Over the holiday weekend, Games Workshop unveiled their new rules for Warhammer Fantasy, called Warhammer Age of Sigmar, they chopped the 30-plus year veteran of the wargames scene in favor of a sleek, slimmed down replacement catering to casual wargamers and collectors. The rules, among other things, get rid of the square bases and fiddly unit movement iconic to the game in favor of round bases and speed of play. The battle is ongoing as to whether this is the Worst Thing Ever™...

This is my latest discovery. It's a roleplaying game based on the joy of travel and discovery rather than fighting and getting loot mixed with inspiration from Final Fantasy and similar JRPGs. Lightweight and very refreshing.

Wizards of the Coast just released a first look at the official rules for psionics in 5e with the first five levels of the planned "mystic" class.

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Dragon Age: Origins introduced gamers to the rich, detailed world of Thedas, a world filled with deadly mages and powerful dragons. The choice-driven RPG has strategic combat and a personalized story, and it’s free right now with Origin On the House! Just add it to your Origin Game Library and download it whenever you want.

Lockpicking. Skyrim has it. World of Warcraft has it. Many other RPG games have it. They force you to take it either through your class, or through game-world features, or through rewards. You lockpick boxes in Wow, lockpick doors in instances, or say, you lockpick chests, doors in Skyrim.

"Final Fantasy's star has lost its shine for many fans. We speak with the series' creators to learn how they're working to restore its former glory."

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“Dungeons & Dragons is some of the most crazy, deep, deep, deep nerd s--- ever invented.”

It was the stalwart computer RPG, popping into existence in the ‘70s and relentlessly rising in popularity and complexity, where my interest in gaming became almost an obsession. Whole worlds filled

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