D&D Editions: How I Rate Them
Dan over at Sword and Board posted his rankings of the D&D versions he’s played: D&D editions: How I rate them. I thought it would be fun to do likewise — or at least how I would rank them today … Continue reading →
Tag Archives: DnD 4e
The DDI Character Builder — Why It is Not For Me
Many people look at WOTC’s DDI Character Builder and think it is a great idea. Even many people who intensely dislike D&D 4e like the idea of the DDI Character Builder and wish there were one for their favorite RPG. … Continue reading →
D&D Essentials: Will It Make Me Take a Second Look at 4e?
Several readers have asked me my opinion of the upcoming D&D Essentials from WOTC and if it would make be consider playing D&D 4e. I wasn’t planning on talking about D&D Essentials, but as several people are asking my opinion, … Continue reading →
THE House Rule for Rules Heavy Games?
If you wonder why I prefer older versions of D&D or others rules lite games to the rules heavy monsters often published today, you only need to read part of Christian’s Exploring The Magnum Opus That Is Ptolus post over … Continue reading →
4e “Old School Style” One Shot Report
We had the the “4e "Old School Style" One Shot” Sunday afternoon and evening. Sadly, it wasn’t as successful or as much fun as Bill had hoped. I’m held off writing about it for a few days so as not … Continue reading →
4e “Old School Style” One Shot
The players in my OD&D game finally got to the City-State of the Invincible Overlord yesterday — with their newly subdued young dragon. Now all they have to do is find a buyer for the dragon and they’ll be rich. … Continue reading →
Reasons Magic-Users Did Not Dominate Play in Early Editions of D&D
I often hear complaints about how spell-casters dominated play in D&D 3.x — especially at higher levels — and that preventing this domination was one of the reasons that spell casters are limited far more than they ever were before … Continue reading →
OD&D as a 4e Adventure Design Tool
I just saw a blog post by Mike Mearls, Build Your Adventures in OD&D, where he suggests doing the initial design work for 4e adventures as if the adventure was being written for OD&D. According to Mike, because OD&D characters … Continue reading →
D&D 4e Without Minis and Grids
A friend of mine whose player group really wants to try 4e asked me if I had seen any rules or even ideas for playing 4e without minis and without grids. He’s willing to run some 4e for his players … Continue reading →
4E Classic Revisited
A few days ago I posted about Necromancer Games plans to do a 4E Classic — trying to bring some old school goodness to 4E. I was skeptical about their ability to pull this off. I still am skeptical as … Continue reading →