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If you aspire to be a good dungeon master, or if you want to see a good way to introduce new players to D&D, then you NEED to see these videos. They are entertaining, but also instructional. This is the first one, but watch the rest of them. NSFW at times.

We are using Maptools for playing over the Internet and it is really working out great. You can read all about Maptools and download it for yourself at RPTools.net.

One of the fine folks playing on the Combat Cast is Greg. He has really grabbed Maptools by the horns and created some out-of-this-world macros for our game. I was so stoked to see this stuff in action tonight that I just had to post a screen capture. Thanks a ton to Greg for all the work he has put into this for our campaign. This is a great example of what you can do with these tools. Click on it to enlarge.

Hello Slashers and Casters! Sunday has come and gone and oh no…an episode was not released! Fret not, fellow adventurers. I’ll be releasing a mid-week episode. Read on to find out why. Read the rest of this entry »

I mentioned this on the show and I think I am ready to write about it. This past Monday, I started participating in a fresh game of 4e D&D…over the Internet. The entire gaming session is being recorded to be released as a podcast. Once the first episode is up, I will post a link here on Slash and Cast. Read the rest of this entry »

At last week’s gaming session, our time at the table ended as the entire party was sucked through a magic portal. As we began this week, we saw where that took us.

Death. And a second chance, sort of. Read the rest of this entry »