Wow! Courtney Solomon is a producer. What kind of deal did he get with TSR all those years ago that he gets a producer credit on this, and I guess all DnD movies?
I too am color blind. There are a large number of board games I can't play due to color issues. Some I can play but it takes a lot of effort to constantly check and double check. I have never experienced it in RPGs, until now. If color is to be the only way to know the damage type then...
I have run the included scenario twice. And definitely went very differently each time. One thing I really liked was the when a PC dies they take over one of the NPCs. Had two PCs die at once, so they took over two NPCs. They immediately were not trusting the original PC group, which made...
There are two types of dice.
Base dice and Stress dice.
The Base dice have a symbol on the 6 side to show it as a success.
The Stress dice have the same symbol on the 6, since you can still get successes with the Stress Dice. It also has a face hugger on the 1 side to denote a panic...
Check out this new book by Michael Witwer. It is all about the history of the art of DnD. I went to a seminar with him at Gen Con and they did their research! I quickly ordered the book.
I splurged and got the Special Edition. It has a reproduction of the original Tomb of Horrors art book...
4 out of 5 rating for Out of the Abyss
I really enjoy the storyline. The details for the setting are great and will be useful beyond the module. But this is going to be difficult to run from week to week. The steady increase in quality continues. Now I want the next one to be easier to run...
The RolePlayers Guild of Kansas City has a Kickstarter for Midwest Gamefest 2015.
ShaunCon, Borderwars, and the Gamer's Haven Game Library come together in four incredible days of tabletop gaming November 12-15 at the Overland Park Convention Center in the Greater Kansas City Metropolitan Area...
When I first read the outpost details I thought it said 20 Square Feet as the size for the standard outpost. 5' x 4'!!! Then I realized it said 20 feet square. I guess that would be 20' x 20' or 400 Square Feet. Could have been written more clearly.
Otherwise this looks great. Going to...
Actually they were not a sponsor. They were an 'Event Partner'. Last year I believe WOTC was a sponsor. That subtle difference appears to have had a significant impact.