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Tuesday March 04, 2008
RIP: Gary Gygax by Tim at 01:57 PM
A loss among gamers everywhere... Slice of SciFi reports that Gary Gygax has died at age 69. The "Dungeons and Dragons" (D&D) co-creator and legengary gaming pioneer E. (Ernest) Gary Gygax has died at the age of 69 from...
Game Bits For 03/04/2008 by JP at 12:54 AM
Wired has a look at the new fourth edition of D&D, complete with scans of the new character sheets. Tiefling Wizard anyone? If you're wonder what the Diablo II clone, Mythos looks like, then head on over to Compuer and...
Tuesday February 26, 2008
D&D Insider looks pretty impressive! by tditto at 10:31 AM
boingboing seems to have an exclusive on their hands with an article on "D&D Insider". It's not a game but actually an emulator for tabletop D&D 4.0 play. I seem to remember discussing something like this in one of our...
Thursday August 09, 2007
Duel! by scottsh at 08:52 AM
If you haven't already seen the crazy-popular web-based game Duels, I recommend you go check it out at www.duels.com. That is, if it is up. It's been so popular that the site has been hammered into submission thanks to...
Wednesday July 05, 2006
Elder Scrolls: Oblivion - PC vs. XBOX 360 by tditto at 02:42 PM
So here I was playing Elder Scrolls: Oblivion on the PC and I have to admit, I got bored. So out of the blue, I call up Gamefly.com and notice my queue is empty and there is really nothing I...
Monday March 20, 2006
Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion - PC or 360? by tditto at 03:10 PM
Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion shipped to stores for the PC and the Xbox 360 today and will be arriving for sale in stores tomorrow. (3/21/06) I have to admit that I am conflicted on which version to buy since I...
Thursday January 26, 2006
When Kevin Goes Bad by JP at 10:56 AM
It may look a little something like the Fear of Girls video. Horrifying and frightening, we can only hope Kevin never reaches the 'elite gamemaster' level, for all of our sakes.......
Tuesday January 17, 2006
The Full Monte by JP at 01:02 PM
Monte Cook that is. Monte has just released a bew variant player's handbook for D20, called Iron Heroes, that deals with a very low magic world. Monte is quite the variant designer with Arcana Unearthed and Arcana Evolved. It looks...
Taxing Game Assets by John at 08:00 AM
Selling a magic wand? Don't forget to pay the IRS their share. Here's an article from CNet about taxing virtual assets....
Tuesday December 27, 2005
The Big List Of RPG Plots by JP at 07:07 PM
How many have you played? My favorite is 'How Much For The Dingus?'......
Tuesday November 29, 2005
Kevin Needs This by JP at 01:52 PM
Modular dungeon tiles out of LEGOs! Brilliant! The rules for creating the tiles are included. Now we just need LEGO minis and we're good to go....