Category Archives: Reviews

Midgard: Campaign Setting Review – Part 5

Posted on February 17, 2013 by Tolrendordm

Welcome to the last post in my review series (you can find the whole series here) of the Migard Campaign Setting. It’s been quite a journey, and we’ve encountered some strange and wonderful places, peoples and more along the way. … Continue reading →

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February Update

Posted on February 1, 2013 by Tolrendordm

Well, here we are in the second month of 2013 already!! There’s a cliche in there somewhere … 🙂 January was a great month for TolrendorDM’s Blog: after ending 2012 on a high with the highest monthly total of hits; … Continue reading →

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Midgard: Campaign Setting Review – Part 4

Posted on January 13, 2013 by Tolrendordm

The fourth part of my review series heads westwards into (very) strange magic-afflicted lands, and then north to the remnants of the great elven empire. Once again, prepare for the marvellous and the unexpected along the ride!  You can find … Continue reading →

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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! 🙂 Anyway, as I mentioned in my last post, … Continue reading →

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Midgard: Campaign Setting Review – Part 3

Posted on December 23, 2012 by Tolrendordm

And so onto Part 3 of my review of the Midgard Campaign Setting. (You can find the previous posts here and here). This time, we cover Chapters 5 and 6. These are, at least to my reading so far, possibly … Continue reading →

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Midgard: Campaign Setting Review – Part 2

Posted on November 25, 2012 by Tolrendordm

As I said in the first part of this review, this setting book is big! 300 pages of fairly small font text, 7 major regions, 2 RPG rulesets! My first time through was really just a quick flick, which was … Continue reading →

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Midgard: The World is Ready …

Posted on October 28, 2012 by Tolrendordm

As many of you will know, Kobold Press (formerly Open Design/Kobold Quarterly) recently launched a new major product: Midgard Campaign Setting. This is a full fantasy world based on Wolfgang Baur’s personal campaign, which we’ve been lucky enough to share … Continue reading →

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Wizards Watch: DnD Next Round-up…

Posted on March 7, 2012 by Tolrendordm

Right now, the main DnD Next activity is centred around the new ‘hub‘ that’s been created on the Wizards website. All the Legends and Lore columns are accessed here, as well as a number of blog posts by the design … Continue reading →

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Wizards Watch: Fey Paragon Paths

Posted on December 24, 2011 by Tolrendordm

The Feywild is one of the best additions, IMHO, to the 4E D&D cosmos. My current campaign strongly features the overlap of the normal world and its Fey and Shadow ‘mirrors’. Right now, some of the PCs (run by my … Continue reading →

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