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D&D Next is, to me, the one edition to rule them all. So far, it blows its predecessors out of the water, and has an uncanny knack for agreeing with me and coming up with things that I wish I had thought of. Unfortunately, it really isn't practical for me to play it unless it is available in...

I will be sad to see Fourth Edition gone. It was a truly innovative and powerful rules set, despite its flaws. Based on the Fifth Edition playtest, it looks like the Wizards will be ignoring most of it in favour of older iterations of the game. This makes me sad. I am willing to put aside some...

Don't get me wrong. I'm not a 4e hater. I like 4e enough that I am a D&D Insider subscriber. There is just one thing about the game that I really, really hate. Forced balance. If a rogue goes up behind a skeleton and sneak attacks them, they get to do extra damage. This makes me mad. The Sneak...

No one seems to have brought up the subject of what the D&D Next books will look like, physically. Not just in terms of graphic design, page layout, and art; but in terms of binding, paper, and price. I really like boxed sets. They are handy, and fun. I would like to see the "core" experience...

Dungeons & Dragons is a game where people sit around a table, and dream together. They don't want to play Strikers, Leaders, Defenders, and Controllers; they want to play mysterious wizards, and gallant knights, and grim warriors, and wild druids who dance in moonlit groves and continually make...

This is my opinion on what aspects of each D&D edition so far should be incorporated into the upcoming fifth edition. Please share your own ideas. Basic D&D: The minimalistic philosophy concerning character options. Dungeons & Dragons doesn't need a massive bloat of items, spells, powers...

Basic Roleplaying (download the stripped-down version legally and for free HERE) is a genaric d100-based RPG system that I have been playing quite a lot as of late. It is sleek, logical, and flexible, with a heavy focus on skills. One of the things that I have been noticing about it is that it...