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Wargaming for Wargamers

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Would you like to play a game? The original War Games movie was scary (yet great), but this article is about the history of wargaming throughout the years. We go all the way back to 1911. Shall we begin? War can be …

RPG Legends: Dragonlance

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Memorable Dragonlance Characters

The early era of Dungeons and Dragons didn’t quite have the unified backstory of today’s games. While the mechanics were all in place, there wasn’t a true world in which players could play. As such, the designers made a series of background …

Epic List of 10 D&D Video Games

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Love D&D Video Games? So do we. Enjoy this deep dive into beloved Dungeons & Dragons adventures on the computer. Video games owe a huge debt to Dungeons and Dragons. It’s not just that many of the basic game mechanics have been …

Free Fantasy MMORPG Games 2017

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One of the major things that has stopped past players from embracing MMOs has been monthly fees. There’s something that just feels wrong about paying sixty dollars for a game and then having to pay a fee every month to keep playing. …

First Roguelike Game? History of Roguelikes

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Where to begin? What is the first roguelike game? Let’s start with the beginning, the original game from whence the term roguelike came. Yes, I’m talking about Rogue, which you could pick up at Radio Shack or have a friend slip you …

The Legend of Gord the Rogue

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Gord the Rogue, you ask? If you love the fiction of Dungeons and Dragons, there are a few names you probably know by heart. Drizzt Do’urden. Artemis Entreri. Wulfgar. If you’re an old-school fan, there are a number of others names that …

The History of Pathfinder RPG

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Cover of the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Core Rulebook featuring a red dragon confronting two adventurers in a dungeon. Reminiscent of classic Dungeons & Dragons, one adventurer raises a sword while the other casts a spell, casting light over the stone surroundings in this epic tabletop RPG scene.

Pathfinder is unique among role playing games not because of its systems, but because of its history. This isn’t a game that started with a developer’s dream or a unique idea – this is a game that started, in many ways, because …

My Gaming History: Part One

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An ASCII art styled RPG game screen showing options and stats: HP, ATK, MP, and Gold. A quest to Destroy the raiders in the Rogue Camp is listed. Options include locations like Grassy Fields, Blacksmith, and Tavern.

Oh, my. Where to begin. I guess it came with writing my own Zork-like adventure in Basic on an IBM PC clone ordered via phone direct from China. The 80s, a wonderful decade as Ready Player One so masterfully shows. Back then, …

What If Classic DND Adventures Were AI-Generated Today?

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Imagine a timeline where the foundational texts of roleplaying history were not written by Gary Gygax or Dave Arneson, but were instead churned out by advanced algorithms. This thought experiment invites us to consider what the landscape of tabletop gaming would look …

Reputation as a DND Game Mechanic: Beyond Just DM Notes

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Reputation is arguably the most underutilized system in Dungeons & Dragons, often relegated to the realm of “flavor text” or vague Dungeon Master intuition. Most campaigns operate on a binary switch where the party is either unknown nobodies or world-saving heroes, with …