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Eberron is huge, sprawling campaign setting with a little bit of everything. Scratch that — it has a lot of everything, with some extra everything thrown in for good measure. Does it make for a usable, cohesive setting? Maybe. Is the Eberron Campaign Guide an awesome book regardless? Certainly.

Every gaming group has to deal with players who can’t make it on game night at some point. Every group deals with it in a different way, but there’s never been a perfect solution. Until now! The current DM of my 4th Edition campaign, Ryk Perry, has developed a simple, useful set of rules for [...]

White Wolf’s Exalted RPG takes place in a world shaped by the gods. In fact, the player characters are infused with divine power themselves. But what if you wanted to take on the role of a mere mortal (albeit a pretty powerful one) in a world wracked by cosmic forces? Scroll of Heroes lets you [...]

As I set out to review the additional class options I didn’t cover in last week’s Divine Power review, I realized there might be someone better than I to explain how the invoker has changed — someone who’s spent some time playing the old invoker. So today’s invoker review comes to us via Gavin O’Brien, [...]

The Rebellion Era Campaign Guide for the Star Wars RPG lets you play out all your childhood fantasies of helping Luke, Han and Leia defeat the forces of the oppressive Galactic Empire. When I finally got my hands on it, I had a certain, “It’s all been leading up to this,” feeling of excitement. Truly, [...]

The newest revision of the Project: Death Race alpha rules are ready. Numerous bug fixes and a totally new, much simpler collision system are the big changes in this version. Come check out the full change log, download the new rules and join our group of loyal playtesters!

Divine Power is a toolbox for clerics, avengers, paladins and invokers. Each class gets a full suite of new powers and character options, plus a slew of paragon paths and even some new feats and rituals. If you divine character is growing a little stale, you could consider playing it in a whole new way.

I’m taking a day or two off this week to work on other projects. When we return to our regularly scheduled programming later this week, we’ll have the next revision of the Project: Death Race alpha rules, plus reviews of Divine Power, the Eberron Campaign Guide and the Rebellion Era Campaign Guide for the Star [...]

The new Magic 2010 core set brought some seismic changes to Magic players, from new cards in a core set to the biggest rules revision in years. Some of the changes are a bit more subtle, though. Today, we’ll analyze how Magic’s five colors aren’t quite what they used to be.

Age of Conan and Lord of the Rings Online are two of the fantasy MMORPG contenders battling for World of Warcraft’s leftovers. The games are well into their life cycles at this point: more than one year for Conan, two years for LotR. If you’re planning to dip into your gaming fund to immerse yourself [...]

After a bit of a hiatus, Crash Test Magic returns with a new hypothetical Magic card for you to break, abuse or otherwise form insidious combos with. Or you could simply discuss the pure genius that surely must be behind the design of Apocalypse Ink.

MechWarrior will return to PCs and show up on the Xbox 360 someday soon, and BattleTech co-creator Jordan Weisman is at the helm once again. Are we ready for an intense tactical mech war game in destructible urban environments, with three of your friends joining your assault lance? Yes. Yes we are.

Sometimes all the creatures detailed in two Monster Manuals aren’t enough. You might want to adapt a creature from a previous edition of D&D into a 4th Edition monster, or you might want to make a stat block for a unique villain. Robot Viking guest writer (and current DM of the 4e campaign I play [...]

If you’re looking for some fun gaming-related things to do this coming weekend, Wizards of the Coast has you covered. New Magic, DM Appreciation, and a Psion preview should keep you busy.