Rob Donoghue has had a lot of interesting things to say about 4e recently. Last month he posted about page 42, the most important rules in the current incarnation of D&D, those for stunts. Today he posted about his hopes for a streamlined D&D in the forthcoming Red Box.* Like him, I'm not holding my breath for something that would work for me ( Read more... )

I finished watching the first season of the Venture Brothers (or I guess the Venture Bros, but that sounds too 80s) last night. Fantastic ending! The brothers themselves can take a leap, but the show is badass.

I hope everybody out there who would be interested in Penny Arcade TV knows about it? I'm a fan. Of Penny Arcade: The Series at any rate ( Read more... )

If you play D&D 4e, this podcast is a must listen: The Skillcast. Here's gamefiend's introduction:

I decided to start a podcast! Why another 4e podcast? Well, this podcast is strictly about one element of 4e - the skill challenge. There is a lot that’s said about them, but there aren’t really a lot of examples of skill challenges in play. I ( Read more... )

Mainly for myself: a massive compilation of links on Skill Challenges.

In related news, grandexperiment does the numbers on the errata DCs.

This is a cool idea: a vermin pact for Warlocks.

Behold the classical geekery! In case of confusion, you can read this.

An interesting post on the importance of Downtime scenes in addition to conflict scenes in RPGs.

A visual critique of Lost.

Abney Park play LA in March.

I'm starting to think of BoD games and turning over 4e campaign ideas ( Read more... )