Friday, September 3, 2010

4e one more time

May 10, 2010 by shent_lodge  
Filed under 4e

Just as a sanity check, I tried 4e one more time. My neighbor plays 4e and he said I should try it with his group, just to see how it is played as a home game. Before his invitation, all my actual play time with this game system was either at a world wide game [...]

30 years of books

March 3, 2010 by shent_lodge  
Filed under 4e

I stacked all my dungeons and dragons books that I could find on my game table. I am one of those one genre gamers. I like fantasy role-playing games, and until this year that meant only one system, Dungeons and Dragons. Over the years I tried Shadowrun, Boot Hill, Traveler, Gamma World, but I never [...]

My root canal was more fun than my 4e game this week

January 10, 2010 by shent_lodge  
Filed under 4e

I tried it again. Dumb me. I thought after a couple months off I would give LFR a go again. Big mistake. I drove two hours to hit a two game RPGA session at a hobby store. It was -8 degrees outside, and it was just about that cold at the game table during the [...]

4e Holiday Crack That Saves You Money

December 6, 2009 by shent_lodge  
Filed under 4e

The holidays are here and maybe you want to try the latest version of Dungeons and Dragons, but the books too expensive. Do not let the price of this popular fantasy role-playing game get you down. WotC marketing may want you to feel like you need every book to play the game, but really, you [...]

Tracking Combat Conditions -20oz soda loops

November 29, 2009 by shent_lodge  
Filed under 4e

I had to drink Diet Coke to write this, so please bare with me. Conditions during combat can be very frustrating to track. A couple players in the 4e RPGA group I game with found a neat approach to tracking that worked good with miniatures in the game. One guy likes to use loops from [...]

Keep on the Shadowfell – Crypt of the Everflame: Smackdown!

November 7, 2009 by greentiger  
Filed under 4e, rpg

This is a review of the two first modules for 4th edition Dungeon’s and Dragons and Pathfinder called Keep of the Shadowfell and Crypt of the Everflame, respectively. I will abbreviate each one KS and CE throughout the rest of this review. SPOILER ALERT!!! This post contains significant details about these modules. Do not read [...]

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