In the mid-1970’s parents were nervous about RPGs. Concerns were fuelled by inaccurate and sensational media reports that re-branded D&D as a cult. This may have increased sales of D&D at the time but it also left tabletop RPGs with…
From the pictures I took of my Dungeons & Dragons game last week, I got a pretty good shot from behind the Dungeon Master Screen. I thought I would explain a little about what I have going on here. The…
This last weekend I ran my first game of Dungeons and Dragons ever, and it went so well! I don't think it could have gone any better. Six of us, including Hannah and myself gathered at a near by friends…
Ever since I have been getting into Dungeons and Dragons I have been researching battlemat options. Battlemats can be used to help display combat aspects of a D&D game. Some people like to use them, and some don't. I do…
With all the Dungeons and Dragons talking I have been doing (not only on my blog but with my friends and co-workers) it's not supprising that some of us would finally get a game started. For the last couple of…
I wrote in an older post that I learned about the movie "Mazes and Monsters". It's a 1982 movie about a group of college students and their interest in a fictitious role-playing game (RPG) of the same name staring Tom…
It finally came!!! I made the plunge and picked up the Dungeons and Dragons Core Rulebook Gift Set, 4th Edition containing all three core rulebooks. I also picked up some D&D Miniatures. I have been spending so much time researching…
After my last post, I stumbled on some YouTube videos about the dangers of playing Dungeons & Dragons. Like this 1985, 60 Minutes story below. You also get to see Gary Gygax being interviewed. To be Continued...
Having read the "Dungeons and Dragons Fourth Edition RPG Starter Set" a few times now my mind is filled with questions about the game. But the over all question I have is How dose this all work? I wanted to…
In my continuing quest to learn how to play Dungeons & Dragons, I have also been learning a lot about the games history. The game D&D stems from European war fair. A system was developed in the eighteenth century to…