We recently added another member to our gaming group of one gamemaster and four players. This fifth player is someone a couple of us have known for a while, but up until recently we didn’t even know he was a gamer. We got to talking and he quickly jumped in on our next session. It looks like h...

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...

The first, and arguably the most important, aspect of playing Dungeons & Dragons is creating your character.  The decisions you make when creating your character can have tremendous impact on your enjoyment of the game and your satisfaction with the roleplaying experience as a whole.  I think ...

There 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...

Recently, 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’...