Review: Martial Power

November 17, 2008 from A Butterfly Dreaming
Filed under: 4e D&D, RPG Hub, Review, roleplaying 
I’d been looking forward to Martial Power, the fourth-edition Dungeons & Dragons supplement for martial characters, for some time.  Happily, Amazon got it to me a day early, so I’m able to review it.  D[...]
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D&D Latest Releases

November 17, 2008 from 6d6Fireball
Filed under: 4e, News, Reviews & Culture, RPG Hub 
Released by Wizards today… Martial Power - Excerpts: The Epic Fighter, Daring Acrobat, Beastmaster Ranger, Bravura Presence, Flamebrow Commander, The Aerialist Rogue, Feral Spirit, The Paragon Fighter Draconomic[...]
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RPG Carnival IV: Religion

November 17, 2008 from MadBrewLabs
Filed under: Fluff/Inspiration, News, Reviews & Culture, RPG Hub 
Mad Brew tackles the topic of Religion for the fourth installment of the RPG Blog Carnival. He delves into creating pantheons and constructs a tribute to the Crs'Tchen Debacle of Dragon Magazine [Retold by The Core Mech[...]
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Kidz: Rules revision

November 17, 2008 from Gaming Brouhaha
Filed under: RPG, RPG Hub, news 
I’ve spent the last three days hammering away at the v3.0 rules for Kidz and I’m pretty happy where it’s going. Although it’s based upon the PDQ game system, I’ve done quite a bit of tweakin[...]
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My HEX-y Love Affair

November 17, 2008 from d20 Blonde
Filed under: 4e, At the table, RPG Hub, Reviews 
So, we discussed... and decided we'd give HEX (Hollow Earth Expedition) a whirl. [...]
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Nuke Moscow, London or your Ex-Girlfiend’s House

November 17, 2008 from 6d6Fireball
Filed under: News, Reviews & Culture, Non-RPG, RPG Hub 
A handy little Google Maps mash-up demonstrates the blast radius of a nuclear weapon on your choice of target. You can hit it with a Hiroshima style ‘Little Boy’ or anything up to a massive asteroid strike. I[...]
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Word of Wizards - Excerpts: Types of Planes

November 17, 2008 from Questing GM; A Borneon Gamer
Filed under: 4e, Featured!, RPG Hub, news 
Manual of the Planes Excerpts: Types of PlanesThis excerpt doesn't spring out any new surprises on the structure of the planes and the cosmology from what is already said in the DMG but just elaborates further on what we[...]
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Dungeon Mastering Reviews: Adventurer’s Vault

November 17, 2008 from Dungeon Mastering
Filed under: D&D 4e, Featured!, RPG Hub, Reviews 
So you're wondering if it is worth your hard earned treasure to unlock the wonders of the Adventurer's Vault? Let us break it down for you.[...]
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UK & Europe RPG Conventions Listing

November 16, 2008 from One Man and His Dice
Filed under: RPG, RPG Hub, rpg convention, rpg conventions 
An updated list of RPG conventions.Yeah I know it's quick, I have had a few updates sent me.A few dates need confirming - hopefully next month's will be complete.0 Bizarre Consequences. Holbourne, Naish, Christchurc[...]
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Poll: D&D Past and Future

November 16, 2008 from 6d6Fireball
Filed under: News, Reviews & Culture, RPG Hub 
This week’s poll is four quick questions about D&D. Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll. Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, [...]
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Getting started

November 15, 2008 from Drop the Dice
Filed under: RPG Hub, news, roleplaying 
Recently I’ve been a tad naughty regarding my idea of finishing the Rules Cyclopedia. I have not abandoned the project but I’ve also stayed away from actually reading the book. I believe that this stems from a lack o[...]
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Word of Wizards - 15/11/08

November 15, 2008 from Questing GM; A Borneon Gamer
Filed under: 4e, RPG Hub, news 
This week we saw the launch of the Character Builder Beta and reviews from the bloggersphere and forums has been buzzing. We also saw the last excerpts from the Draconomicon.So let's get over with the rundown.Monday (10/[...]
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Kidz: Back at work

November 15, 2008 from Gaming Brouhaha
Filed under: RPG, RPG Hub, news 
After a couple month layoff due to wrist surgery and a general lack of inspiration, I’m back at work on Kidz.  At this point, I’m in the process of the final rewrite of the core rules, including tightening u[...]
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This Girl Is Going To Make A Great DM One Day…

November 15, 2008 from Geek's Dream Girl
Filed under: Geek Life, RPG Hub 
Found this one one a friend’s LiveJournal.  It’s the story of Winnie the Pooh, Tigger, some monkeys, a witch, and a suicidal hippo. Once upon a time… from Capucha on Vimeo. Related posts:YouTube Good[...]
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Poll Results : More Bloggy than I Expected.

