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Category Archives: GFC DnD

Man, I Love Frogs…

Not to be outdone, Paizo have also announced a new starter set (or “Deluxe Adventure”) called Pathfinder Game Night: Dawn of the Frogs. And the cherry on the cake it it is written by Jason Buhlman who has been involved in Pathfinder since the very beginning (and D&D 3.5 before that). That’s a dependable pair […]

Damn you WoTC/Hasbro – I’m unhappy that I’m excited

I skipped all the 2024 re-releases of the Dungeons and Dragons core books (for me there’s just nothing in them to justify the upgrade price). In fact I was so unimpressed that when my 5e Dungeon Masters’ Guide and Players’ Hand-Book were destroyed in a storm, I re-purchased the old ones second-hand rather than update. […]

GFC D&D 4th vs 5th Edition Starter Set

Well D&D Next a.k.a D&D 5th edition, or as Wizards of the Coast want it called: D&D is out now, & I recently received my pre-ordered Starter Set in the mail.  I have previously compared 3 of these Beginner Box sets, so I thought I would take the data from the 4th Edition Red Box […]

D&D Next?

Looks like D&D Next is about to become D&D Right Now.  D&D Players love a good religious schism, and the 5th edition has them reaching for the pitchforks and torches, not least because of the price of the 3 core rule books. They have also dropped the edition number, in the same way they dropped […]

Where you been, man?

Risorgero in ogni momento poiche So che in vita si tramutera    – Lacuna Coil, Die and Rise. You may have been wondering where I have been. Probably not, but I guess anything is possible. Once again, Life has been throwing curve-balls at my head, that nasty old anthropomorphic personification. A shake up at work […]

No time for blogs Dr. Jones

Christmas has come and gone in the blink of an eye, and I just realised I had forgotten all about you, my dear readers. Well, you are all eminently forgettable so it’s not really my fault – you should strive to be more interesting.  Since January is going to be another complete write-off time-wise I […]

GFC DnD Part 5.75 – Battle of the Beginner Boxes

UPDATE: The D&D Next/5th Edition starter set is out now, and after you have read this article, you can get a comparison here. Time-out. Since I now have a number of “beginner” sets for D&D Essentials and Pathfinder RPG, I thought I would take some time to look at them and the similarities/differences between them. […]

GFC D&D – Getting kids into Dungeons & Dragons cheap Part 5 – Solo Adventure (cont)

Continuing the solo adventure in the 1983 (Mentzer) Basic D&D Player handbook.

GFC D&D – Getting kids into Dungeons & Dragons cheap Part 4 – Solo Adventure

This month we run part one of the solo adventure in the D&D 1983 Basic player handbook.

GFC D&D – Getting kids into Dungeons & Dragons cheap Part 3 – Which Rules

Which D&D rules are best to start the kids on? Original, Basic, Basic/Expert, BECMI, Advanced 1st, 2nd, 3rd, or 4th edition, OSRIC, Labyrinth Lord, Pathfinder, Pathfinder Beginner Box.? Headsplosion!