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About Samuel Van Der WallMy name is Samuel Van Der Wall. I’m an avid roleplayer who has been gaming since I was a kid. I started with games like Battletech, Shadowrun (1st Edition), Star Wars (d6), and of course, Dungeons & Dragons. I even played a little Magic: The Gathering right when it came out. Over the years I’ve played a lot of different games with quite a few different players and gamemasters. I’ve seen a lot of the more popular roleplaying games evolve over time, and I always seem to have strong opinions about it. That is where the idea for this blog was born. Oh, and don’t think I’m arrogant or conceited with the website title, RoleplayingPro. I just liked the name…
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Group Size Optimization"));Recently, I talked about gaming groups and their gaming habits. I’ve also talked about party composition, especially in D&D 4e. Over the last few gaming sessions, our group of four has had a member or two have to bow out during game sessions. Sometimes we had a gamemaster and four pl...D&D 4e Party CompositionThere has been a pretty big debate in my gaming group over the last few months about party composition in Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition. Since many people have pointed out that D&D 4e seems to draw upon a lot of aspects of MMORPGs, does that mean that a D&D 4e party needs to be balance...A Breakdown of Gaming Groups and Their HabitsRecently, I began a new Dungeons & Dragons campaign with my gaming group. This was the first time I’ve run a game in several months. I’ve enjoyed being on the player side while our group’s other game master ran his campaign for several months. But everyone needs a change, whether it’...Earthdawn Player’s Guide, 3rd Edition ReviewRedBrick Limited recently released the Earthdawn Player’s Guide, 3rd Edition. The original Earthdawn, also known as Earthdawn Classic, was produced by FASA in 1993. Players of the original version of Earthdawn will recognize many similarities in the game system, game world, and artwork betwe...Screwed By The DiceA while back, some friends and I were playing our weekly gaming session of Dungeons & Dragons. We were just getting into the Paragon Tier in what has turned out to be the best campaign ever for our gaming group. We’d come to a dramatic turning point where we were going to assault the Duke a...
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