Using Chessboards for Skill Challenges

One of the things I’ve been brainstorming is a way to turn skill challenges into their own little minigame, and my current line of thinking is creating a pseudo-boardgame.
And that lead me to this silly little thought. Picture this:
The PCs have to navigate an underground river through the underdark with no light. You announce that [...]

Setting Seeds: The Darknet

On April 30th, 2011, Tibetan protesters trying to break free of Chinese internet censorship inadvertently exposed a worrying secret to the world. They had uncovered what is now referred to as the “Darknet.”
The Darknet is so-called because almost every attempt to determine anything about it has been thwarted. Its a network of indeterminate size, but [...]

No. Seriously. Steal this setting. Now.

I already made a post on Magic’s newest setting, Zendikar. However, the Daily MTG site just put up an article on the design for the look and feel of Zendikar that just blew me away, and warranted another post.
I feel pretty confident when I say that Zendikar may just be the greatest D&D setting never [...]

Steal This Setting: Zendikar

The latest set for Magic: The Gathering looks like it was tailor-made for 4th edition’s Points of Light philosophy. Zendikar is a magically-infused plane where there are no advanced civilizations and indeed even large cities are extremely rare, as they literally get ripped apart by the changing landscape.
There’s a great post on the Magic website [...]