Reality Makes the Best Fantasy: Courtesans

Warning: this article deals with issues of sex. In the battle for survival and power, people use their available resources to make the connections they need and get the things that they want. Among many of the tools used[...]
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News from Around the Net: 3-FEB-2012

February!?! Where’d January go? Geesh! Here in Colorado, the snow started to fly last night and we are in the first real winter storm in 2012. What does that mean for yours truly? Not much really… I work from[...]
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Publisher Interview: Joseph Goodman of Goodman Games

The “Old School” gaming movement continues to impress me with the enthusiasm of the gamers and game companies supporting it. One of the games many gamers are excited about in 2012 is the Spring release of the[...]
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Naming Conventions

  I’m not sure if there’s any thorn that sticks in the side of Game Masters more than coming up with unique, believable names. When we succeed, it’s glorious; our friends remember the names of thei[...]
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State Of The Dungeon – Year 3

Today Dungeon’s Master celebrates its third birthday. Three years ago Ameron and I launched the blog with the intention of talking about 4e Dungeons & Dragons. Our goal was to share our experiences of the game[...]
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The Gassy Gnoll: If I Could Save Time in a Bottle… (CONTEST!)

With apologies to Jim Croce: If I could save time in a bottle, I’d drink it up like Mountain Dew, just so I could stay up late every day and continue playing games here with you… **I’m soooo sorry Jim C[...]
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RPGs for Kids: The Savage Peanuts

The Savage Peanuts is a role-playing scenario for kids, in which the players must rescue a boy who has been kidnapped by feral peanut people. I use the term scenario deliberately. This is not an adventure; the story is n[...]
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TrollTips #4: 5 ways to get started that aren’t in a tavern.

“You all meet in a tavern…” Ugh! Chances are that you’re probably already groaning. Getting started with an RPG campaign can be fun, but this old trope needs to be retired. Here are 5 alternate wa[...]
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D&D News Reactions

Since the announcement of D&D Next earlier this month, there has been a flurry of news about D&D. I’ve held off on writing about the new edition because I wanted to avoid speculation, but as more details[...]
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Pathfinder: Heroes and Monsters Miniatures

We interrupt our regularly scheduled Red Rover terrain programming to joyfully bring you a long-awaited pre-painted miniatures review. Our monthly character sacrifices to the RPG Gods apparently worked because for the fi[...]
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Reality Makes the Best Fantasy: Light Sources

One of the issues that has plagued man and and adventurer alike is the issue of: light. Light or a lack thereof dictates what the diurnal human can accomplish. Because of the biological composition of our eyes, the night[...]
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News from Around the Net: 27-JAN-12

Hope everyone has had a good week! Mine has been interesting… We’ve been dealing with getting some water damage assessed and fixed in our house after a small overflow in an upstairs bathroom resulted in a fam[...]
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DDXP 2012 Report: The First Glimpses at the New Edition of Dungeons & Dragons

E's at DDXP and reporting the news on the newest edition of Dungeons & Dragons. And she got to be in a playtest group with Monte Cook DMing![...]
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Labyrinth Lord – Die Larm Chroniken: Zeitleiste

Einer meiner Spieler hat diese geniale Zeitleiste unserer aktuellen laufenden „Larm Chroniken“ geschaffen, um einfach mal zu sehen wann welcher Charakter bei welchen Ereignissen dabei war bzw. welcher Recke w[...]
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Are D&D Race Mechanics Necessary

With the announcement of the next edition of D&D there have been many questions about what it will contain and about what tropes, rules, and commonalities make D&D, Dungeons and Dragons. Recently the discussion[...]
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The Ivory Tooth of Kostoss

Looking to spice up a game with a unique item? Behold: the Ivory Tooth of Kostoss! The Tooth is a figurine, about three inches (eight centimeters) tall, carved from an enormous tooth. The tooth might better be called a f[...]
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Fiat Lux! TrollTips #3: 5 ways to bring your villain to life

