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d20 Magazine Rack - Gamer's Corner http://www.d20zines.com/v7/taxonomy/term/5/0 Gamer's Corner en Rules Compendium http://www.d20zines.com/v7/node/3103 <p><strong>By John Grigsby, Staff Reviewer</strong></p> <div class="showcase"> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.frpgames.com/cart.php?m=product_detail&p=39913&ref=d20z"><img src="http://www.irook.com/images/products/product_39913_thm.jpg" height=130 width=100 border=0></a></p> <div class="links"> Available at <a target="_blank" href="http://www.frpgames.com/cart.php?m=product_detail&p=39913&ref=d20z">FRP Games</a></p> <p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.frpgames.com/cart.php?m=product_detail&p=39913&ref=d20z"> Dungeons & Dragons: Rules Compendium HC<br /> <em> Retail <strike>$26.95</strike></em> <strong>Sale $21.55</strong></a> </div> </div> <p><strong>Initiative Round</strong><br /> The <em>Rules Compendium</em> is a <em>Dungeons & Dragons</em> supplement from <a href=http://www.wizards.com>Wizards of the Coast</a>. This 160-page full-color hardcover is edited by Chris Sims and features cover art from Warren Mahy depicting a warrior with dual axes facing an unseen foe. The interior art is recycled from other sources. The <em>Rules Compendium</em> retails for $26.95.</p> <p>Which comes first; frightened or cowering? How much damage would a character take if he fell from a 100-foot cliff into the water below? How much time would it take for the rogue to make his dagger look like a wand (perhaps as part of a disguise)? What is the DC necessary to discern a creature in gaseous form from normal mist or fog?</p> <p><a href="http://www.d20zines.com/v7/node/3103">read more</a></p> http://www.d20zines.com/v7/node/3103#comment Gamer's Corner Tue, 06 Nov 2007 12:02:56 -0700 whtknt 3103 at http://www.d20zines.com/v7 The Grand History of the Realms http://www.d20zines.com/v7/node/3100 <p>The Grand History of the Realms<br /> <strong>By John Grigsby, Staff Reviewer</strong></p> <div class="showcase"> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.frpgames.com/cart.php?m=product_detail&p=39575&ref=d20z"><img src="http://www.irook.com/images/products/product_39575_thm.jpg" height=130 width=100 border=0></a></p> <div class="links"> Available at <a target="_blank" href="http://www.frpgames.com/cart.php?m=product_detail&p=39575&ref=d20z">FRP Games</a></p> <p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.frpgames.com/cart.php?m=product_detail&p=39575&ref=d20z"> Dungeons & Dragons: Forgotten Realms - Grand History of the Realms<br /> <em> Retail <strike>$29.95</strike></em> <strong>Sale $23.96</strong></a> </div> </div> <p><strong>Initiative Round</strong><br /> <em>The Grand History of the Realms</em> is a <em>Dungeons & Dragons</em> supplement from <a href=http://www.wizards.com>Wizards of the Coast</a>. This is a 160-page full-color hardcover by Brian R. James, Ed Greenwood, George Krashos, Eric L. Boyd, and Thomas Costa, with input from Richard Baker, Bruce R. Cordell, Steven Schend, and Gwendolyn F.M. Kestrel. The cover art is by Todd Lockwood and depicts a rather famous drow elf and his panther companion looking over a mountainous region. Kyle Anderson, Glen Angus, Steve Belledin, Matt Cavotta, Rafael Garres Cervantes, Ed Cox, Daarken, Wayne England, Jason A. Engle, Emily Fiegenschuh, Carl Frank, Ralph Horsley, Andrew Hou, David Hudnut, Jeremy Jarvis, Dana Knutson, Ginger Kubric, Stephanie Law, Howard Lyon, David Martin, Dennis Crabapple McClain, William O’Connor, Lucio Parrillo, Jim Pavelec, Michael Phillippi, Steve Prescott, Wayne Reynolds, Ron Spencer, Stephen Tappin, Joel Thomas, Derek Thompson, Franz Vohwinkel, Eva Widermann, and Sam Wood all contribute to the interior art. <em>The Grand History of the Realms</em> retails for $29.95.