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Inn Fighting and Three Dragon Ante

July 9, 2009

These are two games put out by WOTC. Three Dragon Ante is a card game and Inn Fighting is a card/dice game. They are both supposed to have the advantage of extensible rules that allow playing them in character during a Dungeons and Dragons game. I’ve had Three Dragon Ante for awhile now and as [...]

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The History of Regdar

July 8, 2008

A rumination on race and gender in iconic Dungeons and Dragons art where Monte Cook tells of the insurrection against the marketing people and the sudden appearance of yet another white, male, human fighter. Check it out, its great reading from one of the True Pros of the industry.

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If Wizards Of The Coast Invented Chess

May 9, 2008

There would be a new version of the rules every seven years. The idea that the rules could stay the same for thousands of years would be, frankly, laughable In the latest rules for chess, Pawns would be renamed Hellspawn Warblades. Similarly, the other pieces would be called Warknights, Warkings, Warqueens, etc There would be [...]

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Wizards of the Coast: Taking the Dungeon and Dragon out of Dungeons and Dragons

May 26, 2007

FWIW, I think the yanking of the licenses from Piazo is merely the latest in a long line of errors of judgement by WotC. This one hurts not only Wizards but the whole of the RPG hobby, as it removes the two best known periodicals from magazine stands, and from the hands of devoted 3E [...]

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Another WOTC Tombstone

April 24, 2007

Wizards of the Coast were not happy with cancelling Dungeon and Dragon magazines. They have just killed Dragonlance too: http://www.dragonlance.com/features/articles/10040.aspx Now I always thought Dragonlance was basically crap. No offense to fans of the setting, just not my cup of tea. Even so this piles on thick and fast with the cancellation of dragon and [...]

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Dragon, Dungeon, RIP

April 20, 2007

April 19, 2007 (BELLEVUE, Wash.) – Paizo Publishing and Wizards of the Coast today announced the conclusion of Paizo’s license to produce DRAGON and DUNGEON magazines effective September 2007. Publication of DRAGON and DUNGEON will cease with issues number 359 and 150, respectively. “Today the internet is where people go to get this kind of [...]

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The NEW Demonweb

June 9, 2006

to go with the Fiendish Codex I WOTC gives us an updated demonweb here> Map-A-Week: Fiendish Codex I — The Demonweb

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Here They come!

May 12, 2006

Fiendish Codex I: Hordes of the Abyss A sourcebook on fiends and the Abyss, a 3.5 boon to Planescape DMs. I cannot wait to see it, hope they cover the Blood War…

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Return Expedition to the Barrier Peaks

May 5, 2006

WOTC has a great little article on updating one of my favorite old chestnuts using the recent d20Future Tech as a baseline. Always a good romp, S3 was one I enjoyed playing and later DMing. This doth please me greatly! Return Expedition to the Barrier Peaks: “With the release of d20 Modern’s Future Tech, the [...]

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Crosswinds Keep

March 18, 2006

Fenelyn’s Home turf for the past 45 years or so. This link leads to the original treatment by the WOTC website. I am seriously considering it as the setting for the next campaign. Astral Encounters: Crosswinds Keep

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