This week on Fiat Lux! we’re talking big, bad, evil guys. This video offers 5 tips that add some vim to your villain, some sparkle to your swine, and some charm to your cads! Text transcription is in the YouTube de[...]
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Adventure Review: The Haunting of Larvik Island (4E) by Stephen Newton from Thick Skull Adventures

Though The Haunting of Larvik Island has been out since June 2011, I’m coming very late to the party. Written by Stephen Newton and published by Thick Skull Adventures, this adventure for a group of five 1st level [...]
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Your Character Could Be In a Comic!

The new Forgotten Realms Dungeons & Dragons comic written by Ed Greenwood is coming in April. Even better, your character could be in one of the issues! Yep, you read that correctly. Make sure to enter before mid[...]
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Labyrinth Lord – Die Larm Chroniken (Teil 6): Die Festung des Bergkönigs

Nun war es endlich soweit! Der vorläufige Höhepunkt der „Larm Chroniken“ stand an. Zum einen, weil es sich die Helden von Larm nicht mehr bieten lassen wollten vom Bergkönig immerzu gegängelt zu werden un[...]
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[Friday Map] First Draft of the Black Mire

This summer I posted the (contest-winning) Challenge of the Frog Idol. The majority of the adventure takes place in the Black …Continue reading »[...]
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I Want To Have Dungeon Bastard’s Babies

"Does it have dragons? Does it have dungeons? I want to play it!"[...]
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News from Around the Net: 20-JAN-12

Welcome to the gaming news roundup for the week of 20-JAN-2012! This week was “one of those” weeks with work, so I’m gleeful that it’s Friday! Yay! The debate continued this week about “D�[...]
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Magic Items With Use

Greetings!  For this month’s installment of One Die Short we take a look at Magic Items: Magic Items are a staple, and to some degree a necessity, of Dungeons & Dragons.  In the above page... [[ This is a[...]
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What Everyone Ought To Know About Live Tweeting Games

Ever wanted to be the court reporter of your RPG and tweet your game? Here are some do's and don'ts.[...]
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D&D: On-again, Off-again, On-again

I’ve had a strange relationship with the grandfather of all RPGs. I speak, of course, of the venerable Dungeons & Dragons. You see, as a child of the 80s, I originally bought in to the “Satanic PanicR[...]
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New edition of Dungeons and Dragons just announced

  Wizards of the Coast has announced, officially, that they’re beginning work on a new edition of Dungeons and Dragons.    With this new edition, they’re trying something different. The article in The New York Ti[...]
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This is not a post about 5th Edition

  Alright, it is. A little bit. As you almost certainly already know, Wizards of the Coast recently announced that the company had begun development of Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition, accompanied by a call to ga[...]
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Wizards of the Coast go Full Grognard – re-release original AD&D books

Advanced Dungeons & Dragons to be re-released While common wisdom holds that you never go full grognard, Wizards of the Coast are letting convention fly to the wind and they’re re-releasing the three original [...]
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The Perils of Edition Wars: Adventure to Dice Castle

From a gamer's perspective, this news shook tables and shattered pencils. Some people are excited. Others? Betrayed. Most players either had (or have) an opinion about the news regardless of whether or not they read the [...]
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The Greatest Ever…D&D Comic

I speak from a position of authority here…well, let’s face it, I always speak from a position of authority. But needless to say, I’ve been reading D&D comics as often as I have been able to get my grubby h[...]
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A New Kind of Ship for D&D 4E

A few months ago, I released Voidjumpers of Space, a D&D 4E conversion of Spelljammer, the classic “Dungeons & Dragons in space” setting. Voidjumpers is an original universe that attempts to replica[...]
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D&D Virtual Table

Most of the role-playing games I run or play in are run online. The main benefit for me is that playing online lets me keep together my gaming group despite the fact that we’re scattered across the country now. Whe[...]
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[D&D Next] Looking Good So Far…

