Obligatory Effort to Grandfather Participation into the OGL
#OGL #WizardsoftheCoast #OneDnD #35forever I thought I’d publish this quick supplement for D&D 3.5 and D&D 5! But really, you can probably just ignore. This […]
Dungeons and Dragons
What are the best features of D&D 5th edition?
CotB had an opportunity to try a few sessions of fifth-edition Dungeons & Dragons. It proved to be a great time that allowed us to […]
What is the Perfect D&D Dice Set?
For just about every tabletop role-playing game, dice are used to determine the resolution of tasks. Some games use just one or two dice. Other […]
Quick RPG Combats: Make hits mean something
As RPG game players, the Comics on the Brain staff has still been playing the good old Dungeons & Dragons 3.5 edition rules (and the […]
Halflings: The toons of D&D
Comics on the Brain loves role-playing games. There’s nothing more fun than sitting around a table with some buddies and delving into an imaginary world […]
Buck Rogers XXVc: A Dragon’s glimpse of the future
In 1990, the makers of Dungeons & Dragons had a new game ready to unleash upon the world. The new RPG offered a new look […]
Basic Fantasy RPG: Old is new again
You can always count on Comics on the Brain to review something that’s well out of its publishing cycle. Comics from the 1970s, sure. Movies […]
Get groovy with HiJinx, the d20 mini-game
A few years ago, Paizo and Wizards of the Coast reworked the set up for the now defunct Dungeon magazine. The change riled some people, […]
Meet Roland Van Owen, bane of necromancers
The ole Dungeons & Dragons crew has started a new gaming campaign, and that means I got a chance to roll out a new character […]
Halflings, elves and orcs
It’s been a while since I talked about my Cities of Fantasy project with RPGObjects. The series featured art that I had done, and at […]
The power of good in your RPG
At my game recently, I’ve tried something completely new: I forced myself to include good-aligned creatures in the adventure mix.Now if you’ve played role-playing games […]
Cities of Fantasy 2
Yes, yes, it’s been a long time. More than a month and a half. Sorry about that, I’ve been busy with a personal project, a […]
Grave matters with the Gravediggers’ Guild
Zip over to RPGObjects.com to pick up my latest supplement for role-playing games, The Gravediggers Guild. This is actually the first in a series I’m […]
Everybody Vang Chung tonight
My ride to my role-playing game’s bi-weekly session is an opportunity for me, as Game Master, to prepare for it. RPGs, for the unititiated, are tabletop games where […]
Going hyper for G.I. Joe’s Wiseguy
If you were a kid in the 1980s, you were sure to own a few of the books called “Pick A Paths,” “Choose Your Own […]
Servants of the mercane
One of the things that I was doing during my free time through the holidays was assembling a Dungeons & Dragons campaign wiki space.Basically, I […]
Inns, taverns, and restaurants in a fantasy setting
My latest D&D-themed project is available for sale at RPGObjects.It’s a book written mostly by Johnn Four, the famed writer of “NPC Essentials” and many […]
Faction Folio 2: The Blackcloak Watch
I’m proud to announce that my latest gaming publication, “Faction Folio 2: The Blackcloak Watch” is available at RPGnow and Lulu. I’m the editor of the […]
The D&D 4e wishlist grows
The more I read about fourth edition, the more I worry about how things will go with it. It’s not that I’m viciously against it […]
What’s coming for 4th edition Dungeons & Dragons? Here’s my wishlist!
Today, it was announced that there will be a whole new edition of the popular Dungeons & Dragons game. While the new version of the […]