If you’re anything like me, trying to juggle preparing for the Holidays, and splitting your time between work and “festive” get-togethers, and still trying to wedge in tome for your favorite hobby, Dungeons & Dragons, starts to feel like a little overwhelming.  Today was a perfect example, where I was awoken early to prepare for a trip up north to celebrate some birthdays at the Bavarian restaurant in Frankenmuth, home of the World Famous Christmas store, Bronners.

So with no time to prepare my weekly news blog, I was whisked away into a strangely surreal realm where Christmas cheer is handed out in dump-truck sized quantities – whether you want it or not!  And of course, no trip to Bronners would be complete without a tour of the entire store, where bizarrely shaped glass bulbs and ornaments are offered by the tens of thousands to allow a Holiday decorator to inflict their dream – such as a wide world of sports Christmas tree… or maybe a fruits of the world wreath… or any number of eye-popping juxtapositions of the Holidays with, well, just about anything one could imagine, sane or insane!

If ever there was a place just ripe lampooning in a D&D Gamma World adventure, Bronners and the town of Frankenmuth just jumped to the top of my “to-do” list!!!

And just as well, because there was plenty of great articles and excerpts this week preparing for the upcoming release of the D&D Gamma World supplement, Famine in Far-Go!  I’m definitely looking forward to checking out my own copy, and all the excerpts and the preview/review by Dave “The Game” at Critical-Hits.com has got me in the mood for more mutant fun!  Definitely make some time to check out all the great news, blogs, and reviews this past week as we count down to the Holidays!

So until next blog… I wish you Happy Gaming!

Blogs at Neuroglyph Games This Week:

EN World Review – Good Little Children Never Grow Up

D&D 4E News This Week:

• In the new D&D Alumni, WotC’s Bart Carroll discusses the origin of some old AD&D modules in relation to the release of the Gamma World Famine in Far-Go and how it relates to the Barrier Peaks!
• WotC has another Famine in Far-Go Excerpts delving into the use of the Cryptic Alliances cards!
• Matt Sernett writes up a Bazaar of the Bizarre feature this week, looking at the enchanted items of the Eladrin and their Magic of Old. Now available for DDI Subscribers.
• Mike Shea at Sly Flourish.com discusses Five Reasons to Love Gamma World!
• Wimwick at Dungeon’s Master.com asks: What Do You Do When Your D&D Game Is Cancelled?.
• Craig A. Campbell suggests a Location Guide for DMs to use when designing their own bit of Hometown, Gamma Terra.
• Steve Winter has a new adventure in Dungeon Magazine this week, with a trio of adventures that can be set in almost any cross-country trek. Check out The Whispering Glad for Characters of Levels 5-7. Now available for DDI Subscribers.
• Ameron at Dungeon’s Master.com challenges gamers to Prove Your D&D Superiority using timed play!
• In the new Channel Divinity, learn all about the Azure Guard, a Paragon Path and background for characters who are among Corellon’s Devoted.
• D&D Organized Play Content Developer Chris Tulach has a Scheduling and Reporting Update, announcing a phase out of “home play category” in this week’s D&D Home Play News.
• The Art Galleries and Map Galleries from the upcoming Famine in Far-Go is now available from the official WotC site!
• Bartoneus at Critical-Hits.com offers another installment of The Architect DM, discussing how a campaign world might change due to Abandonment & Re-population.
• Dave “The Game” at Critical-Hits.com has a First Impressions Review: “Famine in Far-Go”.
• Kobold Quarterly has a new encounter setting that can fit into almost any existing campaign when a little more play is needed. Check out Encounter Codex: The Trial of Fate, Faith, and Fortune.
• Dungeon’s Master.com presents a tale of for the holidays – Dungeon’s Master Presents: Christmas with the Gamer.
• Peter Schaefer pens a new Unearthed Arcana feature this week, with some ideas on how to create a more telepathic character who can delve into the mind of his foes, in The Awakened Psion.
• In the new Spotlight Interview, WotC’s Bart Carroll discusses the creation of a 30-second Bunnie Theatre version of The Tomb of Horrors with their creator in this Jennifer Shiman Interview!
• Bark at the Moon, Part 2, the sequel to the new adventure in Dungeon #185 last week is now available for download for D&D Insider Subscribers.
• Dungeon’s Master.com reports on D&D Encounters: Keep on the Borderlands (Week 13).
• In To Live Defeated, Peter Schaefer looks at new ways for heroes to overcome their enemies by Taking Names, Not Lives, that are sometimes worse than death!
• WotC has more Famine in Far-Go Excerpts, and offers the first encounter from the Cryptic Alliances quest series!
• Doug Blakeslee at RPGNet.com takes a look at the D&D spin-off roleplaying game in this Review of D&D Gamma World.
• Gato the News Robot at Critical-Hits.com has a listing of the Critical Bits for the week ending 2010-12-19.
• The Fine Art of TPK.com rants about why “I really, really, really, really dislike the new character builder.“
• The Tome Show.com has just released podcast Episode 159, discussing the pros and cons of the Character Builder (web app)

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