This week, I’ve bought a few DVDs… Around the World in 80 Days, starring David Niven. It’s a classic “cameo” film, in which the object of the film, it seems, is to see how many famous actors you can get into it at once. Niven won the Oscar for this film, probably as a tribute to all his other films… Citizen Kane, starring Mr Welles. … Continue reading A few new DVD purchases
Thalmin again:The starter set contains a Large Green Dragon, Human Sellsword, Elf Warlock, Dwarf Battlemaster, and Exiled Drow Fighter. The rules have been updated for faster play in an easy-to-reference format. The starter is in a clear blister package. No theme is given for this set, other than it will include some figures drawn from key 2008 D&D titles. The catalog contains no pictures for … Continue reading More on the new starter set:
D&D Miniatures Game Starter Set contains 5 non-random pre-painted figures, cards, 2 battle grids, and rules. Figures come from Dungeons of Dread series. $19.99 April 8, 2008 D&D Dungeons of Dread Booster Pack contains 8 random prepainted figs. $14.99 April 8, 2008 (Thanks to thalmin on the EN World boards). Continue reading New Starter set announced!
Pat Lynch’s Collectible Packet Generator now has an updated file that covers Night Below. You can download it here: Updated Data File Continue reading Pat Lynch’s TPG updated
My monthly trip to Melbourne was last Saturday, and I picked up a few things of interest… Books:Burnt Offerings by Laurell K. Hamilton – I hadn’t actually read this one. I approached the Anita Blake series in a haphazard fashion, reading them somewhat out of order, and this one fell through the cracks. It’s actually a really good book, and a few things that happen … Continue reading Latest purchases
This is an article I wrote several years ago – about five, in fact. I thought it was worth resurrecting and archiving here. People run many types of role-playing game and styles of gaming have changed over the years, but in general your average D&D game is made of two components: role-playing and gaming. Sounds stupid? Well, in a way, it is. However, it’s an important … Continue reading How to be a Killer DM
Ok, this may sound trivial, but I’ve just discovered that my favourite living fantasy author, Steven Brust, reads Order of the Stick and gets distracted when Rich Burlew doesn’t update it promptly. That’s cool! Also cool is that he plays Neverwinter Nights, and that hewrites cool books. (Cool books being ones I really enjoy reading; see Brust’s Theory of Coolness). Favourite dead author? Roger Zelazny, … Continue reading Brust reads Order of the Stick!
My room is normally a mess. This is for two reasons: One, I’m messy. Two, I don’t have enough room to store everything properly, which exacerbates One. I’m currently doing my biannual clean-up of the room, and one part of that cleaning up is putting away all the CCG cards that end up in odd places about my room. As I’ve picked up a couple … Continue reading Looking for a Magic deck…
D&D Icons: Gargantuan Orcus – this listing has appeared on Amazon.com. $39.99; March 2008. Continue reading Gargantuan Orcus
The other book I picked up recently was Ysabel, by Guy Gavriel Kay. I haven’t written much about what I read, but Kay is one of my all-time favourite writers. Nearly all of his books are classics of the fantasy genre. Well, in my opinion they are. 🙂 Ysabel is a more subdued work than the regular style of Kay’s work, but very charming indeed. … Continue reading Ysabel
