You can listen to this episode on our Comic Issues channel at Anchor.fm! Just two short months after the official announcement from Wizards of the Coast about a new D&D edition, gamers are eager for any information about the new incarnation of the game that’s made the industry what it is today. As expected, the
You can listen to this episode on our Comic Issues channel at Anchor.fm! This week on Comic Issues our heroes prepare for the Ultimate in RPG events. With Free RPG day this weekend it’s time to trade stories on all our Dice throwing adventures. Stay tuned for the Laird of Knowledge dropping some Trivia worth
In the forgotten past (which is to say, February), my esteemed colleague Bob wrote an impassioned piece in support of Chaotic Good. He hailed Chaotic Good as the least selfish and most human of the altruistic alignments, contrasted against its imperious and robotic Lawful counterpart. Now, Lawful Good has something of a reputation. The alignment
Now, we fast-forward sixteen years in the future. Thom has grown up and has reached the age of manhood in Goliath tradition. Now he must go on a spiritual quest to appease the Goliath ancients and his tribe father, Thomtham. However, a few hundred miles south of Thom’s tribe, seven adventure-seekers gather in a tavern,
For years I have grown up with the RPGA being an attached part of the Dungeons & Dragons brand. Monthly, even sometimes weekly, these events at my local gaming hub would be organized, filling the shop with multitudes of role players gathered together for the love of a game. In a sad and unfortunate move,
The following contains the concluding part to chapter three, the penultimate chapter in the Prelude. Following the next chapter, the regular narrative line of the story begins, chronicling many more regular characters (my friends’ PCs) and the events surrounding them during actual gameplay. Thomtham has just roared at his old friend, and Pawluk retracts his
Just announced today: Wizards of the Coast has uploaded its new Monster Builder for D&D Insider members. As an avid DM and one who uses the online tools regularly, this comes as a welcome gift. The tools are always helpful in designing, maintaining, and running adventures. Furthermore, all the tools are now Mac compatible, so
The ill omens expressed in the previous chapter find their origin sixteen years earlier in the northern goliath tribes of the De Marco Barony. The next chapter of the RPG narrative details the birth and arrival of young Thom, a central figure of the story (played by pixelatedgeek writer Justin in the Sunday night campaigns).
Thanks for tuning back in, faithful readers and intrepid adventurers. Now that PAX East 2011 is over, the articles are mostly published, and all the geek dust has settled (momentarily, of course), I return to the regularly scheduled programming of the two-year D&D campaign. Yulin and Tyghe just established the birth of the Baron’s daughter