Dragonlance D&D Game Blog

For this week's post, I wanted to share a cornucopia of links, all D&D related, but in wildly different areas. First, up: Video Games If you were a fan of the old SSI D&D games from the 80s, like Pool of Radiance and Eye of the Beholder, GOG (Good Old Games) has laboriously tracked down the rights owners, bought the game rights, and are in the process of updating the code for modern computers. You can read more about their efforts here: http://www.pcgamer.com/how-gog-rescued-13-forgotten-realms-games-from-licensing-hell/ Next Up: Digital Comics DriveThruComics has recently made available a number of D&D comics in digital format. The back catalog is extensive enough to include the old DC comics (including the Dragonlance comics I previously reviewed and the Forgotten Realms comics) from the 80's, to newer D&D comics, including the wonderful 2010 series (set in the 4e realm of the Nentir Vale). Other offerings include: Ianto's Tomb - a Dark Sun...

My GenCon experience this year was in some was very different from previous years, in other ways much the same, and overall a wonderful time. As I think I tweeted during the con, "if you're not smiling at GenCon, you're doing something wrong", and I firmly believe that. Wed (Day 0) - Day 0 was a bit different this year than in years past. Instead of driving out to the con, I actually flew out. Due to a airline issue a few months ago, I had a voucher for the cost of one flight, good for only one year. This was about the only time I would be able to use it, so it was an easy choice. While flying to GenCon means you get there relatively quick from the East Coast, it also meant that I wasn't driving out with my long time con-buddy. To make up for the lack of pre-con adventure in the car ride out, I finally started reading Playing at the World by Jon Peterson about the early days of wargames that preceded D&D as well as the history of D&D as well. I...