News in Review for Oct 25 to Oct 31 2010 (Halloween Special!)
This past week has been a busy one from Wizards of the Coast, with product excerpts being posted from two new upcoming releases: the Monster Vault and the second Essentials D&D players guide The Heroes of Forgotten Kingdoms. Both these products will hit the store next month, and WotC are sharing some fairly enticing excerpts. The D&D Podcast also debuted this week, not to mention a great encounter in D&D Alumni, featuring a 4E-interpretation from the famous old module, Against the Cult of the Reptile God!
There has also been some great coverage of D&D Organized Play from bloggers this week, including a report from Dungeon’s Master.com on D&D Encounters: Keep on the Borderlands (Week 6) and from Critical Hits.com with a Gamma Wild: “Gamma World” Game Day Report. If you did not get the chance to participate in these events, check them out to see what all was going on there!
So until next blog… I wish you Happy Gaming, as well as a safe and fun Halloween!
Harry Pumpkin & The Deathly Halloweens
Blogs at Neuroglyph Games This Week:
Night of the “Tocking” Dead – a Monster Theme for 4E
EN World Review – The Manor of Deceit by Blackbyrne Publishing
D&D 4E News This Week:
- WotC has begun revealing new Monster Vault Excerpts this week, beginning with their signature monster, the Red Dragon!
- In the new Heroes of the Forgotten Kingdoms Excerpts, we are introduced to newest version of the Essentials: Ranger – the Scout build.
- Kay Kenyon offers us a vision of The Forge of Xen’drik the new Eberron Fiction column in Dragon #392.
- In Dungeon Magazine, Stephen Radney-MacFarland has a new Save My Game column this week, and offers DMs some advice on how to Lie, Cheat, and Steal to make their games better.
- Kobold Quarterly has another trap theme set in their ongoing series – check out Trap Themes (Part 4 of 5): Daemonic Implements.
- Sarah Darkmagic has posted a guest blog at Critical Hits.com, featuring an editorial commenting on Magic Item Wishlists and You.
- The Tome Show posted Episode 154 with an interview of Programmer Andy Aiken discussing the DM computer tool, Master Plan.
- At-Will.com’s Gamefiend has created a new entry in his series on “horizons” – check out The Spirit’s Rage.
- Mike Shea at Sly Flourish.com has some DM tips, using Five Inspirations for Gamma World.
- Ameron at Dungeon’s Master.com has some ideas on Making Boring Skill Challenges More Exciting.
- In Shelly Mazzanoble’s column, Confessions of a Full-Time Wizard, she discusses her Gamma World experiences upon crashing Greg Bilsland’s game in Last of the Mojitas.
- Mike Mearls & Jeremy Crawford post this month’s D&D Podcastfeaturing information on Forgotten Kingdoms & Monster Vault, with guest host Rodney Thompson.
- Dixon Trimline at Critical Hits.com talks about his experiences at Gamma Wild: “Gamma World” Game Day Report.
- Ameron at Dungeon’s Master.com discusses skill checks and how to make them make some sense in Knowledge is Power (Part 2).
- At-Will.com’s Gamefiend, inventor of the Worldbreaker, has a new monster type in the works, one that is unbeatable until a puzzle is solved: The Lawbreaker.
- D&D Organized Play Content Developer, Chris Tulach, has this month’s D&D Play Spotlight column, featuring a D&D Encounters Q&A.
- Bart Carroll’s D&D Alumni column takes a look at the famous AD&D module, Against the Cult of the Reptile God!
- Wimwick at Dungeon’s Master.com takes a look at some well known fables, and thinking of ways of Putting Some Fairy In Your Tale.
- At-Will.com’s Ryven has another set of ideas on using a skill in a new and exciting way. Check out Serious Skills: Heals.
- The Art Galleries and Map Galleries from Dungeon #183 are now available for download by DDI Subscribers!
- Chris Sims at Critical Hits.com puts out a call for More Mailbag ideas, and other topics to write on.
- The Art Galleries from Dragon #392 are now available for download by DDI Subscribers!
- Chris Perkins offers an excerpt encounter from the Gen Con Celebrity Game ran in August 2010 for R.A Salvatore, Ed Greenwood, and Larry Elmore. Check out Kill the Messengers!
- In the new Heroes of the Forgotten Kingdoms Excerpts, there is a new build for the Essentials: Warlock, and a redesigning of the Hexblade!
- Ameron at Dungeon’s Master.com has a report of the happenings in D&D Encounters: Keep on the Borderlands (Week 6).
- Kobold Quarterly announces that Kobold Quarterly #15 is Beautiful.
- Shawn Merwin at Critical Hits.com ponders the question: Are You the Most Interesting Roleplayer in the World?
- At-Will.com’s Gamefiend discusses the merging of FATE with D&D in Fauxspects: FATE and 4e, part 1.
- Check out the Halloween offering from the new Monster Vault Excerpts column, featuring the Golem and the Vampire!
- The Tome Show has posted a special Halloween podcast for Episode 155, demonstrating how to create a one-shot adventure in Halloween One-Shot. You can also download a copy of the adventure here!
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