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Tag Archives: Winter Fantasy
Origins 2017: Choose Your Own Dungeons & Dragons Adventure
This year at Origins, I split my time between serving as a dungeon master, and playing in Dungeons & Dragons games. Remember the disappearing McFly family photo from Back to the Future? It gave Marty McFly a look at his … Continue reading
Winter Fantasy hosted 12 slots of Dungeons & Dragons and I played through them all
At the convention center in Fort Wayne, Indiana, the entire Winter Fantasy convention fits into one hall. Despite the event’s compact size, Winter Fantasy delivers as much Dungeons & Dragons as the biggest table-top gaming cons. Imagine the D&D track … Continue reading
Dungeons & Dragons at the 2016 Origins Game Fair
For many gamers, the Origins Game Fair feels just the right size. Unlike Winter Fantasy, the convention offers diversions beyond non-stop Dungeons & Dragons and Pathfinder. Unlike Gen Con, you don’t face a city and a convention center crowded to … Continue reading
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Tagged Adventurers League, Avalon Hill, Baldman Games, Battle Interactive, Chris Lindsay, Chris Perkins, D&D Championship, Dave Christ, Forgotten Realms, Gary Gygax, GEN CON, Mike Mearls, Origins convention, Sean Molley, Shawn Merwin, Teos Abadia, Trevor Kidd, Winter Fantasy
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Gaming at the Winter Fantasy Convention
Imagine taking the Dungeons & Dragons track from Origins or Gen Con, complete with a D&D designer or two, the Adventurers League brain trust, and the game’s most passionate players, and dropping it into a convention of its own. The … Continue reading
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Tagged Adventurers League, Battle Interactive, GEN CON, Mike Mearls, Origins convention, Robert Adducci, Will Doyle, Winter Fantasy
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Gen Con 2013 recap and the D&D Championship visits the Lost City
I’m back from Gen Con and four days of terrific gaming. For this year, Wizards of the Coast elected to focus its attention on exposing as many as possible to Dungeons & Dragons Next, and so they dropped all Living … Continue reading
Living Forgotten Realms Battle Interactive
I received my judge assignments for the upcoming Winter Fantasy convention. I’ll be running CORE5-3 Lost in Wonder during all the afternoon and evening slots on Thursday, Friday, and Sunday. On Saturday, I’ll run a table for the Living Forgotten … Continue reading
Posted in Living Forgotten Realms
Tagged Battle Interactive, Living Forgotten Realms, Winter Fantasy
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