Tag Archives: 4e
Are You a 4e Player in the UK?
Then you may be interested in the 4e Tweetup (a meet-up organised via Twitter) happening on the 19th of March. Because it involves gamers, there will be games. I believe two are planned but it depends on the numbers. The meet-up will happen at Mondo Comico in Nottingham. Mondo is a great FLGS and a [...]
Shades of Grey: From RPGs to Board Games
The recent announcement of Fortune Cards for D&D has caused a flurry of excitement and anger. As the designer of a card based RPG this issue resonates with me and highlights a growing trend in games design. The old designation of board game, card game and RPG no longer apply. In Days of Yore Once, [...]
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Also tagged board games, card games, DnD, fortune cards
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D&D Deathmatch Fun and Games
Last week, I enjoyed a pleasant day in the company of the East Midlands RPG Group at their annual Deathmatch tournament. Using 4e D&D rules, players spawned into an arena and kicked the blazes out of each other against the clock. There were two games, an individual game and a team game. I took part [...]
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Also tagged 6d6, D&D, derby, leicester, nottingham
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D&D Player’s Strategy Guide: A More Thoughtful Look
Yesterday, I posted a reactionary piece called D&D Player’s Strategy Guide: How Much Will It Suck? which garnered some thoughtful comments. Often more thoughtful than the original article so I felt it appropriate to give the subject a second, more considered look. Bad Title The title of my article was unfair because I not basing [...]
D&D 4e Review: The Desire
The Desire, Published by Nevermet Press What is The Desire? It is a chimera made from the parts of many creatures – part adventure, part background material and part fiction. All the product of a unusual, collaborative writing process. Originally written without a specific game system in mind, the PDF edition has been updated for [...]
D&D History & Growth (2009 Edition)
How much has the 4th Edition grown over the past year? Following last year’s investigation into the size of each edition of D&D, the big question for this year’s updated graph is how fast is 4e’s rule base expanding? Is it likely to remain at a manageable size or will it become as bloated and [...]
Poll: The Lifespan of D&D 4e
Last year, I produced a graph showing the relative size of each edition of D&D from 1974 onwards. This included all the published and announced books for 4e but only six months from its launch, the data for 4e was limited. Now I’m updating it to give a fuller picture of 4th Edition and I [...]
D&D is Doomed (But Not Just Yet)
The fourth part of the D&D Carnival – This time focusing on it the game’s future. “On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero” The simple truth is that D&D, the product and the brand, will one day disappear. Long before that, it will be unrecognisable to anyone who is [...]
It Is Not the D&D I Know and Love
Edition Wars IV: A New Hope For the carnival, I wanted to avoid mindless, repetative Edition Wars over which version of D&D was best so I set a challenge. Play a version of D&D you have never played before and write about that. Anything from original D&D to 4th Edition and including all the D20 [...]
D&D 3.5 Resurgent?
There is no doubt that WotC wants to kill off D&D 3.5. Nothing would please them more than to have everyone chuck their old books in the bin and buy every 4e product they can. There is nothing wrong with this and it is exactly the same approach taken by games console makers, car manufacturers [...]
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Also tagged 3.5, D&D, dingles games, monster generator, WotC
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