Archive for the 'General' Category

Introducing Wii Support

Posted by Mike on December 28th, 2006

As a proud Wii owner, I’ve been staying up-to-date with all manner of Wii innovations. One that was recently announced is a WordPress plugin that displays a more Wii-friendly theme when you’re browsing through the Wii’s internet channel. I went ahead and enabled that for those users that own a Wii and may be browsing [...]

Third Edition Humor

Posted by Mike on December 18th, 2006

I came across a page that outlines some of the oddities in the 3.0 rule set. For some of you that didn’t get on the 3.0 bandwagon and skipped right to 3.5, some of the jokes may not make much sense (3.5 got a pretty good make-over to fix odd inconsistencies). Here’s the sort of [...]

Pie-cosahedron

Posted by Mike on November 30th, 2006

While this may result in a horribly messy gaming space (wait… that won’t be any different from normal!), this is one delicious looking d20 made from pecan pies! Thanks to instructables for this mouth-watering polyhedron! Check out the step-by-step here.

Pimp My Bones

Posted by Mike on October 24th, 2006

The cornerstone of any geek’s gaming arsenal is their dice. Dice, in all of their multi-sided variations, come in a plethora of colors and patterns – as well as materials. Most dice tend to come in plastic and in either solid colors, translucent colors or mottled/marbled patterns. But some dice raise the bar – and [...]

High Con Characters Take Longer To Heal

Posted by Mike on October 6th, 2006

Natural healing is a very simple mechanic. Natural Healing With a full night’s rest (8 hours of sleep or more), you recover 1 hit point per character level. Any significant interruption during your rest prevents you from healing that night. This unfortunately makes little sense and ends up screwing the characters with the most hit [...]

Main v3.5 D&D FAQ Updated

Posted by Mike on September 21st, 2006

Wizards released an update to the main v3.5 D&D FAQ. Link to the FAQ page: Official D&D Game Rule FAQs Direct Link to the FAQ: v3.5 Main D&D FAQ (zip file) Keep reading if you’d like to see the new questions asked (and answered!).

King Richard’s Faire – 2006

Posted by Mike on September 19th, 2006

If you don’t know what King Richard’s Faire is, then all you need to do is check out their website to get the skinny. King Richard’s Faire is a vivid recreation of a 16th century English marketplace at festival time. Actors, dancers, puppeteers, jugglers, minstrels, mimes, magicians and musicians perform each weekend for the favor [...]

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