</p> <p>Since it’s debut, way back in the early days of Dragon magazine (often referred to in cryptic articles by Ed Greenwood), the Forgotten Realms has been steadily growing and expanding, its history being defined and rewritten with each product that is released. With numerous boxed sets, multiple adventures, and more novels that you care to count, the Realms has a well-defined and developed history, perhaps more so than any other fantasy world to date. </p> <p><a href="http://www.d20zines.com/v7/node/3100">read more</a></p> http://www.d20zines.com/v7/node/3100#comment Gamer's Corner Thu, 01 Nov 2007 11:51:00 -0700 whtknt 3100 at http://www.d20zines.com/v7 Dungeon Tiles Review http://www.d20zines.com/v7/node/3094 <p><strong>By Ian Strelec, Staff Reviewer</strong></p> <div class="showcase"> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.frpgames.com/cart.php?m=product_detail&p=31818&ref=d20z"><img src="http://www.irook.com/images/products/product_31818_thm.jpg" height="125.74" width="100" border="0"></a></p> <div class="links"> Available at <a target="_blank" href="http://www.frpgames.com/cart.php?m=product_detail&p=31818&ref=d20z">FRP Games</a><br /> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.frpgames.com/cart.php?m=product_detail&p=31818&ref=d20z">Dungeons & Dragons Dungeon Tiles Set I: Base Set<br /> <em> Retail $9.95</em></a> </div> </div> <p><strong>Initiative Round</strong><br /> Released so far in four sets, <i>Dungeon Tiles</i> is produced by Wizards of the Coast as an aid for Dungeons and Dragons. Each set comes with an assortment of cardboard tiles, all of them marked out in a grid pattern of 1-inch squares. The tiles come in a different collection of shapes and sizes, with many and varied designs on them to reflect different environments.</p> <p><a href="http://www.d20zines.com/v7/node/3094">read more</a></p> http://www.d20zines.com/v7/node/3094#comment Gamer's Corner Fri, 21 Sep 2007 13:20:44 -0700 Ghostwind 3094 at http://www.d20zines.com/v7 Dungeons & Dragons Miniatures: Icons Gargantuan Blue Dragon Review http://www.d20zines.com/v7/node/3034 <p><strong>By Ian Strelec, Staff Reviewer</strong></p> <div class="showcase"> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.frpgames.com/cart.php?m=product_detail&p=33504&ref=d20z"><img src="http://www.irook.com/images/products/product_33504_thm.jpg" height="81.19" width="100" border="0"></a></p> <div class="links"> Available at <a target="_blank" href="http://www.frpgames.com/cart.php?m=product_detail&p=33504 &ref=d20z">FRP Games</a><br /> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.frpgames.com/cart.php?m=product_detail&p=33504&ref=d20z">Dungeons & Dragons Miniatures: Icons Gargantuan Blue Dragon<br /> <em> Retail $39.99</em> <strong>Sale $31.98</strong></a> </div> </div> <p><strong>Initiative Round</strong><br /> First in the Icons series was the Gargantuan Black Dragon, a fearsome beast from the swamplands dripping in acidic terror. Next was the Colossal Red, a terrifying force of nature’s fire. Now, the Gargantuan Blue, master of the desert sands.</p> <p>Built to scale with other D&D minis, the Gargantuan Blue’s is painted in great detail in a pose designed to be awesome. The stats are absolutely amazing as well, with 600 hp, the ability to act twice per phase, and 6 times per round in total, and numerous abilities that make it very, very dangerous. Its breath weapon and crush attacks are particularly dangerous, allowing it to simply blast away or stomp over the opposition with almost ridiculous ease.</p> <p><a href="http://www.d20zines.com/v7/node/3034">read more</a></p> http://www.d20zines.com/v7/node/3034#comment Gamer's Corner Fri, 13 Apr 2007 13:38:01 -0700 Ghostwind 3034 at http://www.d20zines.com/v7 Faery’s Tale Review http://www.d20zines.com/v7/node/3033 <p><strong>By Ian Strelec, Staff Reviewer</strong></p> <div class="showcase"> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.frpgames.com/cart.php?m=product_detail&p=33411&ref=d20z"><img src="http://www.irook.com/images/products/product_33411.jpg" height="300" width="200" border="0"></a></p> <div class="links"> Available at <a target="_blank" href="http://www.frpgames.com/cart.php?m=product_detail&p=33411&ref=d20z">FRP Games</a><br /> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.frpgames.com/cart.php?m=product_detail&p=33411&ref=d20z">Faery's Tale RPG<br /> <em> Retail $14.95</em> <strong>Sale $11.95</strong></a> </div> </div> <p><strong>Initiative Round</strong><br /> Faery’s Tale can be quickly summed up as an extremely basic roleplaying game, though admittedly there is more to it than that alone. </p> <p>Of the 62 pages of this short booklet, the first 18 are devoted entirely to lore on fairies. Afterwards, it moves into character creation. You first pick a Pattern, which is a Pixie, Brownie, Sprite, or Pooka. These are your essential races. Then you get 3 points to spread out among their base attributes, Body, Mind, and Spirit. Each Pattern has a different spread of 6 points among these attributes. You then get a limited pool to use to buy titles, gifts, or boons. Titles would be like Knight or Lord, gifts are special abilities, and boons are favors owed you.