I just picked up the 4e FR campaign guide and DM's screen on my lunch break, and from the short perusal I managed before coming back to the office, both products look fantastic. The screen is made of a durable, glossy hardback material and full of all the handy charts you'd expect, plus the artwork is fantastic, featuring a menagerie of monsters ( Read more... )

Saturday was D&D night, and we got some great gaming in. The first half of the night saw only three players in attendance, but the rest of the party showed up around the time we broke for dinner. I decided to ret-con the death of Fiona (Human Fighter) since a) she died as an NPC and b) I'd rather just play than wait for her to roll up a new ( Read more... )

So it seems that Wizards does listen. Wizards of the Coast announced today that they will be revising the much-maligned GSL to be less restrictive and more fair to third party publishers. With the likes of Paizo, Green Ronin, and Necromancer Games all giving a firm "no, thank you," to the initial release of the GSL, it comes as no surprise that ( Read more... )

So it has been a little while since I talked about D&D stuff, and not just the WOTC/GSL/4e drama side of it, but really just talked about D&D. I've been working on my 4e campaign a lot lately. With 3e I would always try to stay one step ahead of the players and write new material after every game session, but for some reason with this 4e campaign I ( Read more... )

I just saw these videos of Fatal Frame 4 on the Wii. Jesus Christ! That, my friends is some scary shit. I don't own a Wii, hell, I barely play any video games at all these days, but even if I did, I don't know if I could play through this thing. I mean, damn. What is it about dead japanese girls that's so friggin scary anyway? And how come when ( Read more... )

...and so is Captain Picard. Apparently there's a fandemonium going on in the world of British theater not seen since Daniel Radcliffe showed off the full monty in Equus. It seems that David Tennant and Patrick Stewart are to star in a new production of Hamlet at the Royal Shakespeare Theater, and fans are going nuts. You can read more here. By the ( Read more... )

For those of you who don't know, Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog is Joss Whedon's first ever internet exclusive project. It stars Neil Patrick Harris, Nathan Fillion, and The Guild's Felicia Day, and it is a wonderful ball of Whedonesque fun. Dr. Horrible (NPH) is a hapless supervillain who tries to balance his criminal activities with his ( Read more... )

WOTC employee involved in murder/suicide.

So between work, family, friends, and an impromptu trip to Mississippi, I missed the deadline for the Tower of Gygax, for which I am disappointed. On the other hand, I suppose its a good thing that I had no time to work on a D&D side project because I was too busy with real life people. Oh well. I'll just keep my eyes open for the next opportunity ( Read more... )

I went to see Journey to the Center of the Earth 3D over the weekend. It was pretty fun, if at times nauseatingly family-friendly. I don't think its a stretch to say that Jules Verne's novel contributed a great deal to the idea of the Underdark, so its only approriate that several scenes in the movie that I'd really like to base aome encounters on ( Read more... )