Category Archives: DnD Next

Wizards Watch: DnD Next Release

Well it’s official!! Everyone had assumed anyway I think the DnD Next (or whatever they will actually call it…) would be released for GenCon 2014, and Thursday’s press release seems to support that! A lot of chatter across about this … Continue reading

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Wizards Watch: The End of the Beginning…

Well now we have it! 15 months after the first eagerly awaited D&D Next play-test pack, Wizards of the Coast have now released the last public pack!! It’ s over … although of course it isn’t. The current pack is … Continue reading

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Wizards Watch: Tidbits…

I thought there’d be a whole raft of posts up on the happennings at GenCon over the weekend, but it seems those people lucky enough to be there are still travelling/catching up on sleep! πŸ™‚ The one obvious update I … Continue reading

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Wizards Watch: De Planes, De Planes

I’ve been musing about the subject of this article for sometime now, without it coming to the boil! Finally I’ve managed to collect my thoughts on this, so here goes! πŸ™‚ The original trigger was Chris Perkins’ editorial in Dragon … Continue reading

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DM for Kids: The Eyes have it!

As I’ve mentioned several times over the last six months or so, the Amber Tower campaign, my 4E game with my kids, has stalled somewhat. It’s not to say we’re not enjoying it, the kids are as keen as ever … Continue reading

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Wizard’s Watch: Subclasses!

Mike Mearl’s latest Legends and Lore column touched on a topic from my previous Wizard’s post, here; namely the variability within the class structure possible to achieve the flavour of character desired. As I said last time, I am impressed … Continue reading

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Wizard’s Watch: Embers Stirring?

Well, stimulated by some good vibes about DnD Next on a number of blogs I follow (here being one key example), I downloaded the recent Playtest packet (April 1st!) for the first time since about August last year. Things have … Continue reading

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Wizards Watch: Phew!

Work and (work) travel have pretty much blown March away so far! So this Wizard’s Watch post is bit random, and just based on some of the things I’ve been keeping up with on the internet!! Have they finally clicked!? … Continue reading

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Wizards Watch: DnD Classics dot com!

It’s been foreshadowed on many blogs for several days, and now it has come to pass: a new website (dndclassics.com run by DriveThruRPG) is now live offering a large range of TSR and Wizards of the Coast products in PDF … Continue reading

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Wizards Watch: An Admission

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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