The Gazebo’s 1d12 Gaming Portents of 2013
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The Gazebo’s 1d12 Gaming Portents of 2013

 The Gazebo gazes into his Obsidian Orb of Opinionated Portents and recites to you what it sees forthcoming for this, the 2013th year of our polyhedral lord.

  1. Now that Dungeon World is finally finished and floating around in the wild, more people will become aware of it. There will be some great content put out for it by bloggers and small press, but ultimately the game will remain polarizing for lots of gamers. Its old school charm and mix of new game design will probably make for some heated discussion.
Baldur’s Gate Sequel?!
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Baldur’s Gate Sequel?!

As many of you who already know me, you're probably aware of my unhealthy fondness of the Baldur's Gate PC game series. For those of you who were unaware of this, you may now consider yourselves in the loop. Baldur's Gate was my entrance into the D&D world, it spoke to me as a gamer and drew me into the hobby, and the series is still to this day my single favorite video game of all time.
Going 3D
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Going 3D

Of course D&D is a three dimensional world, many campaigns include even more facets and planes of existence  as well, however at the table a lot of that depth disappears when using minis on top of a map/graph/board or whatever 2 dimensional surface most of us use. While it may be as vivid and engrossing as an imax movie in your own imagination, some players may not have such creativity in them. No matter your level of imagination, I think we can all agree that seeing a 3 dimensional representation of your environment can be pretty damn cool. Along with the aesthetics it forces us to think in 3D when it comes to blasts and bursts as well as range and many other mechanics become more interesting.