Review: Infernal Contraption 2nd Edition
Quick, Colorful Mayhem for 2-4 Players [info_box]This review is of the 2nd edition of the game, due out this June, it includes cards from the […]
Month: May 2012
Save or Die, and other “Bad” Game Design
Video Game Analogies, Because I’m Dumb Yesterday a comparison came up regarding old game design ideals and the evolution of these things in general. My […]
D&D Next: Shaping up to be a cookbook full of recipes for “Awesome”
Check out my piece over at Kobold Quarterly for my overall thoughts from the Friends & Family D&DNext closed playtest. Catch me back here next […]
The D&D Next Public Playtest Is Here, I Can Talk Now
Finally! To those of you who haven’t managed to deciphered what I”ve been doing lately, I can finally come out and say it: I’ve been […]
I’m A Bad Geek
1000mg of Honesty Without naming names or giving disrespect to anyone, I can’t stand most D&D blogs lately. There are a handful of great ones, […]
Healing Surges in 5e, Room For Two?
Let’s Just Call Them Surges
What if it were implied that surges just in fact gave a surge of something not to be named. We’re sticking to abstraction here, right? A surge of courage, energy, bravado, luck, knowledge…you get the picture. Why not use surges identically as previously but imply that they could be many things, that they can be traded in for a burst of HP, but perhaps not always.