In a previous post, we heard about the filmmakers behind Dungeons & Dragons: A Documentary, which just debuted an except from their documentary at Gen Con. As a result of the screening, I’m told, there’s a fair amount of buzz …
Continue ReadingHow did its shock waves roll into the realm of video games, influencing a generation of computer programmers who would come to rule Silicon Valley? How did the game, which has now earned the praises of writers, actors, musicians, and …
Continue ReadingErnest Gary Gygax (1938-2008), co-founder of Dungeons & Dragons, would have been 74 today.
Continue ReadingAccording to the Facebook page of the Gygax Memoiral Fund, and Wizards of the Coast, three reprinted Advanced Dungeons & Dragons core rulebooks — The Players Handbook, the Dungeon Masters Guide, and the Monster Manual — will finally go …
Continue ReadingI don’t get to play Dungeons & Dragons as much as I’d like (I know: Who does?), so I look forward Wednesday nights, when I drive to my Friendly Local Bookstore for a few hours of D&D Encounters.
Continue ReadingIf you’ve been following role-playing game news, you know that the fate of Dungeons & Dragons is somewhat in peril. Many younger gamers flock to video games, not table-top games. Some old school gamers have abandoned the hobby entirely, or …
Continue ReadingHowever you describe this hobby/art form/performance — Part Dungeons & Dragons game gone native, part walk-through choose-your-own adventure, part live video game with padded battle-axes and swords, part improv theater performance in the woods — larp is experiencing a cultural …
Continue ReadingHis original gaming dice. His original Dungeons & Dragons and Blackmoor campaign manuscripts. His first printing, woodgrain boxed set play copy of D&D. Letters from Gary Gygax. Other letters, notes, documents, artwork, photos, cartography, rare wargames and hand-made models and …
Continue ReadingHis original gaming dice. His original Dungeons & Dragons and Blackmoor campaign manuscripts. His first printing, woodgrain boxed set play copy of D&D. Letters from Gary Gygax. Other letters, notes, documents, artwork, photos, cartography, rare wargames and hand-made models and …
Continue ReadingWhen is a Joss Whedon movie not a Joss Whedon movie? In the case of The Cabin in the Woods, the new horror movie send-up, you might say it’s a Whedon half-breed. The man behind Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Firefly, …
Continue ReadingNow spanning two coasts, west and east, the annual PAX conventions in Seattle (PAX Prime) and in Boston (PAX East) have become the two largest gaming events in North America. With PAX East only in its third year, organizers are …
Continue ReadingOverview: Lords of Waterdeep is the latest board game from Wizards of the Coast. It comes in the wake of the D&D Adventure System dungeon-crawl series and Conquest of Nerath, a hefty strategy game. But this is a departure for …
Continue ReadingFirst, E. Gary Gygax died in 2008. Then, a year later, in 2009, the passing of Dave Arneson. Now, we mourn the death of author, game designer and world-builder Professor M. A. R. Barker. Barker, who passed away a few …
Continue ReadingAs previously reported by GeekDad’s MJ Harnish, Wizards of the Coast announced last month that, as a fundraiser for the Gygax Memorial Fund, they’d be releasing reprints of the original Advanced Dungeons & Dragons (AD&D) Players Handbook, Dungeon Masters Guide, and Monster Manual. They’re coming out in …
Continue ReadingThe folks over at SparkFun Electronics have a post up detailing a recent creation from their e-textiles sage Dia. A LilyPad Arduino-powered Dungeons and Dragons dice gauntlet. The gauntlet allows you to select the type of roll you want to …
Continue ReadingRecently, I uncovered this movie — one that I hadn’t seen in probably 30 years. Yes, this is an actual (and silent) movie from a real Dungeons & Dragons session, shot by me, on a Super 8 camera, in Lee, …
Continue ReadingGrowing up in the suburbs of Boston, and raised on secular Judaism, Cocoa Puffs and Gilligan’s Island, Peter Bebergal found himself on a quest. A spiritual quest that, as a teen, led him through comic books, Dungeons & Dragons and …
Continue ReadingWizards of the Coast announced on Thursday that they will be releasing a limited-edition reprint of the original Advanced Dungeons & Dragons (AD&D) core rulebooks: the Player’s Handbook, Dungeon Master’s Guide, and Monster Manual. Each of the books will be …
Continue ReadingWizards of the Coast announces a crowd-sourced effort for developing the next iteration of its venerable tabletop RPG, but will this be enough to bring back a fractured fan community?
Continue ReadingA teen center called The Game Loft that teaches Dungeons & Dragons as a path towards leadership, socialization and community service needs the help of the geek community. In tiny Belfast, Maine, you’ll find this unique after-school program for middle …
Continue ReadingHot on the heels of announcing that a MMORPG based on their Pathfinder RPG is in development, today Paizo Publishing announced that Dynamite Entertainment will be launching a comic series in 2012 based on Pathfinder’s Golarion setting. I can’t say I …
Continue ReadingNew show in NYC will celebrate the effect of Dungeons & Dragons on art and culture.
Continue ReadingInterview with girl gamer evangelist Shelly Mazzanoble, whose new book explains how lessons learned playing Dungeons & Dragons can apply to life in general.
Continue ReadingYou and your Facebook buddies can now venture into dank dungeons and frightful forests, seeking out treasure, glory, experience points. The typical RPG haul.
Continue ReadingFollowing up from my Dungeon & Dragons Meets Spyro post, here’s an extra Family Gamer TV show from San Francisco. This week we went to visit Toys for Bob, the developer behind a new Spyro game: Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure. But …
Continue ReadingI got a sneak peek at the new Spyro game last week during a tour of the game’s developer Toys for Bob. While I’ll leave the whole story about the developer for another post, I wanted to talk about the …
Continue ReadingYou probably know Gary Gygax was one of the masterminds behind Dungeons & Dragons. But what about his collaborator? Can you even name him? “Fantasy role-playing games essentially begin with Dave Arneson’s Blackmoor campaign,” says Tavis Allison, organizer of the …
Continue ReadingYou probably know Gary Gygax was one of the masterminds behind Dungeons & Dragons. But what about his collaborator? Can you even name him? “Fantasy role-playing games essentially begin with Dave Arneson’s Blackmoor campaign,” says Tavis Allison, organizer of the …
Continue ReadingEverything I Need To Know I Learned From Dungeons & Dragons by Shelly Mazzanoble is a wonderful take on a how to book on life that centers around Dungeons & Dragons. The book showcases life lessons that playing Dungeons and Dragons (D&D) can help you with, such as religion, moving in with a significant other, dealing with […]
Continue ReadingAs many of you after-hours artificers and weekend wizards know, Dungeons and Dragons has a new game coming to Facebook. Heroes of Neverwinter is a turn-based RPG that is sure to eat your time and fulfill you in ways FarmVille …
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