Alignment has always been the sticky wicket of Dungeons & Dragons. It presents an objective set of labels to govern the inherently subjective nature of ethical and moral conduct. It’s adjudication – and even the value of its presence in the game – has long been debated, and will continue to be so long as it remains part of the game…
In Part I of this series, I laid out my plan to play through a series of RPG systems – one a week – over the summer. On top of that, I wrote about my gaming groups’ desire to maintain a single set of characters and therefore a cohesive story for the duration of the campaign.
Not too long ago, I participated in the Free RPG Day event Vault of the Dracolich. Determined to help out my local store (which I do often because they’re awesome), I signed up to DM for the event…
Tradition and innovation have always been natural opposites, as one seeks to maintain an existing set of practices while the other seeks to revise them, or even create new practices entirely. For Dungeons & Dragons, tradition had been a much stronger motivating force until the advent of Third Edition, when innovation was given a much greater role during its design.
In Part I of this series, I laid out my plan to play through a series of RPG systems – one a week – over the summer. Now we move on to Microsope…
Dragon Age 2 is hated by a lot of fans and they just won’t shut up about how much they dislike it. For the record, I still don’t understand why, and no, explaining it to me again will not make me care more…
Could it be done? Could we maintain a single party and a single story thread through a campaign that dabbled in many different RPG systems?
Thinking about it (as I have, lately) the current D&D Next playtest project is much like a train ride…
I have been shown a valuable tool for use by our gaming group – a Facebook Group, and we’re using it like a fiend…
The turn of the millennium had comparatively little impact on the world. The same could not be said for Dungeons & Dragons, however…