So our fearless leader asked me if I wanted to cover the new Neverwinter MMO. As a long-time enjoyer of MMOs, D&D and the Neverwinter Nights games in particular, I said “hell yes!”. I’m about an hour in at the moment and almost level 5 with my first character, Baran Bitterblade, Half-Orc Great Weapon Fighter. […]
Bring Forgotten Realms to Google Earth
The cartography page on the Forgotten Realms Wikia page suggests that the circumference of Abeir-Toril is about 40,007 km. That compares to Earth with about 40,075 km. That’s not the same but it’s a pretty good match. Redditor McCourt spent “Countless total hours, just messing around, fixing little things… a labour of love, though, so […]
Brainstorming a Forgotten Realms adventure
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSj1bziXJBI A DM sits down to brainstorm his ideas for tomorrow’s campaign. It starts to go downhill from there. There’s a little bit of swearing too.
A first look at the cavern beneath Eveningstar
WB Interactive have released the first look at the Eveningstar region from the Dungeons & Dragons Online expansion “Menance of the Underdark”. As you might expect from a title like “Menance of the Underdark” the screen shots released today show the caverns beneath the Forgotten Realms region of Eveningstar. The mystical forest is accompanied by […]
How to play Lords of Waterdeep
Lords of Waterdeep is an official, Wizards of the Coast, Dungeons & Dragons game. Waterdeep is from the Forgotten Realms setting – sometimes called the City of Splendors and is known for political intrigue and lords wrestling for power. The game is for 2 to 5 players. It looks like a fairly complex game with […]
Dungeons & Dragons Daggerdale launches today – new trailer
Dungeons & Dragons Daggerdale is available from today. At least; it’s available today if you’ve got access to Xbox Live Arcade for the Xbox 360. If you’re a PC or PlayStation user then you’ll need to wait for the summer release schedule. Xboxers need to turf up 1,200 Microsoft Points for the purchase. Atari describe […]
New Dungeons and Dragons comic book series
Hasbro and Wizards of the Coast have granted IDW Publishing a license to launch several new Dungeons and Dragons comic book lines. We’re expecting the first one to be available in August. IDW’s Dungeons and Dragons contribution is expected to be set in the “core” world, but then grow to include Dark Sun (January 2011) […]
Philip J Reed e-View | Echoes #13
Starting in this September’s issue of the free RPGNow’s Downloader Monthly GameWyrd is interviewing RPG publishers, authors and artists involved in the PDF RPG industry. This means there can be twice as many interview victims for Echoes from the Wyrd! This month the “lucky” candidate is industry veteran Philip J Reed. You’ll always see this […]
RPG News: Matrix Card game | Echoes #7
These stories have been rounded up from all over the internet but many of them come from GamingReport which, as a partner site, remains GameWyrd’s number one choice for industry news. Direct quotes from GamingReport appear in blue text. Topics MechWarrior Movie. ShadowRun clix. Larry Elmore recovers. Matrix card game. Forgotten Realms TV Show. Elmore […]
