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Next step is to hear the PAX East offerings. Those tend to be pretty light/fast/simple and aimed at a very casual crowd. Gen Con will come after that, and I think it should be really interesting to see what is offered. And yeah, I'm chomping at the bit too! I'm excited to play some games! In...

It can get pretty confusing (I've tried to sort it out on my hard drive, but it isn't easy). An adventure like Caves of Chaos or Blingdenstone may have had several versions, including one or more playtest versions (perhaps available only at WotC, perhaps shared with closed 'Alpha' playtesters)...

Just read Dungeon's Master, where they have an excellent preview of the upcoming Encounters season. Also, the D&D group forums for this season are up and already full of useful information for DMs!

Winter Fantasy judges were able to pick up this book, and it is (like all the premium reprints) really beautiful. The cover embossing is really nice, and the content is faithful (and does not seem to include errata... I think the reprints do that on purpose to be a faithful reproduction). It...

That's awesome!

Hi all, I decided to add a timeline to the Wiki page for the Winter Fantasy convention (formerly D&D Experience). The convention has gone back as far as 1977, and I'm looking for more sources on what took place. Dates, special events, locations, start and end of major organized play programs...

Updated for today's "In the Works" column, which previews the upcoming D&D Encounters and current and upcoming D&D Lair Assault adventures. The Encounters season starts up on the 6th of February with a 'session 0' for character creation. This is also a time when the players and DM can choose...

I've updated the first post to reflect information on the latest seasons of Lair Assault (Temple of the Sky God, already in progress) and the upcoming Encounter season (Against the Cult of Chaos). Temple of the Sky God is interesting in that it provides flying mounts as part of what PCs bring...

I'm generally wary of efforts by different entities to capitalize upon a defunct business or product name. On the other hand, the history of TSR and Gygax... geez, who knows what's right? And, I'm always glad to see new companies and new ideas enter the gaming space. It will be cool to see how...

We'll just have to agree to disagree. I don't see the RPGA as having been just one thing, nor do I see it as gone. I see the name as having been set aside and the character of organized play as always evolving. The name RPGA was seen positively by some and negatively by others (sometimes very...

Also, the thread here in the official forums for Encounters provides pregen characters for levels 1-8. This community effort provides any store with pregens so that if you have a walk-in player you don't need to sit them down to create a character. Because each week this season the PCs level up...

If your store ever has problems with getting kits, they should contact their WPN reps. Those reps are usually really good about fixing any problems. Of course, if your store forgot to order the kit then that can be a big problem. Still, it is worth prodding them to contact their rep.

I mean this in a nice way: "real" is arbitrary. There was no one "real Winter Fantasy". The RPGA changed the format constantly. From the original tournament games or one-shot delves of the early RPGA, to classics (an early staple and now again part of the format), to living campaign 4-hour...

I'm actually very impressed with how it has gone. A few years back, I would have guessed that allowing players to play evil drow at cross-purposes with one another would have been disastrous. But, I was really pleased that for most groups it was a fun diversion from normalcy. I had similar...

This article by Chris Tulach on the Wizards site provides additional information on the upcoming Encounters season. This part may be of particular interest: "Realms-changing secrets will be revealed and your characters have a chance to participate in an important moment in the transition from...

I move zig! Recently Dungeon's Master made a great review of the latest kit for War of Everlasting Darkness. It features a really interesting and different approach. Some aspects reflect D&D next, such as a more open play style with multiple encounters and options. Others are pretty novel and...

I'm a member of the Ashes of Athas campaign. The campaign will conclude at this upcoming Winter Fantasy convention and what we have planned is really exciting. The conclusion will be a lot of fun for players who have followed the campaign from the beginning but will also be accessible to those...

Far better than the ones I took! I've updated my gallery zip files.

I would love to get my hand on the Spanish versions of those! (I do have a French copy of the Veiled Alliance).

One option is the My Realms adventures along with closely related story arcs. You can write/outline a My Realms adventure where you give the PCs the necessary knowledge/hooks/story to send them to Calimshan (perhaps a prophecy about freeing a city). Then you can run the closely nit Calimshan...