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Dungeons & Dragons first hit the market in 1974 via TSR, in 1983, an animated series was released. This was around the time the Basic Set Version 3 was released for those keeping track. That is almost pointless as the animated television series was not based on any rule set. At least that I can […]
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Dungeons & Dragons Animated Series Brawler Released
October 10th, 2021 
Carl Williams 
Posted in Comp, Windows 
Tags: animated series, brawler, cartoon, d&d, dungeons & dragons, fighting, openbor 
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Michael’s RPG Shelf: Holy Crit, It’s the Tarrasque!
September 6th, 2019 Michael Crisman Dungeons & Dragons has some truly iconic monsters outside of the one from which it takes half its namesake. There’s a reason Wizards of the Coast picked a Beholder for the cover of the Monster Manual which you see in that little thumbnail. But if your players have any sort of history with D&D via […]
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A Further Six Absurdly Difficult D&D Adventures (That Are Not ‘Tomb of Horrors’)
October 22nd, 2017 Michael Crisman This week, I celebrated my birthday. That’s right, Modern Zorker has turned the great four-oh (though I prefer to think of it as “21 with 19 additional levels in the Geek Prestige Class”). To celebrate, I’ve invited one of the best friends I had growing up: Dungeons & Dragons! And because nothing says ‘Happy Birthday!’ […]
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Six More Absurdly Difficult D&D Adventures (That Are Not Tomb of Horrors)
May 7th, 2017 Michael Crisman Before I get started, I have just one thing to say: you’re a bunch of sadists. All of you. I compiled a list of half a dozen of the deadliest old school Dungeons & Dragons adventures to ever see print, and you not only ate it up but shared it with your buddies and gave it […]
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Posted in News, Reviews Tags: AD&D, adventure, books, d&d, david cook, dungeon, dungeons & dragons, forgotten temple of tharizdun, gary gygax, greyhawk, hardest, harold johnson, hidden shrine of tamoachan, jeff leason, magazine, mike shel, module, monte cook, most difficult, mud sorcerer's tomb, ravenloft, temple of death, vecna lives, vecna reborn 2 Comments » Six Absurdly Difficult D&D Adventures (That Are Not ‘Tomb of Horrors’)
July 30th, 2016 Michael Crisman Modern-day pen and paper RPGs tend to stick to the ethic that ‘telling a good story’ is the overriding priority on game night. The Game Master is there to referee and ensure everyone plays by the rules, but by and large, the GM’s job is to facilitate an enjoyable experience for all. There are exceptions–Paranoia, […]
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Posted in News Tags: adventures, apocalypse stone, bruce cordell, chris pramas, d&d, die vecna die, difficult, dungeon magazine, dungeons & dragons, hardest, jacob's well, jason carl, laura craig, modules, randy maxwell, return to the tomb of horrors, steve miller, steve winter, temple tower and tomb, tomb of horrors, tomb of the lizard king No Comments »
Portland Retro Gaming Expo to Debut The Realm of No! A Text Adventure for Atari 2600
October 3rd, 2015 Carl Williams It is well known that the Atari 2600 was strictly a gaming console, there were no accessories like a full keyboard or disk drive released for it. That is not stopping Michael Thomasson and his company, Good Deal Games, from releasing a full text based adventure title on Atari’s classic console. Fans of Choose Your […]
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Posted in Console, News Tags: 2600, adventure, atari, Charles F. Gray, d&d, dungeons and dragons, Good Deal Games, Greg Zumwalt, Michael Thomasson, Portland Retro Gaming Expo, retro, retro gaming, text No Comments »
Revenge of the License: AD&D Heroes of the Lance
September 14th, 2014 Michael Crisman Admit it, you knew this was coming. Maybe not today, maybe not next week, but you knew, at some point, I was going to dig into the hog waller. If that’s what you’ve been waiting for, retro gaming fans, then today’s your lucky day. Rejoice. Clap your hands. Give the ol’ banjo a tune-up. Because […]
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Posted in Comp, News, Nintendo Tags: action, AD&D, Advanced Dungeons and Dragons, adventure, d&d, dragonlance, dungeons and dragons, FCI, heroes of the lance, natsume, nes, nintendo, nintendo entertainment system, pony canyon, revenge of the license, rpg, SSI, us gold 1 Comment »
Retro Gaming Sales Roundup for Valentines Weekend
February 14th, 2014 Carl Williams We have a huge sale list today. Some of these sales end on Sunday morning while some will go into next week sometime and others are indeterminate at this time. Basically, grab these deals while you can. These retro sales won’t last.
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