The Hypertext d20 SRD is an exceedingly useful site that every d20 game master and player should have bookmarked. In a nutshell, the site’s exactly what it says it is: an extensively linked, searchable version of the d20 SRD. It’s[…]
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Take Cover from A Swarm of Stirges
The stirge. It is a monster whose name echoes down the halls of dungeon crawling history, evoking terror and scorn as it does so (terror for low-level characters trapped in a cavern with them, scorn for high-level adventurers all but[…]
Read moreXbox Wins Converts with Game Play, Live Component
My friends and I have a problem. We’re scattered geographically and temporally, with jobs, families and commitments that keep us from gaming as much as we’d like. We’ve tried online gaming via Windows but have been disappointed every time. Poor[…]
Read moreVie for Colonial Domination with Settlers of Catan
Settlers of Catan is one of those games you hear people talk about for years, but somehow never get around to playing. Then when you finally do play it, you wonder why you wasted all that time on sleeping when[…]
Read moreClarify Your RPG Battlefield With Alea Magnetic Disks
Dungeons & Dragons is a great game, but when it comes to combat (and it almost always does) things get confusing. Who’s got what spells up? Who’s invisible? Who’s wounded? These and a hundred-odd other questions bounce around the table,[…]
Read moreCan the Galaxy be Spared the Fate of the Vanished Planet?
Vanished Planet is a cooperative board game in which players struggle to prevent an ever-growing, inky-black entity from enveloping the galaxy. At the start of the game the Earth has been consumed by the entity, and has apparently been transferred[…]
Read moreMachines & Mutants invade Gamma World
After the apocalyptic wars that ended our bright and glorious age, hereto unknown species of creatures — both organic and inorganic — rose from the ruins and populated a landscape that came to be known as “Gamma World”. The d20[…]
Read moreHeroClix Reaches Critical Mass
Critical Mass, the latest expansion for WisKids Game’s HeroClix miniatures game, features a new cross section of Marvel Superheroes, including favorites like Venom, Rhino and Archangel, as well as new versions of old standbys Spiderman, Daredevil and Electra. As a[…]
Read moreRun Down the Competition with the Simpsons
A few months ago I reviewed Futurama: The Game, and I was disappointed. Where Futrama the series was funny and entertaining, the game was repetitive, frustrating and boring, with none of the wit that made Futurama so damn good. It[…]
Read moreDeclare Your Independence with IndyClix
WizKids Games’ HeroClix collectible figure game veers away from the mainstream with its new release, IndyClix.
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