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The Reality of Fantasy: A nice game to visit, but I wouldn’t want to live there

The Reality of Fantasy: A nice game to visit, but I wouldn’t want to live there

When we enjoy a game of D&D, a book series or festivals that celebrate medieval life and times, it is the life of royalty, traveling bards, monks of knights that are most often the focus of our attention. Few of us would willingly want to celebrate the lives of peasants and surfs during these “olden [...]

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Press Release: Uncharted Seas Re-Launch by Spartan Games

Press Release: Uncharted Seas Re-Launch by Spartan Games

So big news dropped yesterday as we got to see the first previews for the overhaul Uncharted Seas is getting by the guys over at Spartan Games.  It’s been three years since the game initially dropped and it’s about time the game got some new love.  New pricing, new digital molds, new models.  The overhaul [...]

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Comics Shipping Wednesday, September 21st

Comics Shipping Wednesday, September 21st

MARVEL Anita Blake Book of the Damned the Scoundrel #1 Avengers #17 Avengers Childrens Crusade #7 Captain America #3 Captain America Corps #4 Daredevil #4 Fear Itself Fearsome Four #4 Fear Itself Home Front #6 Fear Itself Uncanny X-Force #3 Fear Itself Youth In Revolt #5 Generation Hope #11 Heroes for Hire #12 volume 4 [...]

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The Week In Gaming

The Week In Gaming

RPGs A bit of older news (from June), but Lone Wolf Development announced that the Mac version of Hero Lab should enter Beta testing sometime in this month, based on their current forecasts. Their plan is that, once the Hero Lab Mac Beta starts to stabilize, they’ll begin Beta testing of Army Builder. So AB [...]

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Enhancing the Mood: The Use of Music and Lighting in RPG’s

Enhancing the Mood: The Use of Music and Lighting in RPG’s

“Music takes us out of the actual and whispers to us dim secrets that startle our wonder…”   – Ralph Waldo Emerson   It was either Barry White or Leo Tolstoy who said “Music is the shorthand of emotion.”  In the realm of tabletop role-playing games music, or any sound really, can be a huge [...]

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Release the girls from the Dungeon!

Release the girls from the Dungeon!

A thought had occurred to me today. A thought which I believe might be of value to educators interested in getting young girls to play Dungeons and Dragons, a task we all know is quite formidable I don’t think there are any biological, historical or even cultural reasons why girls should be averse to D&D [...]

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White Wolf \ CCP Cosplay Contest!

White Wolf \ CCP Cosplay Contest!

The Pitch: Ladies and Gentlemen we present to you the next offering from Geekcentricity for your competitive natures.  The lovely chaps over at White Wolf\CCP have given us some great prizes to give to you.  Now we could just give it to you, but where’s the fun in that?  Well maybe for you but not [...]

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Video Games to Watch for Fall 2011: Rage

Video Games to Watch for Fall 2011: Rage

If you’ve looked at the release schedule for video games this fall, you may have noticed the number “3″ cropping up a lot.  ”3″ is everywhere.  First, September starts the season with Resistance 3 and Gears of War 3.  October follows up with Battlefield 3.  November will have a whole slate of “3′s” including Uncharted [...]

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Kids Need To Game: Now on IndieGoGo

Just a very small update with the Kids Need To Game project. Today, I have decided to start a crowdfunded Kids Need To Game project. I’ve set the goal at $2000 – so that amount will provide us enough to purchase the roleplaying games, wargames, and boardgames that we need for our 250+ student members. [...]

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Reading Is Fundamental

Reading Is Fundamental

Free Electronic Books (Ebooks) Try the following websites for access to free ebooks: http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page http://library.nu http://avaxhome.ws/ebooks http://ebookee.com/ http://manybooks.net/   Another resource available is #bookz, check this link for more information! irc.undenet.org#bookz   If the book is not found on one of these resources then it is unlikely that a free e-book version of it exists. [...]

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