Today’s Legends & Lore Article by Monte Cook brings up some interesting possibilities with regards to what the next iteration of D&D will look like. While this is a lot of high-level talk that doesn’[...]
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Pleading the 5th – Pondering on the Future of D&D

It’s ironic. I was planning on writing an article about whether or not I thought 5th Edition D&D would be coming soon, and Wizards of the Coast announces they are beginning work on the next iteration of D&D. [...]
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News from Around the Net: 13-JAN-12 (Triskaidekaphobic Edition)

Welcome to the first triskaidekaphobic edition of GKR’s News frrom Around the Net for 2012… (Apparently there are three in 2012, two in 2013, and one in 2014. Since we’re on a downward trend let’s[...]
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[D&D Next] My Feedback

Having posted a plea for people to voice their feedback in a constructive manner, I feel somewhat compelled to put up my own feedback post on the topic. First off, just a bit of background. I’ve not been a heavy D&[...]
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And here we go again…

Apologies for the very long delay between posts. Between then and now has been a con, D&D Encounters (which I still haven’t gotten around to blogging about) and a few different things. But honestly, I haven[...]
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Tools Review: Dungeons & Dragons Virtual Table Beta

Right before the holidays, Rory Madden from Game Table Online dropped me a note wondering if I’d like to check out the D&D Virtual Table they’ve had under development for Wizards of the Coast. It’s[...]
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[D&D Next] Think Before You Rant, An Appeal For Constructive Feedback

D&D Next has been on the top of everyone’s mind in the RPG community as of late, and already the fires are burning hot.  Staunch advocates of any one of the four editions of the game have begun to air their o[...]
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D&D 5E Announced

So, Wizards of the Coast has done the entirely expected and announced the fifth edition of Dungeons & Dragons, a mere three and a half years after the release of the fourth edition. (Okay, 5E isn’t what they&#[...]
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Wizard’s Watch: The Quest for Grand Unified D&D?

Yesterday morning, Wizards of the Coast finally dropped the bombshell on the D&D Community that gamers have been anticipating – and possibly, dreading – for several months now: Dungeons & Dragons 5t[...]
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Old School Adventuring with the Frog Idol!

In the four months I was gone from the interwebs (falling in love & getting surgery – pretty much in …Continue reading »[...]
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Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition: Bring More To the Party

This post was originally published here as ‘Dungeons and Dragons: Yes, I Have Something to Say. So if you are awake and at all tapped into the gaming community, you probably heard that Wizards of the Coast is comi[...]
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Tools Review: Awesome Dice Die Rollers For Your Blog

Here’s a first for Game Knight Reviews… I’m reviewing a WordPress plug-in! Last week I was contacted by Brian Wood from Awesome Dice, who asked me to take a look at a new plug-in for WP that adds a die [...]
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So… D&D Next is Under Development

At this point most of those who follow D&D have heard the latest news on what is apparently the latest iteration of Dungeons & Dragons. While the fanbase tends to call this incoming version “5e” I t[...]
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An open faced letter to Wizards of the Coast regarding the next iteration of Dungeons & Dragons which will be worse, or better than some, if not all of the others

Dear Wizards of the Coast, All of my other blogger friends have written open letters to you in regards to your forthcoming edition. I have been looked at snidely for the last time! I too have prepared my open letter to y[...]
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D&D 5E

Well, as everyone probably knows by now, this site not exactly being known for cutting edge news or steady updates (I’ve got a good excuse for not posting much this past month, namely, I’ve been taking care o[...]
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New Year, New D&D: Please Don’t Bring Your Old, Old, Old Drama

We all love dragons. And dungeons. And adventuring. Can't we focus on that?[...]
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[Friday Map] The Hive in Carver’s Cave

Carver’s Cave was converted into a secret fortress by a group of bandits decades ago, but with their dissolution (most …Continue reading »[...]
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