Lords of Waterdeep
By Icosahedrophilia
By now you may already have seen multiple reviews of Wizards of the Coast’s latest Dungeons & Dragons themed board game, Lords of Waterdeep. If so, I apologize for coming late to the party. If you don’t know much about Lords of Waterdeep yet—or if you just don’t mind hearing my opinion about it—Lords of Waterdeep makes an excellent addition to any board gamer’s or D&D aficionado’s game library. It’s been described as a “Euro-style resource management game,” and it fits comfortably into that category; certain elements of the game may remind you of other games you know and love, like Settlers of Catan, Carcassonne, and even Monopoly. But Lords of Waterdeep charts its own course, and gives you a fun and distinctive gaming experience. In case you can’t tell by now, I highly recommend the game.
May flowerings from DriveThruRPG
By Icosahedrophilia
DriveThruRPG has announced the blog and podcast special offers for May, good from now until June 14! Curiously, the redemption code is DriveThruApril—type that into the coupon code field for a 20% discount on this month’s specials! My favorites from this month’s group are:
- Realms of Cthulhu by Reality Blurs
- Dragonshire Deluxe by Fat Dragon
- Hero’s Handbook: Dragonborn by Goodman Games
Icosahedrophilia Special Edition 6: City of Destinies, Part 2
By Icosahedrophilia
After an unforeseen delay due to family travel, the ending of the standard school year, and the beginning of the summer term, I finally squeezed out time to release the next installment in “City of Destinies,” the adventure arc now playing out in our second run of the Icosahedrophilia Special Edition series! Please listen now or subscribe via iTunes, Zune, or plain old RSS. In this episode, our party tries to defend Myth Nantar from a sahuagin raid.
DriveThruRPG reviews for April 29?May 5, 2012
By Icosahedrophilia
Due to a trip celebrating my son’s fourteenth birthday (the birthday was actually in March, but we delayed the trip for various reasons) and a lecture program at the university where I teach, I only managed to review one product for DriveThruRPG during the week of April 29, 2012 ? but what a fantastic product it is!
- The One Ring: Adventures Over the Edge of the Wild by Francesco Nepitello et al. for Cubicle 7. The One Ring is a lovingly crafted, beautifully executed RPG set in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-Earth. Anyone who is a fan of both Middle-Earth and RPGs should find the game compelling, and it’s a good gateway from one love to the other, especially for Tolkien fans who aren’t already gamers. ? The One Ring beats in perfect time with the heart of Middle-Earth; it wonderfully instantiates Tolkien’s moral vision for Middle-Earth’s inhabitants. The threat of Shadow and the promise of Hope are ever-present. Upon finishing my first read through the PDFs that I received as review copies, I purchased the printed game?a rare occurrence for me. Buy and play The One Ring. You won’t regret it. (Read more at DriveThruRPG.) ?????
DriveThruRPG reviews for April 22–28, 2012
By Icosahedrophilia
April 22–28 was finals week at the university where I teach, but I nevertheless (or should I say “therefore”?) managed to review 19 products for DriveThruRPG. My favorites in this group were two offerings from Fat Dragon Games: E-Z Dungeons Expansion Set 3 and E-Z Terrain: Forest & Ruins, but there are lots of other good buys in this week’s list.