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Once Upon A Time

Posted by Steve Darlington on Monday, March 1st, 2010

When people ask me what my favorite game is, I don’t have to think very hard. For me, a good game is like a photo album: full of memories. When you look at it, you remember all the people you enjoyed it with, and all those wonderful times you had. Plenty of good games do [...]

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Posts Tagged ‘Dungeons & Dragons’

Dungeon Master’s Guide 2

Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009

The Dungeon Master’s Guide 2 is a supplement for Dungeon & Dragons 4th Edition and as the name implies, is aimed at Dungeon Masters both old and new. It includes advice for running a game regardless of game system, as well as crunchy rules for this incarnation of D&D such as traps, monster templates, and [...]

Dungeon Master’s Guide 2

Monday, November 23rd, 2009

Regardless of how people felt about the launch of Dungeons & Dragons: Fourth Edition, one book was almost universally praised: The Dungeon Master’s Guide. More so than any other entry-level book in recent memory, the new DMG explained how to actually run a campaign, and I found no one who didn’t appreciate its advice on [...]

Lamentations of the Flame Princess

Sunday, November 15th, 2009

No Dignity in Death and People of Pembrooktonshire by LotFP Publishing are a pair of loosely related books for early editions of Dungeons & Dragons and modern “retroclones”. The former sets out three adventures set in and around Pembrooktonshire, while People of Pembrooktonshire presents a healthy percentage of the town’s populace as unstatted NPCs, most [...]

Adventurer’s Vault 2

Monday, September 28th, 2009

Adventurer’s Vault 2 is a supplement for Dungeon & Dragons 4th Edition that features an assortment of magic items that can be inserted into your game. In includes support for the Player’s Handbook 2 classes (such as totem implements) as well as introducing new concepts like immurements (a terrain-based consumable item) and magic item sets.
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