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The Dragonslayers vs. The Lost Caverns of the Tsojcanth, Finale from The Other Side blog

The Other Side — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:50:00 +0000

Last night the Dragonslayers (aka my kids) finished up the Greater Caverns to discover Iggwilv's greatest treasure and fight Drelnza. I was considering to bring her back, but she was so completely destroyed that I just can't imagine how she would...

A Game For All People: The Perfect DnD Recipe from Campaign Mastery

Campaign Mastery — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:38:47 +0000

This article is being written in advance of reading any material concerning the actual content of DnDNext from WOTC. Unless you’ve been living under a rock somewhere, the odds are that you’ve heard the announcement of D&D… well, no-one’s quite sure what it’s going to be called yet. The most common handle seems to be [...]

Quintessential D&D for D&D.Next from The Other Side blog

The Other Side — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 20:17:00 +0000

Remember my idea back from the late Summer, the one I was calling Quintessential D&D where there are five linked adventures that used all the rules of all D&D?Here are the links to bring you all back up to speed.http://timbrannan.blogspot.com/2...

Year of the Dragon from The Other Side blog

The Other Side — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 15:26:00 +0000

Today is the start of the Chinese New Year, the Year of the Dragon. And what a year it is turning out to be so far."May you live in interesting times." goes the old saying (which may or may not actually be Chinese in origin).We are certainly livi...

Adventure crowd sourcing from The Other Side blog

The Other Side — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 20:55:00 +0000

Afternoon all.I am looking for good 1st level adventure for about 5 characters that can be run in a little more than an hour.I have some ideas, but want to know what my options are.Any version of D&D is fine since I want to try it out on a few diff...

The Dragonslayers and the Books of Vile Darkness from The Other Side blog

The Other Side — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:29:00 +0000

The Dragonslayers are currently wandering around the Greater Caverns of Iggwilv's lair (The Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth). They have been sent to recover the rumored "Golden Treasure of Iggwilv" which of course is Drelzna. I am of course keeping all...

The Foundation Of Averages: Psychohistory and RPG Rules from Campaign Mastery

Campaign Mastery — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 16:05:55 +0000

Confession Time: This is not the article I intended to post today. I simply ran out of time – after my sense of the day-of-the-week was thrown off by the Holiday Season, leading me to start late. Normal service will be resumed as soon as possible! Over the last few weeks, I’ve re-read the Foundation [...]

Return of the Dragonslayers from The Other Side blog

The Other Side — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 05:29:00 +0000

I got home early from work today and my boys wanted to play some D&D. Like a good Daddy I agreed.We continued going through the Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth, the Lesser Caverns, and they got to the stairs to the Greater Caverns. I pulled o...

Ghosts Of Blogs Past: All The World’s A Suggestion Box from Campaign Mastery

Campaign Mastery — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 13:23:46 +0000

This irregular column resurrects (relevant) lost blog posts from Mike’s 2006 personal blog on Yahoo 360 and updates them with new relevance and perspective. From December 2006: There’s never enough time to do everything right – so concentrate on the little things that make everything else tolerable. It’s easy to underestimate how big a contribution [...]

Pieces Of Creation: The Hidden Truth Of Dopplegangers from Campaign Mastery

Campaign Mastery — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 15:07:33 +0000

Pieces Of Creation is an occasional recurring column at Campaign Mastery in which Mike offers game reference and other materials that he has created for his own campaigns. A somewhat unusual example to get this first “Pieces Of Creation” off to a flying start. Normally, I would present the game materials within the column text, [...]

The Witches Three: 4e v. Pathfinder v. OSR from The Other Side blog

The Other Side — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 13:18:00 +0000

We are at an an interesting time in the history of D&D. Today we have two games, but fun and great to play, that are the heir's of the legacy that is D&D. The first is a direct descendant of the previous version with some ...

Melodies & Rests: ‘Euphoria’ by Def Leppard from Campaign Mastery

Campaign Mastery — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 12:34:46 +0000

Melodies & Rests is intended to be an occasional recurring column at Campaign Mastery in which Mike plucks a CD at random from his collection and sees how much creative inspiration for gaming he can squeeze out of it. You don’t have to agree with his musical tastes – but play close attention to the [...]

Book Review: Assassin’s Amulet by Michael K. Tumey, Mike Bourke, and Johnn Four from Roleplaying Tips, Part 2 from Game Knight Reviews

Game Knight Reviews — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 11:00:34 +0000

Assassin’s Amulet is too big a book to review in one post, so I’ve split it up. (If you’re looking for the first part, it’s here.) In this installment, we’ll look at some of the high points of the content. There’s so much content that I’m just going to focus on a few choice . . . → Read More: Book Review: Assassin’s Amulet by Michael K. Tumey, Mike Bourke, and Johnn Four from Roleplaying Tips, Part 2

Book Review: Assassin’s Amulet by Michael K. Tumey, Mike Bourke, and Johnn Four from Roleplaying Tips, Part 1 from Game Knight Reviews

Game Knight Reviews — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 11:00:20 +0000

Before I get into the first part of of this review (tune in for part 2 tomorrow!), I have to get a few things out of the way… First a bit of a disclosure, I’ve known Johnn Four since joining the Gamer Lifestyle program a few years ago, so it was an immediate “yes” . . . → Read More: Book Review: Assassin’s Amulet by Michael K. Tumey, Mike Bourke, and Johnn Four from Roleplaying Tips, Part 1