November 15, 2008 from 6d6Fireball
Filed under: News, Reviews & Culture, RPG Hub 
Last weeks poll was on RPG Blogs, bloggers and their readers Question one was “Are you a RPG Blogger?” and it turns out that over 70% of you are. Well, at least 70% of people who answer polls are bloggers. Qu[...]
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Five Fantasy Films Every Gamer Should Watch

November 15, 2008 from 6d6Fireball
Filed under: News, Reviews & Culture, RPG Hub 
Which Films Should an Fantasy Gamer Watch5. Lord of the Rings TrilogyI’m just getting this out of the way. All three films are technically excellent and beautifully catch the epic scale of Tolkien’s work but [...]
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November 14, 2008 from Geek's Dream Girl
Filed under: Geek Life, RPG, RPG Hub, dungeons & dragons 
Bartoneus posted about the awesomeness of Asmor’s scripts and he missed the best one.  The Adventure Seed Generator gives DMs ideas for possible adventures.   Graham and I played with it for a while and were IMi[...]
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Wizards is giving away a free Magic: The Gathering deck

November 14, 2008 from RPGCentric
Filed under: Geek Life, News, Reviews & Culture, Non-RPG, RPG, RPG Hub, news 
If you live in the United States and are “above the age of majority in his/her state” (which I assume is 16 or 18), then you can get a free Magic: The Gathering deck from Wizards of the Coast. Click the[...]
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Character Builder Beta Video Preview

November 14, 2008 from Questing GM; A Borneon Gamer
Filed under: 4e, RPG Hub, Tools, news 
If you're a non-subscriber and haven't been able to test out the builder yet but have read all those reviews recently, why not can watch it in action for youself?WeeBeegamers.com posted a video demonstration of how the b[...]
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Word of Wizards - D&D Experience 2009

November 14, 2008 from Questing GM; A Borneon Gamer
Filed under: 4e, RPG Hub, news 
D&D Experience 2009 DetailsD&D Experience 2009 will be held at Grand Wayne Convention Center in Fort Wayne, Indiana on the 29th of January till 1st of February 2009.This will be the first time that the show is ex[...]
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Geek Comedy Friday: The World of Workcraft

November 14, 2008 from RPGCentric
Filed under: Geek Life, Non-RPG, RPG Hub 
If you’re a World of Warcraft player/fan, or even if you’re not, you’ll get a kick out of this weeks comedy video. Enjoy! Watch more video games and play free games at WeGame. Related Posts [...]
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Fantasy Magic

November 14, 2008 from 6d6Fireball
Filed under: News, Reviews & Culture, RPG Hub, dungeons & dragons 
All the recent articles I have posted about wizards and magic have got me around to thinking about the mechanics of fantasy magic and its attributes. All campaign worlds need some kind of magic, some way of harnessing po[...]
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Word of Wizards - Draconomicon Art & Map Gallery

November 14, 2008 from Questing GM; A Borneon Gamer
Filed under: 4e, RPG Hub, news 
Draconomicon Art GalleryDraconomicon Map GalleryI have to say that while there were a couple of dissapoiting excerpts from the Draconomicon so far, the artwork definately balances the book out. The artwork for this book [...]
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Word of Wizards - Excerpts: Dragonkin Kobold

November 14, 2008 from Questing GM; A Borneon Gamer
Filed under: 4e, RPG Hub, news 
Draconomicon Excerpts: Dragonkin KoboldWhile dragons are mighty creatures that rings fear into the hearts of even hardened adventurers, the Draconomicon promises to be a book that will contain all things related with dra[...]
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Friday’s Bucket of Links

November 14, 2008 from 6d6Fireball
Filed under: News, Reviews & Culture, RPG Hub, Traveller, pathfinder 
The Best of this weeks RPG Bloggers NetworkNot since the dark days of the 1980’s has there been so much interest in post-apocalypse gaming. Enworld carries news of the new version of Twilight 2000, imaginatively ca[...]
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Robin Laws’ Revisited: Part 6, Being Spontaneous!

November 13, 2008 from Musings of the Chatty DM
Filed under: Featured!, RPG Hub, Review 
This post is part of a series where I discuss Robin D Laws’ seminal work on GMing: Robin Laws’ of Good Game Mastering, written at the end of the 90’s . I compare it to my personal experience and opinions and I chec[...]
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Review: Helix

November 13, 2008 from RPGCentric
Filed under: News, Reviews & Culture, Other Systems, RPG, RPG Hub, Review, news 
Last month, I was approached by an independent publisher to review their new RPG called Helix. If you want to learn more, you can visit their site at helixrpg.wordpress.com. Synopsis The RPG is described as “[[...]
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The Virgin DM Monologues: TrapMaster? No, try TrapBastard!

November 13, 2008 from Geek's Dream Girl
Filed under: 4e, Geek Life, RPG Hub, campaign log, dungeons & dragons 
I’m getting more comfortable with this whole DMing thing.  Thankfully, I have good players (when they’re behaving!) and Hybban is basically a walking talking reference for all RPG rules, EVER.  Did I mentio[...]
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Gods of the Shroud Preview Review

November 13, 2008 from Gaming Brouhaha
Filed under: 4e, RPG, RPG Hub, Reviews 
Wow, that rhymes. The folks at One Bad Egg have put out a preview of their upcoming Gods of the Shroud 4E supplement and I got a chance to take a look at it this evening.  So let’s have a look under the cover: The[...]
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The Random Esoteric Creature Generator!

November 13, 2008 from RPG Blog II
Filed under: RPG Hub, Reviews, news 
...is out! This was one of my favorite products of the last year, and now Goodman Games has released James Raggi's product in retail form. How exciting! For the uninitiated, this is a product that can be used with any[...]
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