1. Interview with Jason Faller on: Saga
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...SAGA early development was deciding to go with a traditional fantasy theme: elves, orcs, dwarves, giants, dragons etc. We decided that this was the best way to launch a new genre. There's enough new a...

2. Top 10 Influences in MMORPG History
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...majority of  MMO history was already known to me. Consequently, reading about Dungeons and Dragons stamp of influence,  mainframe terminal sessions and private MUD server...

3. How to Design a Campaign World, Part II
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In Part I, I discussed the four important aspects that must be present to be successful: concept, scope, time, and goals. These aspects aren't just germaine to designing campaign worlds, but to an

4. Review: Fantasy Flight Games' Descent
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...nt: Journeys in the Dark is a role-playing based board game which in many ways is similar to Dungeons and Dragons. A product of Fantasy Flight Games, it is a game for 2-5 players with an age rating of...

5. How to Design a Campaign World, Part I
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Many DMs dream of designing their own campaign world. Some get started and come up with a great product. Others get started and stop almost as quickly because it's "just not working," or

6. Review: Cityscape
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Travis gives a snapshot review of the new WotC title, Cityscape. Here's what he has to say: This book is the best source for creating a city from the ground up.  If there was a factor that n

7. Interview with David Perry on "2Moons"
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2Moons is an upcoming MMO that succinctly sums up its premise as: "No mercy for the weak, no pity for the dying, no tears for the slain" Despite his busy schedule I got a cha

8. Review: Complete Mage
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As with the other books in the Complete line the Complete Mage gives arcane casters a big boost in versatility and power. I believe this was needed, seeing how some other classes already have their C

9. Building a D&D NPC
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My current campaign has the party in the Silver Marches of Faerun, traveling to Silverymoon. I've introduced a couple of plot lines for antagonists including a dread necromancer with an army of un

10. Basic Guide to Tabletop Gaming: Environment.
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The environment in which the game is played is a very important, and often overlooked, aspect of the game. 

11. Review: Dragon Magic
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Dragon magic introduces us to many new ways to uses dragons in the game as well as dragon spawns.  Some of these new ways include changes to a dragon’s breath weapon, new effects for fear c

12. Review: Dragons of Faerun
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...ions. Any sourcebooks for this setting I would expect to remain true on these three points, and I believe Dragons of Faerun meets this expectation. If that's your expectation for this book, read f...

13. Walkthroughs and Reading
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It seems like almost any game that comes out nowadays, whether console or PC based, has a walkthough guide published for it. It's a matter of debate about whether using such a guide is cheating or

14. Top 10 Video Games: Pre - 1989
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Ok so once again I have my Dos Equis (the writer's brew) and the laptop in front of me... and once again some semblence of pathos strikes me. I am an officially an Old G'... no not the retired

15. PAX - Penny Arcade Expo
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Going to the Penny Arcade Expo: I have never in the past had the time or green to role out to a game expo of any kind. This year however I had the time and money right on time for the PAX (Penny Arcad

16. Think you can do better?
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... say from personal experience that this isn't an easy task. Also, having a background as a developer (dragons can code, too, and ferrets can as well if they were formerly dragons), writing and dev...