Roleplaying Pro | Roleplaying Games, Miniatures, DnD, Gaming RSS

Viewing Profile: Samuel Van Der Wall

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…

Latest Posts by Samuel Van Der Wall

  • Kobold Quarterly Issue 10 Review
    Written by Samuel Van Der Wall 7 Comments
    Last Updated:: July 17, 2009
    MAGAZINE STATISTICS Name: Kobold Quarterly Kobold-in-Chief: Wolfgang Baur Issue Number: 10 Publish Date: Summer 2009 Pages: 88 Articles: 20 Kobold Quarterly Magazine is published four times a year by Open Design LLC. It is a magazine dedicated to the world’s most popular roleplaying game, Dunge...
  • XDM X-Treme Dungeon Mastery [A Player’s Review]
    Written by Samuel Van Der Wall 6 Comments
    Last Updated:: July 16, 2009
    Before we even received our review copy, John Lewis and I decided that we were going to do a double review of XDM X-Treme Dungeon Mastery. John Lewis’ review of XDM X-Treme Dungeon Mastery was coming from the perspective of someone who is a DM 99% of the time. My review would be from the perspec...
  • My D&D 4e Character Is Boring! How Do I Fix It?
    Written by Samuel Van Der Wall 7 Comments
    Last Updated:: July 9, 2009
    This article was entered into the RPG Blog Carnival at 6d6 Fireball.  The topic for this month was D&D. So, you’ve been playing your D&D 4e character for a while now. You don’t think your D&D 4e character sucks and you don’t think your D&D 4e character is too powerful. You ...
  • RoleplayingPro – Roleplaying News 7-7-09
    Written by Samuel Van Der Wall 1 Comment
    Last Updated:: July 7, 2009
    What a great week for RoleplayingPro?! I don’t often post about things that are going on behind the scene here, but so much has happened with us this week I figured I had to talk about it. RoleplayingPro was featured at Wired.com in the article, “Another Five Great Blogs About Role-Playing Gam...
  • DnD 4e – Is It For Me?
    Written by Samuel Van Der Wall 15 Comments
    Last Updated:: July 5, 2009
    This article was entered into the RPG Blog Carnival at 6d6 Fireball.  The topic for this month was D&D. Over the past year or so I’ve pondered questions about DnD 4e and whether it is the game for me or not. In general, I’ve always tried to be middle of the road when it comes to my approa...
"));