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Sunday RPG Link Smashup- June 8, 2008

by Bob

The core 4E books are out, and reactions are starting to spread across the blogosphere. Here are a few of the most interesting articles on 4E That I’ve found this week: Martin over at Gnome Stew does it again by recounting his first impressions of 4E. Some of the phrases that jump out at me: [...]

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DnDReviews.com is now RPGDigest

by Bob

Welcome one and all to RPGDigest.com! I trust your trip was a safe one. Congratulations to InShaneee for suggesting the winning domain name for the new home of DnDReviews.com! Check out the rest of the entries here. InShaneee, if you’re reading this, please shoot me an e-mail so I can get you your prize! You’ll [...]

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Interview with Harrison McLeod of Escaping Reality

by Bob

Harrison McLeod (Harry) is a good friend and colleague, and one half of the Men with Pens team. I had a chance to spend some time talking to Harry about their latest project, a double-whammy initiative including the creative fiction writing site Capturing Fantasy and the game site, Escaping Reality. Tell me a little bit [...]

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Dungeons and Dragons Sunday Link Smashup for June 01, 2008

by Bob

I’ve got some amazing links for you this week, so let’s get right to them! Sandie Law had a great post a while ago called Geeks are Everywhere. This made me think of the Assets or liabilities? question we’ve been bantering around here for a while. This is your last chance to get in on [...]

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Free World of Darkness Books

by Bob

Hiya everyone, Things are bustling work-wise this week.  I even had to skip my golf game last night.  I’m thoroughly bummed. At any rate, my playtest of Keep on the Shadowfell won’t happen until this weekend, so it’ll be next Monday or so before I have it for you. I’ve got an interesting idea for a [...]

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RPGs and Fantasy Writing

by Bob

I normally do my link-outs on Sundays, and I’ll have more for you this Sunday.  I wanted to devote a full post today to two different friends of this blog, both of which connect two of my greatest loves in life: RPGs and writing. First, most of you know Kameron Franklin, author of the Forgotten [...]

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Dungeons and Dragons Sunday Link Smashup for May 17, 2008

by Bob

Hi, everyone! I’ve had a heck of a busy week, but I’ve still managed to find you all a few useful links.  No commentary on them other than to say that there are a wide variety of 4E opinions in these links – on purpose. Next Sunday’s Smashup should be good, as we’ll start to [...]

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Does Monte Matter?

by Bob

I almost hate to knock Name This Blog, Win A Prize off the top of the page, but I will.  Keep in mind you’ve got a couple of weeks to continue to submit names for this blog still. At any rate, this discussion is better late than never. The news you’ve probably heard already is that [...]

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Dungeons and Dragons Sunday Link Smashup

by Bob

As you may have noticed, I’ve stopped doing Friday Fantasy Fun.  Never fear, though!  You can find the same great links right here at the Sunday Link Smashup. Let’s get started, shall we? Jonathan Drain has some excellent advice about role-playing monster intelligence at When Bad Monsters Get Smart. Chatty DM had an interesting adventure idea [...]

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How To Kill Your D&D Game Without Really Trying

by Bob

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how I’ve ended some campaigns in the past.  My good friend Greg reminded me, right here in the blog, about the now-infamous Winter Court fiasco, for example.  It occurred to me that maybe there is a lesson or two I could share with you all.  Maybe if you [...]

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