1. Top 10 Influences in MMORPG History
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...r respect. The majority of  MMO history was already known to me. Consequently, reading about Dungeons and Dragons stamp of influence,  mainframe terminal sessions and pri...

2. 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

3. Review: Fantasy Flight Games' Descent
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Descent: 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 rat

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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. 

9. 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

10. Review: Dragons of Faerun
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As a DM, I like the Faerun setting a great deal. There is a great deal of diversity, a large amount of background information both in books and online, and it is a high magic setting, which gives good

11. 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

12. 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