At Wired, GeekDad takes a look at the impending launch of a fifth edition of Dungeons & Dragons so soon after a fourth: “For the past few years, starting with the very announcement of 4E and the Virtual Tabletop debacle, Wizards has been very poor at communicating honestly […]
Get ready players, Jared at the ever-excellent Pornokitsch shares the 5 things he hates about Dungeons and Dragons: “As a result of Tolkien’s Middle English Mary Sue, generations of gamers have been saddled with Tylenol Applebottom, Laxative Spottypork and their size-Pathetic sling attacks.”
Have a party of adventurers who get hurt so often that you never get to cast your offensive spells, but spend all your combat rounds healing their wussy asses? The Dungeon Bastard is here to help with your clerical duties. (Thanks, Fewdio Paul!)
The Border House is a gaming website dedicated to “breaking down borders in gaming” and analyze games from a feminist viewpoint. This month they have stories on “The Women of Mortal Kombat“; “102 Quadrillion Unique Male Character Variants, 0 Female Characters“; and Turning the Tabletop: A Look at […]
Needs some nice lettering for your tabletop gaming, LARPing, epic fantasy, Sindarin memoirs or sinister rings? DaFont has a whole section devoted to Elvish and Runic fonts.
The Gamer Hermit reminisces about his first experience with D&D and unboxes a mint set. ” My sojourn into the magical world of fantasy role playing games began back in the summer of 1981. My brother had just returned home from his enlistment in the Air Force and…out […]