Dungeons & Dragons Releases For 2009

Back in October, I took a look at the next six months or so of releases from Wizards of the Coast, and posted some tentative opinions about them. Four months later, and with a good chunk of the 2009 catalogue announced, it looks like it’s time to revisit the upcoming releases. This post runs until [...]

D&DI: Digital Revolution or Damp Squib?

The advert of the ‘Digital Age’ has been heralded by various soothsayers of the tech and media industries as the greatest revolution in printing since the invention of moveable type in the 15th century.
They have a point: typesetting is no longer a time consuming process, mistakes are easier to correct, distribution of the product is [...]

Quick Campaign Ideas

A friend asked me for some ideas for a campaign last week, so here are a few quick ideas to inspire.
Any feedback is welcome.

The Nativity According to D&D
This is a one/two session idea inspired by Uncle Bear’s Cthulhu Christmas. Written for D&D 4e Forgotten Realms, but could be easily adapted to 3.x. I’ve used Kelemvor [...]

The Hand of Kelemvor: Session 1 – The Anti-Session

Welcome, dear readers, to the first of my campaign diaries for The Hand of Kelemvor D&D 4E Campaign. Over the next while (as long as the campaign runs) I’m going to be keeping a log of campaign progress, as well as posting my notes, background material I have added to the 4th Edition version of [...]

Starting Out…

I have a confession to make: it’s been 8 years since I last DM’d. In fact, it’s been 8 years since I played a table-top RPG at all.
I’m also DM’ing a D&D 4E session this Saturday.

I would be lying if I said I wasn’t nervous about it.
My biggest worry is actually about one of my [...]