</p> <p><a href="http://www.d20zines.com/v7/node/3033">read more</a></p> http://www.d20zines.com/v7/node/3033#comment Gamer's Corner Fri, 13 Apr 2007 13:34:54 -0700 Ghostwind 3033 at http://www.d20zines.com/v7 Dreamblade Collectible Miniature Game: Chrysotic Plague Review http://www.d20zines.com/v7/node/3015 <p><strong>By Ian Strelec, Staff Reviewer</strong></p> <div class="showcase"> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.frpgames.com/cart.php?m=product_detail&p=34148&ref=d20z"><img src="http://www.irook.com/images/products/product_34148_thm.jpg" height="130.2" width="68.63" border="0"></a></p> <div class="links"> Available at <a target="_blank" href="http://www.frpgames.com/cart.php?m=product_detail&p=34148&ref=d20z">FRP Games</a><br /> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.frpgames.com/cart.php?m=product_detail&p=34148&ref=d20z">Dreamblade CMG: Chrysotic Plague Booster Pack<br /> <em> Retail $14.99</em> <strong>Sale $11.99</strong></a> </div> </div> <p><strong>Initiative Round</strong><br /> Dreamblade – where monsters from your very subconscious are summoned forth to do battle for control of the dreamscape itself. Dreamblade, once again, filling its roster with a host of random creepiness that may disgust and horrify certain people and leave others going “That is SO awesome!”</p> <p><a href="http://www.d20zines.com/v7/node/3015">read more</a></p> http://www.d20zines.com/v7/node/3015#comment Gamer's Corner Fri, 30 Mar 2007 14:26:55 -0700 Ghostwind 3015 at http://www.d20zines.com/v7 Grand Tribunal: The Ars Magica Board Game Review http://www.d20zines.com/v7/node/3009 <p><strong>By Ian Strelec, Staff Reviewer</strong></p> <div class="showcase"> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.frpgames.com/cart.php?m=product_detail&p=27617&ref=d20z"><img src="http://www.irook.com/images/products/product_27617_thm.jpg" height="81.19" width="100" border="0"></a></p> <div class="links"> Available at <a target="_blank" href="http://www.frpgames.com/cart.php?m=product_detail&p=27617 &ref=d20z">FRP Games</a><br /> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.frpgames.com/cart.php?m=product_detail&p=27617&ref=d20z"> Grand Tribunal: The Ars Magica Board Game<br /> <em> Retail $24.95</em> <strong>Sale $19.96</strong></a> </div> </div> <p><strong>Initiative Round</strong><br /> “Since time immemorial, wizards from all corners of the world have met in secret conclaves called Tribunals. The most important of these is the Grand Tribunal; held every thirty-three years, the Grand Tribunal draws magi from far and wide to display their magical creations for the approval of the archmages. These powerful judges vote on their choice for which three magic items are the best at each Tribunal, and award only the very best wizard the title of archmage at the Grand Tribunal. The next Grand Tribunal is fast approaching, and it’s your chance to prove yourself as a true master of <em>ars magica</em> - the art of magic!</p> <p><a href="http://www.d20zines.com/v7/node/3009">read more</a></p> http://www.d20zines.com/v7/node/3009#comment Gamer's Corner Mon, 26 Mar 2007 11:58:55 -0700 Ghostwind 3009 at http://www.d20zines.com/v7 Dungeoneer: Call of the Lich Lord Review http://www.d20zines.com/v7/node/3007 <p><strong>By Ian Strelec, Staff Reviewer</strong></p> <div class="showcase"> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.frpgames.com/cart.php?m=product_detail&p=31238&ref=d20z"><img src="http://www.irook.com/images/products/product_31238_thm.jpg" height="68.32" width="100" border="0"></a></p> <div class="links"> Available at <a target="_blank" href="http://www.frpgames.com/cart.php?m=product_detail&p=31238 &ref=d20z">FRP Games</a><br /> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.frpgames.com/cart.php?m=product_detail&p=31238&ref=d20z">Epic Dungeoneer Card Game: Call Of The Lich Lord<br /> <em> Retail $19.95</em> <strong>Sale $15.96</strong></a> </div> </div> <p><strong>Initiative Round</strong><br /> <em>“The dark god of death and magic has raised his most faithful servant – the Lich Lord – back to undeath! Heroes who survived the Tomb of the Lich Lord have been called back, along with daring new allies, to destroy the Lich Lord forever. But this new crypt is more dangerous, his minions more powerful, and the Lich Lord himself more terrible now that he possesses the dark god’s sinister gift.”