouts), we’ll have D&D Game Day which spotlights the new release of Dungeon Command. A free miniature will be available to all participants (while stocks last!) Continue reading D&D Game Day – Dungeon Command
For those of us who want non-random minis… …and a new skirmish miniature game… …and new pieces to go with Castle Ravenloft/Wrath of Ashardalon/Legend of Drizzt… …soon, we’ll have Dungeon Command! Of particular note for Josh is the Drow set: I think you’ll find those drow great for this season of D&D Encounters (and what lies beyond). Each set (US$40) comes with 12 minis, rules, … Continue reading Coming soon… Dungeon Command!
Going through the levelling up process for Lanharath, my kalashtar ardent in Martin’s Eberron campaign, I first began by looking at multiclass feats to retrain Martyr’s Surge into. (Martyr’s Surge is a great feat, but I’m not getting bloodied enough – that’s Adam’s job). Eventually, I settled on a bard multiclass feat, although – just to be fun – I took the Heroes of the … Continue reading Lanharath has mutated more than first thought…
WizKids has just released the latest Player’s Guides and Tournament Rules for HeroClix, and there are some big changes afoot. Of most interest to me was the cleaning up of the Horde rules (which work pretty much as they should), but more significant to all the players around here are the changes to the Modern Age sets. From July 1st, Web of Spiderman (i.e. Nightcrawler) … Continue reading Heroclix new Player’s Guide and Tournament rules
Thanks to the kind people at Wizards of the Coast (and especially Rodney Thompson), I’m now in possession of the new D&D boardgame, Lords of Waterdeep. The game is mostly a worker-placement game, a common mechanics in European boardgames, but not one I’ve previously seen in a D&D-themed game. As I really, really enjoy worker placement games, I can’t wait to actually play it. Over … Continue reading A first look at “Lords of Waterdeep”
I was recently asked by a friend if I’d run a Pathfinder game. Speaking later to Greg, he agreed that he wouldn’t mind giving the system a try. It’s still early days – Greg won’t be free for about another month or so – but following that the game should be good to go. Assuming we get players, of course! I’ll ask around at Good … Continue reading Planning to run a Pathfinder Adventure Path – a Sunday campaign
One of the interesting things about running AD&D combat after so long with 3E and 4E is how it allows simultaneous resolution of melee combat. In particular, when most of the group are just hitting monsters with their swords, hammers and axes, I’ve told them the AC they need to hit, and then let them tell me the damage (if they hit). There’s not a … Continue reading Interesting aspects of AD&D combat
The Saturday AD&D “Viking” Campaign reached a milestone on Saturday with 9 players participating (not including Josh, Adam and Rich who were all absent) and the evil priest finally slain. So was Reece’s character… sorry about that. The group also got to meet their local baron, who was a real bastard who took half their gold and cut off Chris’s hand. Despite that, it wasn’t … Continue reading Saturday AD&D… and D&D on Sunday
One of my contentions about the D&D rules is that there are a number of areas where Gary Gygax failed to give a rule because it was in a previous edition of the rules. Thus, you require CHAINMAIL to use a lot of original D&D, and there are a number of areas in AD&D that aren’t described because the rules are in oD&D. Item Saving … Continue reading AD&D – Item Saving Throws
When I was at university – a very long time ago now – a rather interesting role-playing game came out: the Amber Diceless RPG. Based on the works of Roger Zelazny, it allowed the players to play Machievellian demi-god-like characters, who would spend a fair amount of time scheming against each other as well as dealing with the latest threat to whatever they held dear. … Continue reading The Amber RPG and Me
