Editor-in-Chief | December 6, 2011
Just about a week or so ago, I took part in and “won” my first NaNoWriMo, or National Novel Writing Month. Winning the contest is easy: simply start a novel on any topic on November 1st and complete and complete 50,000 words on it by November 30th. It’s only about 1700 words per day, and [...]
Category: Dramatis Personae, Dungeonmasters' Insider, Personalities, Tricks of the Trade, World-Building |
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Tags: D&D 4e, discussion, dungeon master tip, RPG, villains
Editor-in-Chief | June 22, 2011
It is Wednesday once again, and I’ve posted another review on EN World News. This time, I thought I’d take a bit of a break from all the fantasy gaming material, and offer up a review of a fantasy novel instead. Based upon my own experiences, I think that for us fantasy role-players, reading good [...]
Category: Character Development, Dungeonmasters' Insider, Personalities, RPG News & Reviews, Role-Players' Edge, World-Building |
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Tags: EN World, fantasy novel, kingkiller chronicles, patrick rothfuss, review, the wise man's fear
Editor-in-Chief | May 3, 2010
“There are no self-proclaimed villains, only regiments of self-proclaimed saints. Victorious historians rule where good and evil lies.” ~ Croaker (Glen Cook, The Black Company)
I recently mention I had picked up and re-read Glen Cook’s The Black Company Trilogy. The main reason I did this was due to the fact that I found out that [...]
Category: Dramatis Personae, Dungeonmasters' Insider, Monsters, Organizations, Personalities |
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Tags: D&D 4e, dungeon master tip, editorial, encounter building, villain
Editor-in-Chief | November 20, 2009
Hawkwood: Bless you Martin, your reward is in Heaven.
Martin: I’d rather be paid sooner if you don’t mind. ~ Flesh+Blood (1985)
If you’ve never seen the movie Flesh+Blood, well then you may want to pick it up and see it at least once, assuming you are of appropriate age, of course. [...]
Category: Character Classes, Character Development, Dramatis Personae, Dungeonmasters' Insider, House Rules & Variations, Personalities, Role-Players' Edge |
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Tags: character development, D&D 4e, free, goblin, mercenary, review, rules variant
Editor-in-Chief | November 13, 2009
“Commandeer. We’re going to commandeer that ship. Nautical term.” ~ Jack Sparrow
So everyone likes Pirate Movies, right? I mean, c’mon, after Johnny Depp starred in Pirates of the Caribbean, all I saw the following Halloween were little Capt. Jack Wannabes running all over the place. Pirates are fun, and they can add a lot to [...]
Category: Dramatis Personae, Dungeonmasters' Insider, Monsters, Organizations, Personalities |
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Tags: D&D 4e, free, goblin hulk, monster, world-building