Sports are not something you often see in your tabletop gaming. Society, possibly as far back as there has been a society, has had some sort of sport for entertainment. Wrestling, boar hunting, gladiatorial combat, baseball, horse racing, tag, and on and on. Yet despite the prominence of sports in cultures, especially our current society, […]
My Thoughts on DnDNext after 1 Session
I got a chance to sit down with three friends of mine and run a playtest session of DnDNext. This is a review of the game after two read throughs and 1 session, using the playtest document released by Wizards of the Coast on 24 May 2012. In keeping with the requirements of the playtest […]
RetroReview: X3 – Curse of Xanathon
X3 – Curse of Xanathon Continuing my series of RetroReviews, this week I tackle the next module in the X-Expert series, X3: Curse of Xanathon. X3: Curse of Xanathon was written by Douglas Niles and published by TSR in 1982. It is a 32 page module for use with the Basic Dungeons & Dragons Expert […]
RetroReview: X2 – Castle Amber (Chateau d’Amberville)
X2 Castle Amber (Chateau d’Amberville) X2: Castle Amber was written by Tom Moldvay and published by TSR in 1981. It is a 32 page module for use with the Basic Dungeons and Dragons Expert Rules Blue Box (set 2). As its code designation (X2) implies, it is the second module in the series designed for […]