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I'd really like to built a multitouch surface. Here are some brief overview videos of the different types: ‪How To Build a Multitouch Table - Part 1‬‏ - YouTube ‪How to Build A Multitouch Table - Part 2‬‏ - YouTube The problem with monitors/tvs is that most of them are not meant to be laid...

PAX Prime and PAX East. While the main focus is on video games, there are TONS AND TONS of table top stuff there. At PAX East this past year, a huge area was laid out with tabletop gaming. Vendors were selling tons and tons of board games, rpgs, mini, and CCGs (and billions of zombie dice [I...

You don't need an app, the compendium works great with plain old Safari. But yeah, the character builder and adventure tools wont work on iOS. I use an iPad at the table. There are a bunch of different apps for running games, but I do it all with just Evernote and accessing the compendium...

You should grab cutePDF and print the character sheet directly to a PDF. CutePDF is a GREAT utility, and you should probably get it anyways. :)

The simple answer is "yes" they were always underpowered. However, they work pretty well throughout the heroic tier. So, that problem wasn't really that apparent. However, as soon as you hit paragon, the problem shows up right away. Let's take a look at one of the early paragon tier monsters...

I love HS1: The Slaying Stone. As said above Dungeon, Dead By Dawn is good (but level 2).

My players are currently 8th level. I'm using groups of gnolls against them right now. I also used a quickling as well, except he was riding on the back of an owlbear. Just for reference, the owlbear from the Monster Vault is brutal. If his double claw attack hits and grabs, action point for the...

All good advice so far. I'll add in some of my thoughts. If you find the PC's clustering at doors use some ranged area attacks. Some archers that do a "hail of arrows" that is an area burst 1 within 10 or something can really dishearten them. I just use the gnolls from the Monster Vault on my...

One thing to remember is that D&D Encounter will focused and honed in on a couple of things. The first is new players. It's a great way to intro new players to D&D and 4E. It's a short burst of game play, and someone new can pop in any week. It's also great for lapsed/busy gamers who don't have...

This thread is REALLY funny, in that, WotC has already (as in, they are in stores right now!) TWO (count them, two) D&D board games out. The other funny thing is that they are great. They've received high marks from basically everyone. I was just at the PAX East con this last weekend, and the...

OK. Here are the scans of the two characters from the game. It's the one I played, and the one my girlfriend played. Everyone else wanted to keep their sheets, so I wasn't able to grab them.

I had some cool new powers, I'll try and get a scan up for the character sheets in a little bit. I'm not sure how good the pregens were made, my wizard had Improved Initiative and Durable as feats. So... Ugh. The Drow Assassin didn't really seem to have ability to do much damage. It looked like...

I played it. I played as the Shade Wizard. My girlfriend played the Drow Assassin. i didn't get to check out everyone else's characters though. That was actually part of the adventure set-up. The characters didn't know each other previously (except for two of them), and each character had their...

The Essentials are designed as the "easy on ramp" into D&D. So, all the Essentials books are focused around new players. With intro-ing new players into the game, it's all about their experience with games/gaming. However, brand spanking new people, I using pre-gens might be good. The new red...

Is it really WotC being evil, or maybe responding to some FLGS request/feedback from the Encounters program. Regular players may not buy a book every week they come to Encounters. It's nice if WotC provides a product that is specifically geared for the program they are running. "Fortune Cards"...

Just to introduce some facts into the discussion... according to wiki, Monster Manual V (yes, V for 5) was published in July '07 for 3.5. Player's Handbook 2 for 3.5 was published in '06 Dungeon Master's Guide 2 for 3.5 was in '05 So that's 9 books to 8... If you talk about additional books and...

Just for accuracy, the Red Box was never in Target's toy section. The Red Box was in the "collectibles" section. This is a separate location from the toy section. The standard Target layout has this section up front near the check out lines. Normally dividing the check out lanes from the start...

Or stick to his non-Drizzt books. His other series and nonFR branded books tend be good.

I think this is a really helpful way to look at 4E. It's set out to be a fun GAME where you kill orcs and take their stuff, as opposed to an attempt to make an orc killing simulation. One big complaint that people have coming from other editions, Fighters have daily powers. People who played...

They have a complete racial write-up in Players Handbook 2. Refer to that to make player characters.