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“This Means War!”: Making huge armies practical (Part 2 of 6)

This entry is part 2 of 6 in the series This Means WAR!

Part 1 began discussing the fundamental concepts needed to simulate a unit of 100 soldiers, dealing with the number of hits that they could inflict in a round of battle, and the amount of damage that they could inflict. Part 2 picks up right where we left off… Part 2: Fundamental Concepts (continued) Ranged Attacks […]

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The Flói Af Loft & Ryk Bolti (conclusion)

This entry is part 3 of 3 in the series The Flói Af Loft & The Ryk Bolti

Within The Flói Af Loft Finally, the characters have reached the floor of the great chasm, and started looking around. It is even colder than expected, no more than 10°C, and there is perpetual dust and ash in the air. The sand dunes underfoot are treacherous; seemingly-solid surfaces offer no more support than smoke. As […]

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The Flói Af Loft & Ryk Bolti (continued)

This entry is part 2 of 3 in the series The Flói Af Loft & The Ryk Bolti

Fólk Afsteinn (The People Of Stone) These are a race of people capable of living in this environment not through physical adaption so much as through intelligent manipulation of their environment. I chose a blending of Dwarf and Halfling and called them Dwarvlings, because I wanted them to make a reasonable basis for PCs, but […]

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The Flói Af Loft & The Ryk Bolti

This entry is part 1 of 3 in the series The Flói Af Loft & The Ryk Bolti

The following is based on material prepared for My ‘Seeds Of Empire’ campaign in mid-2006. It has been rewritten to form a standalone setting for an encounter with an original creature to be found there (amongst others), as part of the February blog carnival. A day or so late, but better late than never… It […]

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DM Tool: Scrabble Tiles for your Minis & Battlemats

Of all the board games I could raid for props and DM tools, Scrabble tops my list, especially for D&D 4E. Enhance battlemats, track minis, and make combat easier with those crazy, square lettered tiles. Use Scrabble Tiles for the Monsters Wizards of the Coast uses letter identification in its modules for monsters. For example, […]

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