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This series of articles offers some of the design concepts that went into each of the Encounters Season 6 sessions. From weaving a story to sculpting an attack by a creature 8-9 levels higher than the PCs, the plan is to give you a sneak peek into the making of The Lost Crown of Neverwinter. If you're an Encounters DM, this information might be a helpful guide to running the encounters. If you're a player, you're certainly welcome to read these articles, but it might be best if you wait until the day after the week's Encounters session. You can also catch up with Erik and ask him...

On August 23, we sat down with Erik Scott de Bie to have a live chat about the Neverwinter Campaign Setting, the Neverwinter Encounters season, and the Forgotten Realms. Below is the transcript of that chat. -------------------------- WotC_Huscarl: Erik, why don't you begin by telling everyone a little about yourself and your involvement with WotC. eriksdb: Well met all, I am a freelance author and game designer with WotC. My fourth Realms novel (Shadowbane) is coming out on e-book in the September/October range; it is a sequel to my previous novel, Downshadow (2009). I also do some...

This series of articles offers some of the design concepts that went into each of the Encounters Season 6 sessions. From weaving a story to sculpting an attack by a creature 8-9 levels higher than the PCs, the plan is to give you a sneak peek into the making of The Lost Crown of Neverwinter. If you're an Encounters DM, this information might be a helpful guide to running the encounters. If you're a player, you're certainly welcome to read these articles, but it might be best if you wait until the day after the week's Encounters session. You can also catch up with Erik and ask him...

The Lost Crown of Neverwinter Designer's Notes By Erik Scott de Bie This series of articles offers some of the design concepts that went into each of the Encounters Season 6 sessions. From weaving a story to sculpting an attack by a creature 8-9 levels higher than the PCs, the plan is to give you a sneak peek into the making of The Lost Crown of Neverwinter. If you're an Encounters DM, this information might be a helpful guide to running the encounters. If you're a player, you're certainly welcome to read these articles, but it might be best if you wait until the day after the week's...

If you're one of the many people at GenCon right now then you know we've got plenty of amazing things happening all over the Indiana Convention Center. What you might not know is we've also teamed up and transformed Scotty's Brewhouse into The Beached Leviathan Tavern. There's a D&D themed menu, something for those of you on the Mass Adventure, and more! Tonight at 9pm Community Manager Michael Robles (and guests) will be hosting D&D Pub Trivia! This will be your chance to prove you know everything about everything Dungeons and Dragons related.  Get to Scotty's...

On August 2nd we sat down with Matt Sernett to have a live chat about the new D&D campaign setting , Neverwinter. Below is the transcript of that chat. _________________ WotC_Huscarl: Matt, you could begin by telling everyone a little about yourself. WotC_Sernett: Hi folks! I'm the lead designer of the Neverwinter Campaign Setting book and a bunch of other D&D stuff. Over the years I've also worked on world building for Magic: the Gathering and been the Editor-in-Chief of Dragon magazine. WotC_Huscarl: OK, the first question is from IlexGarodan: What can we expect from the...

On June 22nd we sat down with Rich Baker to have a live chat about the new D&D strategy board game, Conquest of Nerath. Below is the transcript of that chat. ________________________ WotC_RichBaker: While we're getting ready, let me begin with a brief bio. I'm Rich Baker, a game designer here at Wizards of the Coast. I've been with the company (and TSR before that) since 1991. Some of my recent D&D work includes the Dark Sun Campaign Setting, the current D&D Encounters season, Dark Legacy of Evard, and other 4e sourcebooks. I'm also an author, mostly of Forgotten Realms novels, most...

On May 5, we got Richard Baker—Design Manager at Wizards R&D, game designer, and author—to talk about the upcoming “Dark Legacy of Evard” Encounters season. _______________________________ WotC_Huscarl: Aaaaand, Rich is here. WotC_RichBaker: Howdy, folks! Looks like I'm a bit early, we'll get going in just a couple of minutes. WotC_Huscarl: If anyone has questions, you can post them now, and they'll line up in the queue. BTW, there will be a transcript of the chat afterward. WotC_RichBaker: OK ... to quote Austin Powers, allow myself to introduce ......

The Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo (C2E2) is this weekend and there will be a whole gaming section available! Check out the details below:   Gaming: We have a Gaming Hall with D&D (RPG and Board Games), Magic: The Gathering, World of Warcraft TCG, Yu-Gi-Oh!, Pathfinder and a board game library. Basic info and schedules can be found here: www.c2e2.com/Whats-Happening/Gaming/Tabl... For all the events we have casual pick up games.  We also have some organized/scheduled events and then tournaments. For D&D:  www.c2e2.com/Whats-Happening/Gaming/Tabl......

Hi folks, Here are the upcoming Dragon/Dungeon articles scheduled for publication this week: Confessions of a Full-Time WizardGenasi of AthasThreats of AthasLetters to the EditorFight or Flight For those who may have missed the announcement: Starting January 2011, magazine articles will be listed in their appropriate Dragon and Dungeon Table of Contents pages, but articles won’t be pinned to specific dates on the calendar. At the start of each week, we’ll post a news update announcing the magazine content that will appear that week.