Kidz: Rules revision

November 17, 2008 from Gaming Brouhaha
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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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Word of Wizards - Excerpts: Types of Planes

November 17, 2008 from Questing GM; A Borneon Gamer
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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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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
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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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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
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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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Word of Wizards - Draconomicon Art & Map Gallery

November 14, 2008 from Questing GM; A Borneon Gamer
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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
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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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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 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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Word of Wizards - D&D Miniatures Gallery: Demonweb Set

November 12, 2008 from Questing GM; A Borneon Gamer
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D&D Miniatures Gallery: Demonweb SetNow I don't normally like to talk about the current D&D minis game very much because I never played the skirmish game but seeing that this is the last set of the D&D skirmi[...]
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Word of Wizards - Success Along the Adventure Path

November 12, 2008 from Questing GM; A Borneon Gamer
Filed under: 4e, RPG Hub, news 
Success Along the Adventure PathThis is the second support article for anyone who is running the Scales of War Adventure Path (the first one is a Dragon feature now, I'm afraid) and gives some tips on running certain dif[...]
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Word of Wizards - Digital Insider #15: Builder Beta

November 12, 2008 from Questing GM; A Borneon Gamer
Filed under: 4e, RPG Hub, Tools, news 
Digital Insider #15: Builder BetaAs subscribers will know that the character builder beta was launched on monday so this week's Digital Insider is just a compilation of good things that what testers had to say about the [...]
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Word of Wizards - Spotlight Interview: Martial Power

November 12, 2008 from Questing GM; A Borneon Gamer
Filed under: 4e, RPG Hub, news 
Spotlight Interview: Martial PowerWith the upcoming release of Martial Power on the 18th, we take a look at the behind-the-scene process of its design and development with Rob Heinsoo who is the lead designer.This interv[...]
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Archaeology News: “New” 4,300 year-old Egyptian pyramid discovered

November 11, 2008 from Greyhawk Grognard
Filed under: Design Theory, Legacy D&D, RPG Hub, news 
Now, if you're like me, when you first read that headline, you had to ask yourself, how the heck could there be an entire pyramid that was still undiscovered all this time? The answer, according to the article, is that t[...]
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New Pathfinder Feats for Playtesting

November 11, 2008 from Questing GM; A Borneon Gamer
Filed under: RPG Hub, news, pathfinder 
Jason Bulmahn just put out 38 new feats for playtesting. That's right, 38! He request that any comments and feedback on these feats should be saved until the Skills and Feats playtesting period begins which has been dela[...]
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So Much For WizKids….

November 10, 2008 from RPG Blog II
Filed under: Non-RPG, RPG Hub, news 
That funny feeling some of us have been having? Well, first Pyramid goes to a monthly pdf, now WizKids is kaput. Nothing like dying from the Topps down. I'm resisting any urge to go all doom n' gloom here (hey, this i[...]
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Hands-On: D&DI Character Generator Beta

November 10, 2008 from Critical Hits
Filed under: RPG, RPG Hub, Review, news 
Today, the Beta version of the D&D Insider Character Generator became available to subscribers (and possibly some non-subscribers who signed up to beta test.) At GenCon, we were given a preview of the Character Gener[...]
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Word of Wizards - D&D Podcast: Episode 28

November 10, 2008 from Questing GM; A Borneon Gamer
Filed under: 4e, RPG Hub, news 
The topic of this episode's podcast is about the recent changes that Wizards has decided to put for their miniature line.If you have no idea what I'm talking about, here a couple of links that will put you up to speed.D&[...]
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Word of Wizards - Excerpts: Heart of Darkness

November 10, 2008 from Questing GM; A Borneon Gamer
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Draconomicon Excerpts: Heart of DarknessThis week's excerpt is a dragon's lair stated with two full encounters and a new way of running encounters. But don't be fooled, there's not all for this excerpt. We are also intro[...]
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Word of Wizards - 8/11/08

November 8, 2008 from Questing GM; A Borneon Gamer
Filed under: 4e, RPG Hub, news 
So the first week of November ends and it goes off with quite a bang. There's been alot of stuff revealed this week, like the first ten levels of the Bard class. The excerpts from Martial Power also ends this week with t[...]
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Win Adventurer’s Vault - 2 days left

November 8, 2008 from Dungeon Mastering
Filed under: RPG Hub, news 
Tons of giveaways this Fall! Next drawing: Adventurer's Vault on November 10th.[...]
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Word of Wizards - D&D Alumi: Fighting-Men

November 7, 2008 from Questing GM; A Borneon Gamer
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D&D Alumni: Fighting-MenThis month's D&D Alumni goes back to retrace the evolution of the Fighter throughout the editions. I would say that not much really has seem to change about the fighter over the years. I m[...]
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Word of Wizards - Excerpts: Bone Mongrel

November 7, 2008 from Questing GM; A Borneon Gamer
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Draconomicon Excerpts: Bone MongrelThe Bone Mongrel is a kind of dracolich that is made up of the bones of various dragons and it is assembled into a horse-sized malevolent monstrosity.This is the first featured dracolic[...]
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Word of Wizards - Excerpts: Flamebrow Commander

November 7, 2008 from Questing GM; A Borneon Gamer
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Martial Power Excerpts: Flamebrow CommanderThe Flamebrow Commander is a follower of the military manifesto written by a legendary dragonborn general, Dhuryan Flamebrow. He was famed for taming his own province from barba[...]
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Bender’s Game is Out

November 6, 2008 from Questing GM; A Borneon Gamer
Filed under: RPG Hub, news 
Futurama's 3rd Straight-to-DVD movie; Bender's Game is out in US stores now. The movie will contain spoofs of Lord of the Rings and fantasy in general.It also has a special tribute to D&D in particular. Watch out for[...]
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Word of Wizards - Digital Insider #14: Character Builder

November 5, 2008 from Questing GM; A Borneon Gamer
Filed under: 4e, RPG Hub, news 
Digital Insider #14: Character BuilderA ETA for the Character Builder beta is announced. They are hoping to launch the Character Builder beta for subscribers and tester registered during D&DXP sometime early next tim[...]
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Word of Wizards - Previews for November and Beyond

November 5, 2008 from Questing GM; A Borneon Gamer
Filed under: 4e, RPG Hub, news 
Preview for November and BeyondIt's that time again. This month's preview is filled with product launches all the way to January. There's so much previewed so I'll mostly be doing a summary of my thoughts and interesting[...]
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