In this week's "RoleCraft," Jim Moreno looks at different ways to roleplay with weather effects in-game.
Tuesday, September 2nd
Thursday, August 21st
The latest edition of the Dungeons & Dragons online "newspaper", The Stormreach Chronicle, has been published. Packed with all sorts of interesting factoids and information, you can check it out...by clicking read more.
Wednesday, August 20th
Turbine released the patch notes for yesterday's second update to module 7. Among the things that were fixed is the fact that Eyegouger's Basement is once again open for questing.
You can view the complete list after the jump!
Monday, August 18th
Turbine let us know about a scheduled outage this week:
The DDO Game Servers will be brought down on Wednesday, August 20th from 6:00 AM - 12:00 PM Eastern (-4 GMT) for a patch to the game (patch release notes coming soon). Thanks for your patience, and we'll see you back in the game soon!
In this week's "RoleCraft," Jim Moreno continues his look at character alignment in MMORPGs - this time focusing on how in-game factions make characters "evil" (or not).
Monday, August 11th
In this week's examination of Clausewitz "On Gaming," Jonathan Steinhauer looks at what victory and defeat mean ... to NPC monsters.
Friday, August 8th
If you can't make the Indianapolis gathering, Turbine's hosting another gathering in Seattle:
Turbine is hosting a party for Turbine players! Join us at Gameworks Seattle from 7:00PM - 9:00PM on Friday, August 29th 2008. Asheron's Call Producer Crowley, LOTRO Executive Producer Nigellian, LOTRO: Mines of Moria Producer Eldrad, the enigmatic Marketroid, Community Team members Patience and Frelorn, and more will be on hand from Turbine! Food, games, fun, and swag - what more could you ask for?
You can visit any of the threads at the official sites to RSVP (here's just one).
Tuesday, August 5th
Turbine's posted the next issue of the Stormreach Chronicle, a weekly update of the goings-on in Dungeons and Dragons Online. Included in this week's edition is this game tip:
At low levels, it's generally a better idea to not bind your weapons with the stone of change. You'll be spending resources on an item that you'll likely find a replacement for soon anyway.
Read below to read the entire issue!
Monday, August 4th
In this week's RoleCraft, Jim Moreno looks at the standard D&D concept of alignment, how it works in roleplaying, and how it's applied to MMORPGs.
Friday, August 1st
Turbine let us know that their games will be offline for part of Monday:
All Turbine Services, Games, Forums, the LOTRO Lorebook, and http://myaccount.turbine.com will be offline for maintenance on Monday, August 4th from 7:00AM to 11:00AM Eastern (-4 GMT). Thanks for your patience, and we'll see you back in the game soon!
