Episode 53 – Dragons of Spring Dawning

 

Episode 53 – We love the Chronicles!

 

Greenloontern’s Dragonlance novel recommendations:

Tales

1. The Magic of Krynn

2. Kender, Gully Dwarves and Gnomes

3. Love and War

Heroes

1. The Legend of Huma

2. Stormblade

3. Weasels Luck

Elven Nations

1. First Born

2. The Kinslayer Wars

3. The Qualinesti

Defenders of Magic

1. Night of the Eye

2. The Medusa Plague

3. The Seventh Sentinel

The Dhamon Saga

1. Downfall

2.  Betrayal

3. Redemption

Elven Exiles

1. Sanctuary

2. Alliances

3. Destiny

 

 

The Ramblers Dragonlance novel recommendations:

Legends

1. Time of the Twins

2. War of the Twins

3. Test of the Twins

Defenders of Magic

1. Night of the Eye

2. The Medusa Plague

3. The Seventh Sentinel

 

Heroes

1. Legend of Huma

Lost Legends

1. Vinas Solamnus

The Raistlin Chronicles

1. Soul Forge

2. Brothers in Arms

Dragons of a New Age

1. Dawning of a New Age

2. The Day of the Tempest

3. The Eve of the Maelstrom

 

D&D 5th edition

Hi there! We want to invite you all to join in the discussion regarding character creation for the newest edition of D&D. Episode 54 will be released September 7th and we want you to chime in! Let us know what you think of the players handbook, classes, character creation, new rules(advantages/disadvantages, superiority dice ect.)

 

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Episode 44 – RPG World Building

 

 

Episode 44 – World Building

 

On this episode of the podcast the Rambler interviews Greenloontern about his RPG World Cal’thel. Let us know about the world you have created for your AD&D gamers or any setting.

 

Cal’thel

The Return of Fall Gaming!

After a short summer of game table construction and a long hiatus from any Star Wars role playing games, we are finally playing again! Tomorrow we embark on a custom WEG D6 Star Wars (2nd ed.)Dark side Campaign with Uriel, Greg, Chris, Kayleah and Myself begin our career as evil doers in the great Sith empire. Uriel and I are sharing GM duties, splitting up the games into missions, playing a character in one and GMing the other.  More details to follow!

Constructing a Game Table

So every summer I plan a wood working project and this year I went big with this 7′ X 5′ six person gaming table. I had been thinking about a gaming table for a couple years when I came across this youtube video. Now I will say that a table of this size takes a decent budget and a lot of tools to complete. I wont go into specific costs as prices very by material and region. After finding a set of designs another person made based on this table I went to work. (By the way, verify all dimensions before building… I found a few discrepancies that I had to modify during pre-construction)

After reconsidering using Hickory due to cost and staining issues I decided to use a combination of quality and select Pine boards.  If you have a home depot, menards or Lowes in your area you can find a good selection of select pine boards at a affordable price, but you will have to spend some time searching through warped planks. I recommend finding a lumber yard that deals exclusively with lumber, pricing will vary but you’ll be happier with what you find.

The first thing I started with where the legs and lower frame, and look! Its level!!

At this stage I laid out some of the surface frame work.

Now all of the main pieces have been cut and partially assembled. Note all of the hinge pieces routed for the hinges.

Boy that looks pretty doesn’t it? well it was a pain in the but to get it to fit that nicely.

 As with most things in this world, the hinges came from China and of course they where not a half inch wide. Luckily for me my dad is a machinist and has a milling machine in his shop, so he shaved both sides down to make the hinge actually .50 ” wide.

Here is a shot of the center joint, note the two different plywood sheets. Unhappy with the crap home depot had on hand they gave me a cabinet grade sheet for the same price. Now I wish I had just bought cabinet grade plywood for both ends of the table, but it isnt an issue. Also the board to the back is removable for disassemble of the table.

Assembly of the top section and the fold down desk.

The table completely assembled and nearly ready for stain.  Time to sand!

First coat of stain

First Heroclix battle!

Too finish the look of the table I decided against doing a poker felt lined insert for the center. Instead I chose a 1/2″ Black Foamboard cut down to fit the 4 X 6′ center playing surface. I hope you enjoyed my project, let me know what you think.