</em> – the Scepter of the Shadow Plague.</p> <p><em>Call of the Lich Lord</em> is a two- to four-player Dungeoneer card game from <a target="“_blank”" href="//www.atlas-games.com/dungeoneer/”">Atlas Games</a>.</p> <p><a href="http://www.d20zines.com/v7/node/3007">read more</a></p> http://www.d20zines.com/v7/node/3007#comment Gamer's Corner Mon, 26 Mar 2007 11:20:45 -0700 Ghostwind 3007 at http://www.d20zines.com/v7 Dungeons & Dragons Miniatures: Icons Gargantuan Blue Dragon Review http://www.d20zines.com/v7/node/3006 <p><strong>By Steven Creech, Exec. Chairman</strong></p> <div class="showcase"> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.frpgames.com/cart.php?m=product_detail&p=33504&ref=d20z"><img src="http://www.irook.com/images/products/product_33504_thm.jpg" height="81.19" width="100" border="0"></a></p> <div class="links"> Available at <a target="_blank" href="http://www.frpgames.com/cart.php?m=product_detail&p=33504 &ref=d20z">FRP Games</a><br /> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.frpgames.com/cart.php?m=product_detail&p=33504&ref=d20z">Dungeons & Dragons Miniatures: Icons Gargantuan Blue Dragon<br /> <em> Retail $39.99</em> <strong>Sale $31.98</strong></a> </div> </div> <p><strong>Initiative Round</strong><br /> <em> Gargantuan Blue Dragon</em> is the third release in the <em>Dungeons &Dragons Icons</em> line for the <em>D&D Miniature Game</em>. Manufactured by <a target="“_blank”" href="//www.wizards.com”">Wizards of the Coast</a>, this 8 ½” long miniature carries a $39.99 retail price. In addition to the miniature, this product comes with a full color battle map (designed by Jason Engle), skirmish rules and a scenario.</p> <p><a href="http://www.d20zines.com/v7/node/3006">read more</a></p> http://www.d20zines.com/v7/node/3006#comment Gamer's Corner Mon, 26 Mar 2007 11:04:36 -0700 Ghostwind 3006 at http://www.d20zines.com/v7 Dungeons & Dragons Miniatures: Unhallowed Review http://www.d20zines.com/v7/node/3005 <p><strong>By Steven Creech, Exec. Chairman</strong></p> <div class="showcase"> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.frpgames.com/cart.php?m=product_detail&p=34272&ref=d20z"><img src="http://www.irook.com/images/products/product_34272.jpg" height="130" width="39" border="0"></a></p> <div class="links"> Available at <a target="_blank" href="http://www.frpgames.com/cart.php?m=product_detail&p=34272 &ref=d20z">FRP Games</a><br /> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.frpgames.com/cart.php?m=product_detail&p=34272 &ref=d20z">Dungeons & Dragons Miniatures CMG: Unhallowed Booster Pack<br /> <em> Retail $14.99</em> <strong>Sale $11.98</strong></a><br /> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.frpgames.com/cart.php?m=product_detail&p=34274&ref=d20z">Dungeons & Dragons Miniatures: Unhallowed Booster Pack Set (3)<br /> <em> Retail $44.97</em> <strong>Sale $34.99</strong></a><br /> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.frpgames.com/cart.php?m=product_detail&p=34273&ref=d20z">Dungeons & Dragons Miniatures: Unhallowed Booster Pack Case (12 Packs)<br /> <em> Retail $179.88</em> <strong>Sale $124.99</strong></a> </div> </div> <p><strong>Initiative Round</strong><br /> The newest set for <em>Dungeons & Dragons Miniatures</em> is called <em>Unhallowed</em>. <a target="“_blank”" href="//www.wizards.com”">Wizards of the Coast</a> has released another 60 figure expansion with a retail price of $14.99 per booster. The theme of this set isn’t undead or evil-oriented as one might think; rather it is a broad spectrum selection. Thirty miniatures are nonevil and thirty are evil.</p> <p><a href="http://www.d20zines.com/v7/node/3005">read more</a></p> http://www.d20zines.com/v7/node/3005#comment Gamer's Corner Fri, 23 Mar 2007 13:03:34 -0700 Ghostwind 3005 at http://www.d20zines.com/v7