http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yB2HZcwqJR8 Go watch it. Argh… it’ll probably be a few months before we get the actual season here in Australia. The tv show that defines my life… Continue reading Doctor Who Season 4 trailer
What do I do on an Easter Weekend? I play games, of course! Strangely, there were no RPGs involved at all. Indeed, the next few weeks will be very light for RPGs altogether – Martin & Peggy are going to be away (in various places) for the next few Fridays, which knocks out Star Wars and D&D – Savage Tide. Meanwhile, come this Sunday, I’ll … Continue reading Easter Weekend
The original PCs posted by Wizards for the D&D XP delve had a few errors in them. I’ve just gone and made a comparison… here are the changes that were made: Riardon – Eladrin Ranger 1 His “Careful Attack” power is now +10 vs AC, 1d10 damage. It was +10 vs AC, 1d10+4 damage. Skamos – Tiefling Wizard 1 Change of text describing Implement use; … Continue reading D&D 4e characters from D&D XP – changes
So, Paizo Publishing have decided to go with D&D “3.75” after all… that’s interesting. Unfortunately, it also means that I’ll not be getting back aboard the Paizo bandwagon for a while (although the Paizo/Necromancer bandwagon may be an interesting place to be). For the most part… no, I absolutely have enough 3.5e adventures to last me until the decade after the next one. Savage Tide … Continue reading Paizo, 4e and me
This has been a sad fortnight. It began with the death of Gary Gygax, who, though I never met him, I’d spent enough time corresponding with over the internet (thanks, EN World!) to consider a friend… not to mention one of the most influential people in my life. Then, last weekend, I was informed that one of my good friends, Rob Reid, had collapsed and … Continue reading Memories and Musings
E. Gary Gygax – 27 July, 1938 – 4 March 2008. I’ve just learnt the news. I’m in somedegree of shock. I first became aware of Gary through his work, primarily the Dungeons & Dragons game. Later, much later, I got to know him through his e-mails and messageboard posts. We exchanged several posts on EN World over the past six or seven years. He … Continue reading In Memory of Gary Gygax
Ok, this is interesting… When you wear no or light armour, you gain the armour’s bonus to your Armour Class (AC), along with either your Dexterity or Intelligence modifier. So, a Wizard with no armour with a 20 Intelligence has a 15 AC to begin with. When you wear heavy armour, you gain the armour’s bonus to your Armour Class, but you get no ability … Continue reading AC in 4e
Ok, ok… I own… …21 AmeriTheme boardgames…19 Collectible card games…39 Eurogames (boardgames)…4 miniature games…14 wargames…5 “classic” style boardgames…45 expansions to those boardgames (AmeriTheme, Euro & Wargame) Actual board/wargames? 74. Getting towards that 100 figure! 😉 RPG numbers? Fairly low. Lots of D&D 3e and 1e supplements, though! Continue reading Game collection numbers
I’ve just finished punching out counters and other “some assembly required” actions for my new games. It’s funny; some people enjoy painting miniatures, I enjoy punching out wargame chits. The two wargames in question were, firstly, Combat Commander: Europe. GMT provided a bunch of small ziplock bags to put the counters in, but there weren’t quite enough. Off to my supermarket-bought ziplock bags. That took an hour … Continue reading Random thoughts on boardgames and D&D 4e
I’m afraid my next article in the Dungeon series has been postponed due to me feeling a little under the weather. Instead, I’m going to write about a few boardgames I’ve ordered and which should arrive tomorrow. (Can’t wait!) As a few of you may know, I’m a mad keen boardgamer. About eight years ago, I was introduced to a little game known as The … Continue reading A few boardgames
