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Grab an Issue of Kobold Quarterly for Free

Ed Grabianowski — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:56:48 +0000

You have to love it when two things you really enjoy mesh together perfectly. In this case, those two things are”D&D” and “getting stuff for free.” Until Feb. 14, Open Design is giving away pdf copies of Kobold Quarterly #14. Totally free. Just follow that link and enter the coupon code KoboldWelcome at checkout and [...] Related posts:

D&D Experience Seminars Look Ahead to the Next Edition

Ed Grabianowski — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:12:03 +0000

D&D Experience, a D&D-centric game con held in Indiana, happened this past weekend. In a series of seminars, an assortment of Wizards of the Coast creative people illuminated the future of D&D for those of us who have been eagerly hanging on every word they’ve released about the secretive project. Here’s a brief analysis. My [...] Related posts:

Why Wizards Needs PDFs Instead of a Virtual Table

Ed Grabianowski — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 23:20:14 +0000

It’s been almost three years since Wizards of the Coast pulled all ebook versions of their RPG products from virtual shelves, and there’s no sign that they’re coming back. In the meantime, they’ve developed the Virtual Table, a way to play 4E D&D online. They’re heading in the wrong direction. Here’s why. Predicting the Future [...] Related posts:

Premium 1st Edition D&D Hardcover Reprints to Support Gygax Memorial

Ed Grabianowski — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 21:34:00 +0000

A limited print run of premium hardcover reprints of the 1st Edition D&D books will be published by Wizards of the Coast in April. Some portion of the profits will assist the fund to create a statue in honor of D&D co-creator Gary Gygax. News of the limited edition books appears to have been a [...] Related posts:

Mike Mearls Offers a Glimpse of the Next D&D Edition at Gameinformer

Ed Grabianowski — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 18:06:24 +0000

Since the big announcement of 5E, or D&DNext, or whatever you prefer to call it, there hasn’t been much concrete info on what the new edition would be like. Mike Mearls revealed a few interesting morsels of data in an interview at Gameinformer. What exactly will it mean to “unify” players of previous editions? Mearls [...] Related posts:

Dark Ascension Spoiler — Fiend of the Shadows

Ed Grabianowski — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 04:58:42 +0000

What kind of fiend is this launching itself out of the night sky to feast upon mortal blood? Duh. It’s a Fiend of the Shadows. She’ll make her appearance in the latest Magic expansion, Dark Ascension, continuing Innistrad’s tale of gothic horror in gruesome new directions.To my knowledge, this is only the second Vampire Wizard [...] Related posts:

D&D Part V: The Unification Wars

Ed Grabianowski — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 19:12:41 +0000

Admit it, you’ve been waiting to see that headline for like five years now. The nerdy parts of the internet are burning down, of course. Hundreds of thousands of words are spilling across the internet about the announcement today, and that’s not even counting message boards. I’m not going to echo the many things that [...] Related posts:

Wizards Shows Off New Dark Ascension Art

Ed Grabianowski — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 22:58:46 +0000

The art of Innistrad is among the best in Magic’s deep history of fantasy art, and it looks like Dark Ascension will carry that theme too. Have you ever seen a picture that perfectly defined “terror” as well as this one? (Well, maybe this one). You should head over to the official Dark Ascension art [...] Related posts:

Fourth Edition Book of Vile Darkness — Review

Ed Grabianowski — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 20:45:22 +0000

A brand new Book of Vile Darkness, specially tailored for 4E D&D, was released this week. Just in time for Christmas! It’s got all kinds of advice on making your campaign, encounters, monsters and maybe even your characters extra evil. Eeeeeeeeeevil. Plus, a poster map! Earlier this year, Wizards experimented with a sort of soft [...] Related posts:

Heroes of the Feywild Review

Ed Grabianowski — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 17:45:47 +0000

Heroes of the Feywild is the companion piece to Heroes of Shadow, a player’s option book that offers new races and classes for characters who seek to explore the enchanted wilderness that lies beyond the firelight. When Heroes of Shadow came out earlier this year, I panned it pretty hard. At the time, I was [...] Related posts:

Graveborn Premium Deck Digs Deep Into Magic’s Undead Past

Ed Grabianowski — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 22:36:50 +0000

The latest Magic premium deck, Graveborn, came out a few weeks ago, and it’s packed with graveyard filling goodies. They’re all decked out with special foil treatments, too. I’m just not quite sure who these decks are for. Magic’s premium deck series is a pretty cool concept. They build a constructed deck using cards from [...] Related posts:

Magic Planechase Coming Back for Summer 2012

Ed Grabianowski — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 22:33:11 +0000

Wizards of the Coast announced last week that they’re bringing back Planechase as the multi-player format for this coming summer. It’s easily my favorite summer format since it’s so much fun, blends well with other formats and is easy for new or casual players to grasp. Plus, the new Planechase sets will have some goodies [...] Related posts:

RPG Freelancer Scott Fitzgerald Gray Shares Deep Dark Terrible Secrets of RPG Industry (and Tomb of Horrors) with Id DM

Ed Grabianowski — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 21:28:25 +0000

Scott Fitzgerald Gray has a bunch of high-profile RPG writing credits under his belt, including the 4E version of the classic Tomb of Horrors. He recently did an interview with one of my favorite gaming blogs, The Id DM, that touched on the necessity of being a renaissance man in the gaming business, how awesome [...] Related posts:

Brazer Bulletin — Wizards Good, Paizo Bad?

Ed Grabianowski — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 21:10:20 +0000

I read Gary Ray’s Quest for Fun blog frequently. I find his insights into the world of the game store very insightful. Last month I was reading one of his posts (Adventure is Key) and it brought into crystal clarity a number of ideas that I had in my mind. It made me change a [...] Related posts: