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Tag Archives: rpg
GenCon 2017 Mega Rundown – RPGs
GenCon is traditionally a mecca for role playing (it was started by the D&D folks) and this year was no exception. I already mentioned a few kid-friendly titles yesterday, but the following include those targeted at a slightly older audience. … Continue reading
Posted in Convention Report
Tagged D&D, D&D Beyond, dragonhold, fantasy flight games, hero lab, pathfinder, roll20, rpg, star wars, starfinder, tools
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Descent: The Road To Legend (Again)
I must start this post with an admission about my sordid gaming past: I Was A Teenage Dungeon Master. That’s right… for roughly three years “back in the day” I ran a rag-tag group of adventurers through a variety of … Continue reading
GenCon 2016 Mega Rundown – RPGs & Digital
GenCon 2016 has come and gone. Thankfully I was able to attend, if only for a couple days. Do not worry, however, as I have once again undertaken to cruise the dealer hall, looking for photos to share with you … Continue reading
Posted in Convention Report
Tagged 2016, carlson, console, electronic, GenCon, gencon 2016, pc, pc games, rpg, VR
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Liga: preview of Darkmoor RpG
In the recent years I started playing and mastering RPGs again. They were my main focus in my youth, before moving to boardgames. Beside the classic Dungeons & Dragons (I’m playing the 5th edition) and Pathfinder, I’m also moving to … Continue reading
Posted in Designer Diary, First Impressions, Interviews, Preview
Tagged Darkmoor, Luca Marini, rpg
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Matt Carlson: GenCon 2014 Mega Rundown – Eclectic
GenCon is split into three roughly comparable parts. We’ve already talked about the boardgaming side of things, but there are also a host of gamers there to compete and play in trading card games. Possibly the largest segment in attendance are … Continue reading
Posted in Convention Report, Uncategorized
Tagged dwarven forge, GenCon, paizo, rpg, Wizards of the Coast
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Matt Carlson: Review of the Pathfinder Adventure Card Game: Rise of the Runelords
Pathfinder Adventure Card Game: Rise of the Runelords Primary Designer: Mike SelinkerPublisher: Paizo Publishing Ages: 13+ Players: 1-4 (5 w/ expansions) Time: 90 mins It’s almost been a full year since the highly popular launch of the Pathfinder Adventure Card … Continue reading
iBoardgaming – A Few Non-boardgames
Thanksgiving weekend is a time to travel to be with family (for those that celebrate it). It’s hard to bring out a nice boardgame in the car (or on the plane) and while you could play something on your iPad … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews
Tagged iboardgaming, ios, ipad, iphone, rpg, strategy, Wizards of the Coast
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Matt Carlson: The Return of the Fantasy RPGs
Last time I talked about role playing games, it was a discussion of Dungeons and Dragons, including the rereleases of many old retro versions of the game and adventures as well as the upcoming revision of the game entitled “D&D … Continue reading
Matt Carlson: GenCon 2013 – The Kitchen Sink
Despite the focus on boardgaming by our particular interest group, GenCon has a very broad range of events present. In fact, by my estimation, GenCon is an even bigger RPG (role playing game) convention than a boardgame one. Companies bringing … Continue reading
Matt Carlson: A Brief RPG Interruption
A year and a half ago, the folks at Wizards of the Coast announced a move to create (yet another) new version of the popular role playing game (RPG) system, Dungeons and Dragons (D&D). This is the seminal role playing … Continue reading
