Monday musings

I have helped my parents dig out the entire garden today. Apparently the grass that has been there for ten years is no longer fine, it should be a flowerbed. Holiday, my ass.

Penny Arcade has comic on why the pulled classes from WAR just didn't work. Hilarious as usual.

As mentioned earlier, there is a great comic out there for all you Greenskins out there, and it's called Goblins. It's about goblins (not kidding), and is very much recommended.

The fourth episode of the podcast ChaosCast is out, and it has a very interesting interview with Carrie Gouskos - Tome of Knowledge developer.

Speaking about podcasts... If you have never experienced the magic of Dungeons & Dragons before, or if you already have, check out the podcast of Penny Arcade/PvP playing the new D&D 4th edition, as a podcast. Entertaining no matter how much you know about D&D.

Goblins - Life through Their Eyes

Just a short post to inform people that there is a awesome comic out there, about goblins!

Called Goblins - Life through Their Eyes, it's a story driven and really well drawn comic that I stumbled upon just a week ago and instantly fell in love with. It's about goblin NPC's in a D&D world who grow tired of being prey to players and become adventurers themselves.

It starts as a black and white comic with funny punchlines but get a very serious tone with plenty of blood and nice coloring after a while. The story is really good (I mean really good) and the rare, intelligent humour just get better with plenty of jabs at D&D.

I have read the entire comic now, from beginning to current, and can't wait for more. Much recommended. Not suitable for younger readers.

Penny Arcade test Dungeons & Dragons 4th edition

My favourite web comics Penny Arcade and PvP announced that they will, as a way to promote the 4th edition of Dungeons & Dragons that will be release in 7 days, sit down and play it, and the sessions will be recorded and released as a podcast.

Gabe of Penny Arcade writes

What we came up with is probably one of my favorite projects to date. Tycho and I sat down at a table with Scott Kurtz from PvP and a DM from WOTC and we played 4th edition. That probably doesn't sound awesome to you except that we also recorded the entire thing as a podcast.

So you have Tycho who is the old pro, you have Scott who hasn't played since he was a kid and you have me the complete newb. If you've played D&D before but you're curious about the changes in 4th edition the podcast will cover a ton of the new rules.

In the first episode they create characters, get familiar with the game, and slay rats. 40 minutes long, and quite enjoyable with moments that made me smile as I recognized myself. Like when they rolled a 20 the first time.

Favourite quote:

DM: "You take 5 points of damage"
"We have to do math? You did not tell me there would be math!"

Me and my friends will probably keep using the 3rd edition for a while longer, or at least until we finish our current campaign. It feels a bit disappointing to buy new books when we bought a bunch of the 3rd edition a few months ago.

Penny Arcade/PvP Podcast - Episode I