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Games RSS FeedsChoose Your Own Adventure - The ability of players to affect events in a game is one of the crucial components that makes an RPG what it is. It's also one of the aspects of GMing that's easiest to mess up. I'll talk about why player choice is so important in RPGs and offer a few suggestions for how to uphold it in your games. read more...Feed Source: www.gamegrene.com Bad Impressions, Fourth Edition - On September 11, 2000, I posted on this site my first impressions of D&D 3rd Edition. Now, 8 years and change later, I thought I would post my impressions of D&D 4th Edition. These are not first impressions, however; these are based on my having played the game for several months now. They may very well incite a riot. Line forms on the right.
read more... Hunter: The Vigil - In my previous article here at Gamegrene, I talked about my experiences with Hunter: The Reckoning, particularly in light of the fact that my unconditional love for H:tR was not shared by the vast majority of gamers. Though the publication of material for Reckoning ceased a number of years ago along with the rest of the old World of Darkness, I (and other Hunter fans) are fortunate in that the Hunter concept was chosen to be revised and republis... Warhammer Online: A Change in Gaming? - It was not long ago where the only way to play a multiplayer game was to invite your friends over and have them grab the second remote to the Super Nintendo. Times have clearly changed.
read more... Keeping The Vigil - What I learned from falling in love with the game that everyone else hated: White Wolf's Hunter.
read more... Gaming Strategies for multi-aged Gaming Groups - Gaming is about many things. Some of us game for fun, some for the social aspect, some to win ? but for most of us, it?s some combination of those interests that attracts us to gaming. So, for the moment, let?s look at a couple of games and consider strategy as a way to make games more fun for all the players. Let?s face it, it?s more fun if you?re not getting womped all the time and as we play across ages (generations in fact) in my game grou... Tongiaki - It?s summer and at least up here in the Pacific Northwest that means we actually see the sun more often than usual. Games, especially board games, tend to be inside kinds of endeavors. So what?s a gamer to do? Well, partly, you add a BBQ to the gaming gathering.
read more... The Good, The Bad, And The Chaotic Neutral - Many role-playing games include a system meant to model the characters' moral compasses or beliefs (or lack thereof). But is such a mechanic really necessary in a roleplaying game? If so, what's the best way to implement it? I'll share my opinions on what works and what doesn't in my own gaming experiences; you can (and should!) do the same in the comments.
read more... Evil GM Tricks # 52 Kill Em All - As the GM you can't wipe out the party or your campaign is over, right? What if I offered you a way to kill them all and get away without them lynching you? Intrigued? Read on.
read more... Goodbye Gleemax - According to a post by Randy Buehler, WOTC's Vice President of Digital Gaming, "Wizards of the Coast has made the decision to pull down its Gleemax social networking site in order to focus on other aspects of our digital initiatives, especially Magic Online and Dungeons & Dragons Insider. We continue to believe that fostering online community is an important part of taking care of our customers, but until we have our games up and running at a... World of Warcraft: the Burning Crusade [Patch] - World of Warcraft: the Burning Crusade - retail patch 2.4... World of Warcraft: the Burning Crusade [Movie] - World of Warcraft: the Burning Crusade - Sunwell Trailer... X Motor Racing [Demo] - X Motor Racing - new demo... Sam & Max -- Season 2 Episode #4: Chariots of the Dogs [Demo] - Sam & Max -- Season 2 Episode #4: Chariots of the Dogs... Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 [Movie] - Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 - trailers... S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl [Patch] - S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl - retail patch 1.0005 to 1.0006... Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 [Movie] - Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 - silencer trailer... Starcraft 2 [Movie] - Starcraft 2 - Zerg Trailer... Crysis [Patch] - Crysis - Retail 1.2 Patch... World in Conflict [Patch] - World in Conflict retail patch 1.000 - 1.007... Gears of War [Patch] - Gears of War - Updated patch... Age of Conan - Hyborian Adventures [Movie] - Age of Conan - Hyborian Adventures - Onyx Chamber trailer... The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar [Patch] - The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar - patch: Book 12... Overlord - Raising Hell trailer [Movie] - Overlord - Raising Hell trailer... Indiana Jones in the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull [Movie] - Indiana Jones in the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull - trailer... Need for Speed ProStreet [Demo] - Need for Speed ProStreet - Porsche Demo... Tabula Rasa [Movie] - Tabula Rasa - Hybrid trailer... Madden 08 [Patch] - Madden NFL 2008 Roster Patch 3 (US)... Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare [Tools] - Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare - v1.1 Mod Tools Patch... Journeys of the Dragon Rider [Demo] - Journeys of the Dragon Rider playable demo... Copyright © 2008, The Complete Cat. All Rights Reserved. |