Editor-in-Chief | February 15, 2010
“I’ve built this kingdom up from nothing. When I started here, all there was was swamp.” ~ Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
Oh, you knew it had to happen someday… it was fairly inevitable that I’d have to quote the ultimate fantasy gamer geek movie of all time and relate it to D&D 4e. [...]
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Tags: chaotic shiny, D&D 4e, review, software, world-building
Editor-in-Chief | February 12, 2010
“Shall we play a game?” ~ Joshua (Wargames, 1983)
I think I’ve mentioned this before in a previous blog, but I’ll say it again:
I freakin’ love using my laptop to play D&D 4e!
For years, I hand-wrote my adventures, and dragged piles of paper with me to each game session, along with my myriad D&D books. [...]
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Tags: application, combat, D&D 4e, ex nebula, review, software
Editor-in-Chief | October 30, 2009
Contentment is the greatest treasure. ~ Lao Tzu, Chinese Philosopher
Outta my way, that treasure is mine! ~ Every Dwarven Philosopher
Creating Treasure, in my opinion, is possibly one of the most obnoxious tasks I have to do as a DM. The only other thing that could rank higher on my list of “annoying DM things” is [...]
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Tags: D&D 4e, freeware, generator, review, software, treasure
Editor-in-Chief | October 23, 2009
If you don’t like the weather, wait a minute! ~ (Michigan) Proverb
I’m sure that there are folks in other states besides Michigan that use that phrase, but honestly, I’d never heard it used as much or with such Schadenfreude as I have since I moved up here about ten years ago. By the way, if [...]
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Tags: D&D 4e, freeware, generator, review, software, weather
Editor-in-Chief | October 13, 2009
Review of the Heroforge Character Management System for 4e
Antici…. PATION!
I cannot deny that I have been looking forward to seeing HeroForge Software tackle D&D 4e. All during my D&D 3.0 and 3.5 Campaigns, I utilized Heroforge in all its incarnations and versions. What started out as a simple Excel spreadsheet evolved over time to include [...]
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Tags: character, D&D 4e, heroforge, review, software