Tales From the Yawning Portal digs up, revamps classic D&D dungeons
Tales From the Yawking Portal brings seven classic D&D adventure modules into the roleplaying game’s current 5th edition’s rules.
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D&D’s Oriental Adventures now available as a digital offering
More D&D goodness for the roleplaying game’s 40th anniversary.
ContinueWhat wonders will Gygax Magazine’s 1st issue contain?
The first issue of the recently announced Gygax Magazine is just a few weeks away, and people who signed up to be notified of updates at the gaming publication’s official website have received a star-studded table of contents: The Cosmology of Role Playing Games by James Carpio Still Playing After All These Years by Tim Kask Leomund’s […]
ContinueTSR brand resurrected, set to launch Gygax gaming mag
Strange as it sounds — TSR is back. The trademark name of the company that launched Dungeons & Dragons nearly 40 years ago has been picked up by Hexagonist Publishing LLC, which will launch Gygax magazine in December. The sons of original TSR co-founder and D&D co-creator Gary Gygax are involved as will be several […]
ContinueCharity event celebrates D&D of the Seventies – can you dig it?
Remember when fantasy roleplaying was a more social experience that relied on imagination, and there was more gold stretched across the hairy exposed chest of the Dungeon Master than your heroes could ever find in any maddening maze?
ContinueTSR WildSpace game trailer will flay your mind
Guess I’ve been on kind of a nostalgic D&D kick lately, not that I’m actually playing or anything. I didn’t even make it to Free RPG Day (not that many in the Valley did). Then I stumbled on this really cheese trailer that was produced back in the TSR days for a hybrid video/board game […]
ContinueSci-fi signage: Talking Stick Resort
I saw this on a billboard in Phoenix the other day from the freeway — I wanted to photograph it, but didn’t want to endanger myself or others doing so. So I found a variation on the Talking Stick Resort Facebook page. “Make it a TSR night.” Something tells me she isn’t into fantasy wargaming. […]
ContinueD&D on the downslide?
Is the age of Dungeons & Dragons coming to a close? I’ve asked the question before, and so have many I’ve encountered in gaming hobby circles here in the Valley. Actually, I’m usually asking the question and they’re smiling wanly and probably trying not to pat me on the head while saying emphatically “yes.” The […]
ContinueWatch the D&D episode of ‘Community’ online
If you missed last night’s hilariously geeky “Advanced Dungeons & Dragons” episode of the NBC sitcom Community, you can summon up the raw power of the Internet and watch it online for free at NBC.com.
ContinueNerdvana Rewind: Monster Manual set to music
While I’m away a-wassailing, enjoy this dip into the archives — February 2010, to be exact — for a marvelous musical interpretation of the Dungeons & Dragons Monster Manual! If you are a fan of Dungeons & Dragons, especially the old-school, black-and-white style of the earlier TSR rulebooks, you’ll love this animated music video from […]
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