SurfaceScapes – Just add Mt. Dew and Cheetos
Last night I was invited to attend a party at Carnegie Mellon University’s Entertainment Technology Center, which was showcasing some of the best projects from their students. The event we attended...
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No more gaming behind bards
Beware botched thievery checks Well, that’s official: I’m definitely trying my best to never go to prison now. Let me be clear: I haven’t been sitting around planning some Daniel Ocean heist;...
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Adding the Spice: A Little White Wolf to Make it Tasty
The above scene probably looks familiar to you avid table-top gamers. This is the typical tavern brawl… well, that is, with Beholders and whom I’m pretty sure is either Torog or Baphomet lurking in...
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The general is a what?!: Negotiating the big reveal in RPGs
The party is resting. They’ve received their healing from their priests, clerics, and salves. A restful calm flows over the group following an intense combat that shook the very foundation of the...
View ArticleJust Press "Confirm": SurfaceScapes Technology at PAX [PAX East]
I can remember a little while ago being ecstatically fascinated by the following: Click here to view the embedded video. And here I am at PAX East, sampling the actual technology. I have been waiting...
View Article[Dr. DM] Bloody Sundays and Manic Mondays: A Spotlight on My Campaigns
Sorry for the absence, dear readers. The end of the semester has been raucously crazy with all the grading and assignments and projects and the FREUND-LAIVEN! So, I thought to ease my way back into...
View Article[Dr. DM] Introducing Team C: A Spotlight on Dr. DM’s Sunday Night Campaign...
It’s good to be back, dear readers! I have the second installment of my highlight on the Sunday night campaign. Last week, I gave you the skinny on some exposition and beginning adventures of the...
View Article[Dr. DM] Encounters and Monsters: Two Great Features From D&D
I don’t know if you’ve noticed by now, but I’m a little bit of a D&D fan. I’ve had my gripes and groans about 4th edition as every Tang-swilling, Cheetos-munching, I’m-a-real-boy-dreaming...
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[Dr. DM] 3 Game Days in 3 Months Folks!
Hey gang: I only have time to hook you up with some sweet info from D&D Insider. I’m busy preparing for my big D&D campaigns crossover night, in which both of my campaigns will be playing...
View Article2010 Holiday Wish List from D&D!
Though I’d be absolutely terrified if a Beholder Ultimate Tyrant slid down my chimney on the cool morn of 25 December, I’d still be intrigued as to what he brought me in his Handy Haversack of toys....
View ArticleThe End of Paragon Tier: A Remembrance of HP Lost
It’s been a while, loyal readers (hopefully more than all both of you), and I have much to express. Recently, I finished up the paragon tier of my uber-campaign and have learned quite a bit about...
View ArticleThings to Come (Part II)
The narrative continues. So far, both Josias Tyghe and Harlous Yulin — old friends and equally zealous practitioners of the arcane and divine powers respectively — have entered into a friendly...
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[PAX East 2011] – Interview with Wizards of the Coast
Once again, I returned to the Wizards of the Coast booth this year at PAX East. I know the table-top gaming world out there is interested to know what the elite teams at Wizards have in the works for...
View Article[PAX East 2011] – D&D Online
While on the floor I got a chance to check out the latest news on Dungeons and Dragons online. They ran me through the latest update that is about to come out in an open beta form. Dealing with the...
View ArticleAmong Giants (Part I)
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...
View ArticleMay the RPGA Rest in Peace
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...
View ArticleChance Meeting in a Tavern (Part I)
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...
View ArticleLawful Good: Altruism through duty
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...
View ArticleWizards of the Coast Announces Its Magic: The Gathering 2012 Line-up
In preparation for PAX East, Wizards of the Coast has announced its Magic: The Gathering 2012 line-up. This includes the Duels of the Planeswalkers 2012 for Xbox LIVE Arcade, PC/Steam and PlayStation,...
View ArticleThings to Come (Part III)
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...
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