As I sit idly and wait for Gen Con I thought I’d pass along this link, sent to us by a reader and fellow gaming enthusiast.
In the article, Chris draws parallels between BoardGameGeek.com’s convention- Board Game Geek. Con and Quake Con.
Enjoy
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Board Game Geek.Con Vs. QuakeCon
Posted in Gaming News, Uncategorized with tags board games, boardgamegeek.com, Boardgamegeek.con, Gaming, Gaming Convention, Quakecon, Video Games on March 14, 2011 by boccobsblogFelicia Day- Dragon Age Redemption & The Guild season five
Posted in Gaming News with tags Dragon Age, Dragon Age II, Dragon Age Remdemption, Felicia Day, The Guild on March 4, 2011 by boccobsblog
pic via Felicia Day’s blog
Felicia Day recently appeared on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon to talk about her newest project, Dragon Age: Redemption. The web series is set in the world of Ferelden and will run six episodes starting in the summer of 2011.
Day writes, stars in, and co-produces the series, now in post-production. She plays, Tallis, an elven assassin.
In a USA Today article Felicia said, “Tallis is headstrong, she fights dirty, and she has a really sarcastic sense of humor,” she says. “I wanted to bring a modern sensibility to a fantasy character in a fantasy world.”
In addition to the Dragon Age project, The Guild has been picked up by Microsoft for a fifth season. After reaching one hundred million viewers, it is no big surprise.
It is clear that Day’s career is just starting. I need to log and not turn into a geeky fan-boy over this…
Magic the Gathering Tactics
Posted in Gaming News, Magic the Gathering with tags Magic the Gathering, Magic the Gathering Tactics, Video Games, Wizards of the Coast on February 21, 2011 by boccobsblogFollowing our recent post on Magic deck building strategies, I thought I would post a link to the free Magic the Gathering Tactics game.
What is MtG Tactics? Well according to Wizards.com:
Magic: The Gathering – Tactics™ from Sony Online Entertainment, is the first game that brings the iconic characters, spells and settings from the world’s premier trading card game to life in a fully realized 3D world with tactics-style game play. Tackle the challenging single-player scenarios or join legions of gamers worldwide for intense battles of thrilling strategy in casual and tournament formats.
Castle Ravenloft
Posted in Gaming News, Product Review with tags AD&D, board game, D&D, D20, Dungeons and Dragons, Gaming, Miniature, Ravenloft, Wizards of the Coast on August 25, 2010 by boccobsblog
picture via Wizards.com
On August 31st, Wizards will uncover the first in a new line of D&D board games, Castle Ravenloft. The game is based on the famous 1983 AD&D adventure module I6: Ravenloft, by Tracy and Laura Hickman. The game uses newly modified dungeon tiles that connect together like large puzzle pieces to keep the board from moving around. This tile based system allows the game board to be different for each adventure.
There are 5 heroes (cleric, wizard, rogue, ranger, fighter), and several monster to include two large miniatures (a flesh golem and a zombie dragon), and one huge miniature (a dracolich). The miniatures are unpainted (though they are cast in different colors of plastics based on power level), and are in the standard D&D scale. All of the miniatures (with the exception of the dragonborn fighter) are recasts of D&D minis.
The game contains the following pieces:
40 miniatures Rules book
Dungeon tiles Adventure book
4 card decks (treasure, hero powers, monsters, encounters)
1 20-sided die
The game will retail for $64.95 and be playable for 1-5 players.
If you’d like more information on the game you can follow this link and watch Mike Mearls open a copy of the game and show you what you’ll get for your money.
Not convinced yet? Well then follow this link and download a free copy of the rule book.
Also, if you do buy the game, Wizards has placed two additional adventures on their website for download (here).
