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The words “holy” and “assassin” don’t necessarily go together like “peanut butter” and “jelly,” but when you’re at war with agents of Vecna, you use whatever tools are at your disposal. When you need someone taken out, call an avenger. They’re the best at what they do, and what they do involves lots of teleportation.

Anyone who has ever entered a tournament or otherwise played a game with strangers has at least one story to tell about a weird, belligerent or utterly bizarre opponent. But have you ever played against a deity?

A few weeks ago, savvy Magic fans guessed the name of the upcoming “big” expansion set based on a trademark filing by Wizards of the Coast. Today, it’s official: Zendikar!

There’s something pretty awesome about wading nonchalantly into a thicket of hobgoblins, taking the best they can dish out, turning into a tree and whomping the crap out of them…grinning the whole time. That’s what the warden is made for.

The Epic TCG is like the Michael Bay of card games. Bigger, faster, explodier! And yet, there’s a nagging feeling we’ve seen a lot of this before, both in terms of the characters on the cards and the game mechanics. Still, the creators are throwing around $2K to win tournaments, and the cards sure do [...]

Jordan Weisman has a strange habit of utterly revolutionizing the gaming industry in incredibly profitable ways. Since founding FASA, creating Battletech, founding Wizkids and basically creating the entire genre of collectible miniatures gaming, he’s been busily forming a new company. What’s he got cooking this time? Probably not what you expect.

Invokers are a little tough to explain. They’re sort of like paladins without a sword or armor, or a cleric without heal spells. But not really. Maybe the best way to describe them is this: they’re basically celestial cops.

There are two flavors of Sorcerer in Player’s Handbook 2. One of them gives you some pragmatic bonuses and useful abilities. The other one gives you random, bizarre effects that sometimes blow up in your face. Which one am I going to play? If you could see the maniacal gleam in my eyes, you wouldn’t [...]

There are many gaming blogs offering top-notch material for use in your RPG campaign. Have you ever wished you could have that material in book format, so you could bring it to game night without using a laptop or smudgy printouts? The gods are smiling on you this day – Open Game Table will be [...]

A new gaming blog debuted this week – the RPG Athenaeum. The man responsible is an old friend, former co-worker, frequent gaming buddy, talented writer and very experienced DM who goes by the name Lorne Marshall. He has some excellent advice for DMs, in-depth product reviews and material that can fit right into your own [...]

The good news is, druids are a hell of a lot better in 4th Edition than they were in 3rd edition. The bad news is…honestly, there’s no bad news. Druids are pretty sweet.

Characters in Hunter: the Vigil face all manner of horrific supernatural baddies, but one group of foes presents a far greater threat than all the rest – vampires. The new Night Stalkers supplement allows storytellers to pit hunters against the sprawling, ancient society of evil blood suckers.

Wizards of the Coast is celebrating the release of the Player’s Handbook 2 this weekend with their third Worldwide D&D Game Day. Head to a local game store and run through a fun adventure with some pregenerated characters that will let you try out the new races and classes.

The announcement that the new core set for Magic: the Gathering would cut half of the classic cards that had been in every core set so far elicited many questions. One of the most common: which cards have been in every set? A couple of heavy-hitters, plus a few vanilla duds you probably won’t miss.