What are your favourite Harbinger figures? Which ones do you want to be retained in the 60 “All Stars” list when we go to DDM 2? Now’s your chance to vote on the Wizards site. My Harbinger 10: Cleric of Order Cleric of Corellon Larethian Elf Pyromancer Bearded Devil Displacer Beast Human Blackguard Mind Flayer Drow Cleric of Lolth Tiefling Captain Umber Hulk Continue reading All Stars voting for Harbinger
Here’s an interesting interview with Alan R. Moon, who is the designer of some of my favourite games – in particular the Ticket to Ride series, and San Marco. Continue reading Alan R. Moon
I’ve just bought Heroes season 1 on DVD. Well, when I say “just” there was getting home and watching the original 70 minute version of the pilot in between me buying it and now posting this message. The original version of the pilot? It would have been a different show – there’s a lot there about a planned terrorist attack… Anyway, I still have to … Continue reading Heroes
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Well, it began on Friday morning, when I took my “Science of Board-games” class through a quick game of Ticket to Ride. From there, I happily went to Sarah’s place for my second session of Star Wars Saga edition. Unfortunately, Adam had neglected to tell us that he wasn’t coming on account of the plague. So, Rob, Sarah and I had to play boardgames instead. … Continue reading Weekend games
I’ve just learnt some shocking news: Robert Jordan, the author of the Wheel of Time series of fantasy novels, has passed away. (more details here) Although occasionally clumsily written, and though they’ve taken far too long to come out, they stand as one of my favourite series and an exercise in worldbuilding and storytelling that few have matched. What makes it worse is that the … Continue reading Robert Jordan – requiescat in pace
The second Desert of Desolation preview looks at the new Mount rules. Well, more that we have mounts rather than the actual rules… although the rules should be up shortly. Continue reading Desolation preview 2
Your Score: The Second Doctor You scored 50% intelligence, 11% compassion, 41% sense of humor, and 17% weirdness! Ah, the comedian! But a *capable* clown. You like to come across as a lovable goof, but in reality you’re a genius who succumbs to occasional absent-mindedness. You know when to cut and run, and you know when you deny authority, no matter how laughable you sound. … Continue reading With thanks to JediSoth
One of the key design precepts of 3e was that roleplaying penalties should not balanced mechanical advantages. I still subscribe to that precept. I’d like to offer something else that I think should be adhered to in 4e design. Discuss as you like: * Characters need to be balanced in combat activities. That is, during a combat they should always have “fun” things to do … Continue reading Balancing Encounter types in D&D
This has turned up in a few Wizards’ blogs recently, such as Stephen Schubert’s: We’ve started searching for another Associate Designer to add to the RPG/Minis design team. We’re looking for an applicant with some amount of understanding and excitement for the D&D miniatures game, so that some of this person’s time can be spent working on that game, as well as mechanics design for … Continue reading Blogging a job