-Andy
Gaming on the High Seas
Posted in Gaming News with tags 3.5e, board game, Call of Cthulhu, D&D, D20, Darksun, Dungeons and Dragons, gameradventures.com, Gaming, Gaming vacation, GURPS, Larp, Pathfinder, RPG, Savage Worlds, Shadowrun, Spiel, Wizards of the Coast, World of Darkness on August 23, 2010 by boccobsblogHow would you like to play your favorite role-playing game while surrounded by miles of pristine Caribbean ocean? The people at Gamer Adventures can make that dream a reality.
Gamer Adventures combines your love of gaming with your family vacation. What’s really great about it, is that if your spouse isn’t a gamer there are still countless activities for them to do while you enjoy guilt-free game time.
GA currently offers three cruise packages: Alaskan, Caribbean, and Mexican Rivera. Also, they have a trip that travels to Essen, Germany for the world’s largest gaming convention, Spiel. Each trip has scheduled and open gaming events that take place in a private gaming hall on board the ship.
It’s a pretty cool idea, check it out.
Penny Arcade and D&D
Posted in D&D 4e Content, Gaming News with tags D&D, Darksun, Dungeons and Dragons, Gaming, Penny Arcade, RPG, Useful Websites, Wizards of the Coast on August 20, 2010 by boccobsblogI have been a fan of Penny Arcade for many years now, but in the last year or so since Gabe started playing D&D, the site has gotten even better. It all started when Wizards of the Coast asked the creators of Penny Arcade to play-test fourth edition and record the session for a podcast that would be released via the D&D website and available from Itunes.
The podcast was a huge success and the guys have since done two additional “seasons”. The second series of podcasts added Wil Wheaton to the cast (whose character gets killed live on the air), and the third is set in Athas as the guys test Darksun with Tycho as the DM.
I find it so unbelievable that Gabe has never played D&D before, he has posted some of his quests on the site and they are nothing short of amazing.
If you like Penny Arcade, then you will greatly enjoy listening to the podcasts, and even if you don’t know what PA is, you’ll enjoy listening to some very funny guys play D&D and crack jokes as they go.
-Andy
The Grand Masquerade
Posted in Gaming News with tags Convention, Gaming, Larp, RPG, World of Darkness on August 18, 2010 by boccobsblog
After 19 years of making some of the most impressive horror genre role-playing games on the market, White Wolf is throwing a massive convention in New Orleans at the Roosevelt Hotel. The con will showcase all of the World of Darkness games, as well as WW card games. There will be offsite parties at The Succubus Club as well as a ball at the Blue Room. For more information, visit the the convention’s main page: here.
-Andy
Are you being cheated out of your critical hits?
Posted in D&D 3.5 e Content, D&D 4e Content, Gaming News, Product Review with tags 3.5e, AD&D, Call of Cthulhu, D&D, D20, Darksun, Dice, Dungeons and Dragons, Gaming, Larp, Pathfinder, RPG, Savage Worlds, Shadowrun, Wizards of the Coast on August 16, 2010 by boccobsblogThat’s what the people at Game Science claim. Their founder, Louis Zocchi, says that because modern dice companies roll their dice in rock tumblers and use sub-standard plastics to make their dice, that they are not as statistically accurate as his dice are.
I tested several of the dice I purchased this year at Gen Con and I have to admit, Zocchi’s claims appear to be true (as “proved” by my very non-scientific test). I tested dice in groups of three to reduce the amount of time I spent rolling dice.
Results: Out of 150 rolls (tested 3 times), the Game Science dice rolled 15 20’s, while his competitors (three other large dice companies) only yielded 8 20’s.
I have conducted other similar tests for the unbelieving gamers in my groups and come up with similar results. Granted that a much larger data set would be needed to come to any firm decision, but the dice seem to yield more 20’s.
Has anyone else out there done any testing of their own? If so tell us about it.
