Category Archives: Columns

2013: Onwards!! Aspirations for the New Year…

Posted on January 5, 2013 by Tolrendordm

Well a Happy New Year to all; we seem to have decided there is still life after the Mayan calendar, which is good to know, as it means more gaming time! šŸ™‚ Anyway, as I mentioned in my last post, … Continue reading →

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2012: A Year in Review

Posted on December 31, 2012 by Tolrendordm

It’s that time of year again, i.e. the end! Time to look back, because soon we’ll be looking forward! As ever, it’s fun to look back to the start of the year and see whether any of my targets where … Continue reading →

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RPG Tech Talk: Taking Notes

Posted on December 14, 2012 by Tolrendordm

I recently picked up a bookĀ Never Unprepared: The Complete Gamemaster’s Guide to Session Prep. An interesting read, and one which I’m sure will bring some changes to my game prep activities. The link to this column, however, is that there … Continue reading →

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Map of the Month: Mapping Worlds

Posted on November 30, 2012 by Tolrendordm

This month, take a look at another great site for fantasy cartographers: Mapping Worlds, by Swedish mapperĀ PƤr Lindstrƶm. On this site he showcases a number of his maps, especially those of his fantasy world of Etrakien. You can find Ā large-scale … Continue reading →

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DM for Kids: No RPG Slots!

Posted on November 29, 2012 by Tolrendordm

No D&D for the last couple of months! šŸ˜¦ A combination of in-laws and other relatives staying with us most of the last 3 months; my son starting his first year at secondary school in September, with all the acclimatisation … Continue reading →

Posted in Columns, D&D Nostalgia, DM for Kids, Roleplaying with Kids, The Amber Tower Campaign | 8 Comments

Wizards Watch: One Tale Ends…

Posted on November 20, 2012 by Tolrendordm

Sad news this week that Kobold Quarterly is to stopĀ after more than 5 years of publication. Thankfully this only means the actual quarterly magazine, not the excellent PRG products published under the Open Design/Kobold Quarterly (and now Kobold Press) banner. … Continue reading →

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Wizards Watch: An Admission

Posted on October 17, 2012 by Tolrendordm

Ok, Ok! I’m one of the eighty-five thousand plus people that have downloaded the DnD Next Playtest material, according to Mike Mearls himself (who should know…) Thing is, I have to admit that I haven’t actually played it! And the … Continue reading →

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RPG Tech Talk: ORP and the Die (or Dice…)

Posted on September 20, 2012 by Tolrendordm

In the July RPG Tech Talk column, I talked about the concept of the Open Roleplaying Platform, or ORP. Briefly, this is the concept of a suite of software tools that together form a viable platform for computer assisted table-top … Continue reading →

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Map of the Month: Earlsdale Interactive Map

Posted on September 18, 2012 by Tolrendordm

This month’s Map of the Month column is another call-out to one of the awesome maps that are available out there on the internet. Grimur Fjeldsted is a cartographer that may be known to CC3 users, as his siteĀ MapVenturesĀ is linked … Continue reading →

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RPG Tech Talk: An e-Module Kickstarter

Posted on August 30, 2012 by Tolrendordm

A few months back I talked about the potential of the new iBooks format for RPG publicationsĀ – and in fact how I was a little underwhelmed by the iBooks Author software. Well, now it seems that there is an interesting … Continue reading →

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