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5 Ways Magic the Gathering Changed the Rules of D&D
Magic the Gathering designer Richard Garfield rates Dungeons & Dragons as the most innovative game of all time. Nonetheless, in any ranking of influential games, Magic’s revolutionary design surely vies for a top spot. You might suppose that a card … Continue reading →
Posted in Role-playing game design, Role-playing game history
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Tagged Ars Magica, Ben Riggs, Bruce Cordell, Cosmic Encounter, Jeremy Crawford, Jonathan Tweet, Magic the Gathering, Mike Donais, miniatures, Monte Cook, Over the Edge, Peter Adkison, Richard Garfield, Rob Heinsoo, Skaff Elias, Wizards of the Coast
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10 Things in Pathfinder Second Edition I Like (and 1 I Don’t)
In 2008, Paizo sent designer Jason Buhlman to the Winter Fantasy convention to sample the upcoming fourth edition of Dungeons & Dragons and report on the game. Paizo founder Lisa Stevens recalls the outcome. “From the moment that 4th Edition … Continue reading →
19 Adventures in the Running for 10 Greatest Adventures Since 1985
For my list of the 10 greatest adventures since 1985, nominations, reviews, and reputation led me to consider many more excellent adventures than fit a list of 10. Today’s post reveals the adventures that fell short of my 10 greatest, … Continue reading →
Posted in Role-playing game history
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Tagged Aaron Allston, Bill Slavicsek, Bruce Cordell, Carl Sargent, Chris Perkins, City of Skulls, City of the Spider Queen, Cloud Giant's Bargain, Creighton Broadhurst, Dark Sun, David Zeb Cook, Dawn of the Overmind, Dead in Thay, Die Vecna Die!, Dungeon magazine, Ed Greenwood, Forge of Fury, Forgotten Realms, Gary Gygax, greatest adventures, Greyhawk, James Wyatt, Ken Rolston, Kevin Kulp, Logan Bonner, Merchant House of Amketch, Monte Cook, Night Below, Night of the Walking Dead, Planescape, Ravenloft, Reavers of Harkenwold, Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil, Return to the Tomb of Horrors, Richard Baker, Ruins of Undermountain, Scott Fitzgerald Gray, Teos Abadia, The Slaying Stone, Treasure Hunt, Vecna Lives!, Will Doyle, Wizards of the Coast
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Vault of the Dracolich (2013): Greatest D&D Adventures Since 1985—Number 7
Vault of the Dracolich is a D&D Next adventure By Mike Shea, Scott Fitzgerald Gray, and Teos Abadia for level 4 characters. The Living Greyhawk organized-play campaign pioneered a popular new way to play Dungeons & Dragons at conventions. In … Continue reading →
In 1981 a Troll Named Grimtooth Set a Path for Today’s D&D Books
Starting in 1981, Flying Buffalo Games published a series of Grimtooth’s Traps books. They featured diagrams of traps that showed heroes on the verge of being folded, spindled, and mutilated. For instance, one sample shows a covered pit trap where … Continue reading →
Posted in D&D fifth edition, Role-playing game history
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Tagged Flying Buffalo, Grimtooth’s Traps, Liz Danforth, Shannon Appelcline, traps, Wizards of the Coast
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The Unintended Consequence That Ruined Fourth Edition D&D’s Chance of Success, But Proved Great for Gamers
Publicly, members of Wizards of the Coast’s Dungeons & Dragons team never discuss sales numbers. Privately, they dispute the notion that the Pathfinder role-playing game ever outsold fourth-edition D&D. But at Gen Con, late in the short life of fourth … Continue reading →
Posted in Role-playing game history
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Tagged adventure paths, Andy Collins, Dragon magazine, Dungeon magazine, Erik Mona, Jason Bulmahn, Lisa Stevens, Paizo, Wizards of the Coast
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Why Fourth Edition Never Saved Dungeons & Dragons
“Fourth edition Dungeons & Dragons is all about taking that things that work in D&D, keeping them in the game, and fixing everything else,” designer Mike Mearls wrote after the edition’s announcement in 2007. “That’s the goal, and I think … Continue reading →
Why Fourth Edition Seemed Like the Savior Dungeons & Dragons Needed
In 2005, Dungeons & Dragons faced a possible future similar to the fate of another popular role-playing game, Vampire: The Masquerade. In this future, D&D only exists as a license for online games and t-shirts and another potential movie. The … Continue reading →
Posted in D&D fourth edition, Role-playing game history
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Tagged Andy Collins, Bill Slavicsek, Hasbro, James Wyatt, Mike Mearls, Rob Heinsoo, Wizards of the Coast, World of Warcraft
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The Threat that Nearly Killed Dungeons & Dragons—Twice
Despite the alarmists warning that things like ascending armor classes, women, or fourth edition would ruin Dungeons & Dragons, the game has only faced one serious threat. Ascending ACs are just easier, woman have been improving the game at least … Continue reading →
Basic and Advanced—Why Gary Gygax claimed Advanced Dungeons & Dragons was a different game (Part 6)
The Story of Basic and Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Part 1: The time Dungeons & Dragons split into two games Part 2: Dungeons & Dragons’ new audience versus its original rules Part 3: Dungeon & Dragons goes two directions Part … Continue reading →