-Andy
Highlights of Gen Con Indy 2010
Posted in D&D 3.5 e Content, D&D 4e Content, Gaming News, Uncategorized with tags 3.5e, AD&D, Boccob, Call of Cthulhu, Collectable Card Game, D&D, D20, Darksun, Dungeons and Dragons, Felicia Day, Gaming, Gen Con, GURPS, Larp, Magic the Gathering, Pathfinder, RPG, Savage Worlds, Shadowrun, The Guild, Wizards of the Coast, World of Darkness on August 11, 2010 by boccobsblogWell, Gen Con Indy is over. As always, it was an amazing experience. Where else in the world can you see 28,000 gamers in one place? Where else can you have a deep conversation about kobold battle tactics with a 45-year-old man in a homemade Pikachu costume and have no one judge you? The rest of the world could learn a lot about diversity and tolerance at Gen Con.
Here are some of the highlights:
Costumes
The attendants of this year’s Gen Con did not disappoint. There were some amazing costumes and everyone I saw was very patient, allowing themselves to be photographed again and again.
Free Demos
There were more games at GC than you could ever hope to try in four days. We tried some great new games and we will be sure to give each of them a full review in the weeks to come.
The Vendors
You have to admire people who are willing to spend four days dressed as a luchador, or a pirate, or wear a chicken on their head in hopes of moving their product.
Felicia Day and Wil Wheaton
This was the only part of the con that was a bit sour for me. I had hoped to meet the cast of The Guild, but the line was very long, so I walked up to the rope and took a few pictures. Shortly after I started snapping shots, security approached me and asked that I, “please put my pants back on and step away from the crew”. Well as you can imagine I was outraged, so I pulled my boffer sword and started to kick ass all the while screaming that Wil Wheaton had stolen my prized Degu. Any who…things got a bit intense and I was tazed several times and asked to leave. I didn’t let it ruin my day.
Wizards of the Coast Displays
WotC had some amazing displays outside the Sagamon Ballroom, where they unveiled both the 4th edition incarnation of Darksun and the Castle Ravenloft Board game. There was a huge 3D red dragon representation of the Essential D&D Starter set that drop on September 7th. Also, there was a life-sized (can there be a life-sized version of a make-believe creature?) Beholder. It stood well over 12 feet tall. It was awesome.
The World of Darkness Lounge
White Wolf had an excellent longue set up in the center of the con. The lounge, fully staffed by vampires, offered a bar, live music and an opulent seating area decorated with gothic-style furniture.
All in all it was a great con. There is much more to say and I could go on forever posting pictures, but then I’d wouldn’t get any gaming done. If you attended the con I hope you had as good a time as I did, and if you didn’t get a chance to go, I hope to see you there next year. Enjoy these pictures.
-Andy
Felicia Day.
Buy my game or I’ll body slam you!
Two web shows every gamer should watch
Posted in D&D 3.5 e Content, D&D 4e Content, Gaming News with tags Boccob, D&D, D20, Dr. Horrible's Sing A Long Blog, Dungeons and Dragons, Felicia Day, Gaming, Gen Con, GURPS, Larp, Legends of Neil, Miniature, Pathfinder, RPG, Savage Worlds, Shadowrun, The Guild, Useful Websites, Wizards of the Coast, World of Darkness on August 2, 2010 by boccobsblogThe Guild
The Guild, follows the exploits of a group of online gamers deeply entrenched in WoW-parody MMO. The show’s spot-on depictions of online gamers and hilarious scripts have made the Knights of Good an overnight web sensation. Fans of Dr. Horrible’s Sing Along Blog, will recognize the show’s star and head writer, Felicia Day, along with Effinfunny.com creator, Sandeep Parikh. The Guild has just started its fourth season (and can be seen here).
The Knights of Good
Legends of Neil
If you’re like me, then you have often wondered what would happen if you got drunk, and auto-erotically asphyxiated yourself with a Nintendo controller all while playing the original Legend of Zelda. Well, my hung over, sticky palmed friends wait no more, because Legends of Neil takes on such deep philosophical issues in the funniest, adult-themed Zelda parody show about an alcoholic gas station attendant on the web. The Legends of Neil can be found (for free) in its entirety on Effinfunny.com, or by pressing this link.
Both The Guild, and Legends of Neil are completely hilarious, completely free and a great way to spend an hour of your boring workday.
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