Review & Unboxing: Lords of Waterdeep
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Review & Unboxing: Lords of Waterdeep

Lords of Waterdeep is the newest offering from WotC as far as D&D board games go. This game, unlike it's predecessors is not about dungeon crawls, heroics, or world domination. Lords of Waterdeep puts you in the drivers seat of one of the powerful lords that secretly control the city of splendors through trade, espionage, the clergy, magic, and all out warfare.
Review: Conquest of Nerath
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Review: Conquest of Nerath

Conquest of Nerath is the latest board game from Wizards of the Coast - but it's not your typical D&D dungeon crawling fare as it compares to games like RISK or Axis & Allies. I wasn't interested in the game at all when I'd first heard about it, yet after mounting curiosity and an ever-widening strategic wargame hole in my soul, that changed. I'm very pleased with the outcome because it's fun game with simple rules yet provides a good strategy experience and in a short amount of time too.
Chaostle Wins Origins!
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Chaostle Wins Origins!

Just got back from our trip to origins and I'd really like to tell you all about a game that I had a ton of fun with while I was there. I wound up purchasing it and I'm extremely happy about making that decision so I really want to get the word out about Chaostle as soon as possible in hopes that anyone at origins or heading there knows to not pass this one up. The six hour drive to origins was worth it alone, read on to get all the details.
Belmorn: Minotaur Paladin for Castle Ravenloft
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Belmorn: Minotaur Paladin for Castle Ravenloft

I’m completely obsessed with the Castle Ravenloft board game, and if you read my previous post then you know what this one is all about! If not then you should know I’m going to be creating custom additional classes for play with the game, starting with this Paladin.

I’m hoping this first one came out as professionally as I’d hoped so please let me know what you think of the of the design and overall quality of my work. Get out there and playtest this bad boy!

Those of you wondering “why a Minotaur paladin” it’s because I didn’t want to add a 3rd human or 2nd dwarf into the mix and I thought this would put a unique 4e twist on things, being that that’s the spirit of the game and all. You can hit the “keep reading” jump for the full profile and there is also a downloadable version (PDF) over in the Downloads section of the site so please share and enjoy!

Adding another brick to Castle Ravenloft’s Walls
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Adding another brick to Castle Ravenloft’s Walls

The Castle Ravenloft box art

So this Sunday happens to be the season finale of Trueblood on HBO, and right now you may be wondering “well what the hell does that have to do with D&D, and why am I reading this?”and in fact it has a lot to do with it, at least in my world.

I take a lot of inspiration for my D&D games from movies, games, and television – particularly from the horror genre as it’s my favorite, and my gaming group regularly gets together to watch this show before our D&D game.

So I’m inviting my group over early for a day of vampires and good times and I figure what better way to kick that day off than with a game of Castle Ravenloft! Problem is, my group of friends including myself totals to six, and Ravenloft being a DM-less game only accommodates for 5 players.