Random Thoughts & Kickstarter News
A few days ago, Monte Cook posted two short paragraphs and a poll to his page on the Wizards of the Coast community. Those few words stirred up a lot of conversation about race in Dungeons & Dragons in the comments and on Twitter over the weekend. For me (Draco), it brings up a long …
Like most people that have been avidly following 4E for the past 12 months I was not particularly surprised by the announcement of “a new iteration of D&D” by WotC on the 9th Jan. If anything I’m pleased by the possibilities of the public playtest and curious about the forthcoming edition of the game. For …
I’ve been a gamer for a long time, though, lets me honest, that doesn’t always equate to being a good roleplayer or GM. In fact, after 20 years of rolling dice, I still get terrified before going to any public play event, I’m scared that there will be amazing roleplayers there and my efforts will …
It’s been a while since the RPG community got together and published articles around a central theme. While discussing this in IRC, the topic of Loot was suggested, and what better time to write about and publish it than at Christmas. This blog festival, like the Winter is Coming, and A Night in Lonesome October …
Ok so it isn’t really in lights, however starting early November I had my first pitched article for DnD published on the Kobold Quarterly website; the Gray Warrior (Part 1 & Part 2) and last week part 1 of my second article went up (Mountain Priest). As many of you know pitching an article is …
For most users of the arcane arts, the unlocking of their true potential is gradual but constant, warlocks who prove their capability to their patron receive ever greater power, bards craft new ballads and insulting poems, the arcane threads of the world woven into the musical notation used to transcribe their work. But it is …
My critiscm for this weeks newcomers is that details on what they are and how the money will be used is thin on the ground. theres also some really random projects that i’m not covered because they aren’t really games as such, they are wooden dice or a mobile phone texting drinking party game… Name: …
Some nice projects this week, but most of them have forgotten about international shipping, and a lot more rpg’s this week. Also, some updates… My copy of Get Bit arrived yesterday, albeit it with a broken red robot hand, I’m pleasantly surprised given what i’ve read about Mayday Games. Creatures, which I reviewed last week, reached their …
This week has certainly been an interesting one for games on Kickstarter, with several i’ve covered previously set to finish this weekend. Its also seen projects like Kingdom Builder come and go (more on that later) and several newcomers almost hit their funding in 1 or 2 days… So… Kingdom Builder. I saw this and …
There has been a lot of talk about skills lately on Twitter and the WotC site which has led to a few blog posts by members of the community as well. The first starting point is of course the Legends and Lore column with 2 articles by Mike Mearls and this week’s one by Monte …