Category Archives: D & D

I probably should re-organize D&D into a Game section with D&D and Video Games as subsections but my tribute to Mr. Calhamer falls under this because his game Diplomacy was a fave with gamers of all stripes. Sadly, I’ve only played … Continue reading →

Les, my friend and gaming sensei has started a kickstarter campaign for his latest creation Invasion of the Saucer People. It’ll be great because Les worked on the more interesting products at GDW when I was there: Minion Hunter, revisions to … Continue reading →

Most of you who care already read the official news as per this New York Times article regarding 5E. After three years, WOTC is finally throwing in the towel and grudgingly admitting their mistake. I saw the early warning signs … Continue reading →

The technical term is icosahedron and it’s one of the perfect solids in the Ancient Greek mindset. I’m not sure if it was used for their model of the universe which hindered astronomers until Kepler figured out the solar system’s elliptical … Continue reading →

…they somehow get licensed out to new chumps. Over 20 years ago, Space 1889 was a money pit killing GDW according to my friend Steve Bryant. It was an interesting idea, a roleplaying game set in the Victorian Era using … Continue reading →

Today is the release of yet another version of D&D. Why? I have no idea. I can only guess that Fourth Edition, aka Tabletop World of Warcraft, isn’t going over very well. Small wonder. The hard-cover books got thinner and … Continue reading →

I guess D&D and its brethren are trying to combat extinction by taking an idea from the relatively successful Free Comic Book Day (first Saturday of May) and Record Store Day (mid April) promotions. Extinction? That’s the litany you usually … Continue reading →

Besides getting to actually touch/use a couple co-workers’ iPads (I love iCal on it), my friend Jeremy whipped together a D&D-based application in time for the product’s launch. What is Power Attack XL? It’s the core rules of the 3.5 … Continue reading →

My ex-girlfriends and parents thought I had too much D&D crap but they would’ve had a collective stroke if they saw this (courtesy of Jeremy). It is rather impressive despite all the multiple copies of the same books and boxes … Continue reading →

…or it’s a broken TARDIS. Over a week ago, I couldn’t find my checkbook. Yeah, checks, quaint in this era of debit/credit cards and online banking yet there’s no other way I will pay the mortgage (Wells Fargo charges for … Continue reading →

Recently, a prisoner in Wisconsin (of all places) lost his lawsuit claiming that a ban against playing D&D was a violation of his free speech rights. If you read the story, the part about concerns over him being the center … Continue reading →