D&D I was able to check out the Secrets of D&D Dungeon Mastering with Chris Perkins and learned much more about D&D At SDCC this year, I was one of the fortunate folks who got to attend the Dungeons & Dragons wiseman Chris Perkins discussion of how to be a (or be a better) Dungeon Master. I say fortunate due to the line to get in being so vast there are probably still people waiting to get in as write this over a week later. I showed up to Room 29CD for Secrets of D&D Dungeon Mastering with Chris Perkins over an hour and a half early due a combination of being unable to get into a panel on the fungus in The Last Of Us and its likelihood of ever actually happening plus my personal anxiety to never be late to anything. When I arrived, I found a sizeable yet reasonable line. Read More...

GenghisCon The AggroCast Is Out With A New Episode As the Team Dives Into GenghisCon 45 and all of the different tabletop experiences GenghisCon had to offer The AggroCast crew had the opportunity to head out to GenghisCon 45. Raymond and David are here to give you a nice little feel for the convention, how long it has been going, some of the fun experiences to be had, and how the gaming community is becoming ever more diverse out there. Even if someone had to suffer through some rough snows to get there… You can also listen to the AggroCast podcast on your favorite streaming services too. That means you can listen and subscribe on iTunes if that is how you want to go. Read More...

Podcast The AggroCast podcast is out with a new episode to give you more of all of that gaming news and updates in a fun podcast form The AggroCast is back and Resurrected from the dead with Ray Bruels and David ‘Hades’ Becker bringing our podcast back to life. Get re-introduced back to some of the crew, hear what is on the way to the site and new podcast, and also celebrate someone’s fifteenth anniversary on the site. Get ready to join us all for the ride once again in a new podcast form. You can also listen to the AggroCast podcast on your favorite streaming services too. Read More...

Terminator From Nightfall Studios, who brought the world of Terminator to roleplaying games in 2020, we have the newest expansion – Terminator 2: Judgement Day. In the first installment of the RPG players battled T-800s as members of The Resistance, but now a new threat looms as Skynet unleashes the T-1000s, shapeshifting liquid metal constructs to find and eliminate Sarah Connor, her son John, and any hope for the future of mankind. This newest addition to The Terminator line of RPGs expands the threats players face as well as gives new options with playable T-800s. This 200-page sourcebook offers new rules for hacking, leaping through time, and an opportunity through a mission pack to play through the events of the movie to the game table. Read More...

D&D The tabletop gaming community is up in arms about the future of independent creators who monetize D&D using the “OGL” or Open Gaming License for Dungeons and Dragons content. Aggro correspondent Raymond Bruels breaks down what’s going on. News is flaring around the internet regarding leaks of a new Open Game License (OGL) from Wizards of the Coast (WoTC). Speculation regarding the future of the OGL 1.1 has many independent and third-party game creators concerned as to the future of their products, the continued access and use of the rules for D&D, and ultimately how this will affect the future of independent products going forward. Read More...

D&D Wizards of the Coast gave us all some big D&D updates out there to show us all where D&D will be going in the future Big news arrived on August 18, 2022, with Wizard Presents outlining plans from Wizards of the Coast regarding the future of both Magic The Gathering and Dungeons & Dragons. Guided by Sydnee Goodman, Jimmy Wong, and Ginny Di, the over an hour-long YouTube presentation teased and tantalized with news of MtG new releases for 2023 and the exciting direction Dungeons & Dragons will be taking as we rapidly approach the 50th anniversary of the beloved hobby. Focusing on the D&D news, let’s look at the bright future for our hobby. Wizards Presents 2022 - Dungeons & Dragons | Magic: The Gathering Code name One D&D 2024 D&D Beyond, D&D Digital, Rules “We did a smart thing with fifth edition, by listening to the fans and what came out of that process was a system that is stable, that is well loved, that incorporates the best elements of earlier editions. Read More...

Since its release in 2011, Magicka has given fans all kinds of spell to blow each other to pieces with. The Indie title has been a great hit for ArrowHead and Paradox, especially if you include the massive amount of DLC available. Now Paradox is taking Magicka and leaping into the world of mobile gaming. Announced today is Magicka: Wizards of the Square Tablet, developed by Ludosity. If you can’t guess from the title, it’s a tablet game. Read More...

As CES 2010 is now under way, so are the many news and notes that are coming out of the convention. The first event that Brian and I went to was the nVidia Press Conference. As we went to sit down we were given 3D glasses for a part of the conference. As the wait finally ended and the music started to kick into high gear, so did the montage that nVidia put together. The montage began with video games and movies but wasn't in 3D yet. After the montage was over, the President of nVidia, Jen-Hsun Huang came out and talked about not only the evolution of desktop PC (personal computers) but also the evolution of portable PC in general. Read More...